Barry Wasser, LCSW

New Jersey · 8 years in practice

Barry Wasser is a licensed clinical social worker with eight years of experience.

License and registration

LCSW, New Jersey: 44SC05895200 · expires August 2026
LCSW, New York: 088762 · expires July 2028
NPI: 1003198276 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 8
Languages: English

Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.

About Barry

Barry Wasser is a licensed clinical social worker with eight years of experience. He helps people who are dealing with anxiety, depression, trauma, addiction, and stress. Barry aims to create a calm space where people can talk honestly about what’s hard and figure out small, practical steps forward.

He uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people understand and shift painful patterns in close relationships. He also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to build skills for handling difficult feelings and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.

Background and approach

Barry has worked in a range of settings, including a mental health homeless shelter and a transitional residence for adults with mental illness. That experience shaped his focus on practical supports, case management, and group work alongside individual sessions. He pays attention to the many factors that affect someone’s life when planning care.

Sessions are collaborative and direct. He emphasizes clear goals, problem-solving, and steady progress. Barry invites clients to try new ways of responding to stress and to practice skills between meetings.

He also supports people coping with parenting challenges, grief, sleep problems, career stress, and compassion fatigue. Barry works with adults across the lifespan and considers each person’s background when setting goals and tracking progress.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Barry lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Trauma and abuse
Bipolar disorder
Depression
Addictions
Family conflicts
Grief
Intimacy-related issues
Sleeping disorders
Parenting issues
Anger management
Self esteem
Career difficulties
Coping with life changes
Coaching
Compassion fatigue
ADHD
Aging and geriatric issues
Antisocial personality
Attachment issues
Avoidant personality
Codependency
Communication problems
Control issues
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Dependent personality
Dissociation
Emptiness
Family problems
Fatherhood issues
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
Impulsivity
Infidelity
Life purpose
Men's issues
Mood disorders
Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Paranoia
Personality disorders
Post-traumatic stress
Pregnancy and childbirth
Self-harm
Self-love
Sexual assault and abuse
Social anxiety and phobia
Somatization

Approaches Barry names

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Online support

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people notice and change painful emotional patterns that affect relationships. Online sessions can be used to identify those patterns, practice new responses, and develop more supported ways of connecting with others.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on accepting difficult feelings while taking action toward valued goals. In virtual sessions this often means learning short exercises to build flexibility and committing to small steps between meetings.

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early bonds shape current reactions and relationships. Through conversation and reflective exercises, the therapist helps people see recurring distances or anxieties and try new ways of relating.

Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Barry will collaborate with each person to match techniques to their goals and preferences and adjust the plan over time as needs change.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for richer conversation and nonverbal cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Text and chat options offer ongoing support between sessions or when a quick message helps maintain progress.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does Barry help with?

He works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, bipolar disorder, addictions, grief, intimacy issues, sleep problems, parenting strain, anger, self-esteem, career stress, and related concerns.

What is his therapeutic style like?

Sessions are collaborative and straightforward. He focuses on understanding emotions, changing patterns, and building real-world coping skills.

What background does he bring to therapy?

Barry has eight years of experience and has worked in settings such as a mental health homeless shelter and a transitional residence for adults with mental illness, plus group facilitation and case management.

What credentials and location should I know about?

He holds the LCSW credential and is licensed as an NY LCSW and a NJ LCSW. His practice is based in New Jersey.

In which languages can sessions be held?

Sessions are offered in English and he accepts international clients.

Which session formats are available?

Therapy can be done by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.

How does pricing work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin therapy with him?

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