Barbara Haslip, LMSW

Barbara Haslip is a Licensed Master Social Worker with 22 years of clinical experience. She offers a calm, respectful approach and helps people set clear, achievable goals. Her tone is direct when needed and warm and empathetic otherwise. Barbara focuses on common concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, addictions, and grief. She also helps people manage relationship and intimacy problems, parenting strain, and work-related stress. She supports people dealing with trauma, attachment and abandonment issues, and the emotional effects of adoption and foster care. Her sessions often blend practical, skills-based work with listening and reflection. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to address unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. She also draws on client-centered methods to keep the conversation grounded in the person’s priorities. Barbara has experience offering psychotherapy to adults and seniors across many settings. She has worked with people facing domestic violence, codependency, and complex co-morbid conditions. Her background includes medical social work and group work in substance recovery settings. In sessions she will help you identify small, specific steps toward your goals. She uses strategies from DBT for emotion regulation when needed and motivational interviewing to support readiness for change. If you want straightforward guidance combined with supportive listening, Barbara can help you map a practical path forward.

How Barbara blends practical approaches in online therapy

Barbara uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT often includes simple homework, thought records, and behavior experiments that can be done between sessions to reduce symptoms like anxiety or low mood.

She also uses Client-Centered Therapy which centers the conversation on the person sitting in front of her. That approach focuses on listening, empathy, and helping people clarify their own goals so they can make choices that fit their values.

Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will discuss options and try methods that fit the client’s goals and comfort level. Together they will adjust strategies over time if something isn’t working or if priorities change.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging so people can pick what fits their routine. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone calls can work when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and messaging are useful for shorter check-ins, ongoing coaching, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent around work, family, or other responsibilities.