About Barbara
Barbara Haslip is a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) with 22 years of practice. She focuses on practical steps that help people manage stress, anxiety, ADHD, depression, relationship strain, and grief. Her style is warm and straightforward, aimed at making goals clear and reachable.
Barbara listens first and helps you name the problems that matter most. Sessions are conversational and respectful. She balances empathy with direct feedback so people leave with a plan they can try between visits.
Background and approach
In sessions she draws on common-sense tools from cognitive behavioral approaches to change unhelpful thinking. She also uses client-centered methods to follow each person's pace and priorities. Motivational interviewing helps when someone feels stuck or unsure about change.
Barbara has long experience in medical social work and psychotherapy across many settings. That background makes her comfortable addressing complex issues like bipolar disorder, addiction, trauma, and compassion fatigue. She also supports people facing family conflict, parenting stresses, and career concerns.
Practical problem-solving is part of her approach. Barbara often works on skills for communication, emotion regulation, and planning. She aims to help people build small habits that reduce overwhelm and improve day-to-day functioning.
People who prefer a direct but caring therapist tend to do well with her. She offers sessions that focus on immediate concerns and step-by-step goals, while also attending to deeper issues when needed.
How Barbara’s approaches translate to online therapy
Barbara often uses client-centered therapy to create a respectful, listening space where the client's concerns lead the session. This approach helps people who need to be heard and want the therapist to follow their pace and priorities.She also applies cognitive behavioral therapy, which focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT techniques are practical and can include simple homework tasks, thought records, and behavioral experiments that transfer well to video or phone sessions.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Barbara will work with each person to decide which methods fit their needs and goals, adjusting the plan as progress is made. Together they set short-term goals and pick strategies to try between sessions.
Online formats available include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video supports face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be shorter or easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging are useful for quick check-ins, brief skill coaching, or when someone prefers written communication. These options aim to make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into daily life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 22 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
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