Barbara Kass

Barbara Kass is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) based in Maryland. She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship difficulties, trauma, low self-esteem, career concerns, and major life changes. Her approach aims to restore everyday functioning and a sense of balance when life feels overwhelming.

Barbara treats counseling as a collaborative process. She listens first, then helps people name what matters and set practical steps forward. Sessions often include talking together, learning new coping skills, and practicing simple exercises between meetings.

Her background includes more than 11 years working in hospitals, clinics, county services, and private practice. That range of settings gives her experience with acute concerns and longer term struggles. She also draws on her graduate training from Loyola University and a specialty in pastoral counseling when clients want to include spiritual or religious topics.

Therapeutic tools used in sessions include client-centered and cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness practices, breathing and body-awareness exercises, and expressive writing. She also uses methods from existential and Jungian perspectives to help people find meaning and personal direction.

People often come for help with career decisions, compassion fatigue, codependency, dependent personality patterns, and questions about life purpose. Barbara aims to help each person leave therapy with clearer goals and usable skills for day-to-day life.

How Certain Approaches Work in Online Sessions

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and building a trusting relationship. It helps when someone needs to be heard, make sense of feelings, and decide what goals matter most.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thought patterns and behaviors. It teaches concrete skills for managing anxiety, depression, stress, and work-related problems through practical exercises and homework.

Existential therapy helps people who are searching for meaning, direction, or purpose. It can be useful when major life changes, career questions, or questions about identity are part of the problem.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose what fits their goals and preferences. That often means trying an idea for a few sessions and adjusting based on how it feels and what helps.

For practical matters, confirm which session formats are currently offered before booking, since the biography does not list specific options. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, cut travel time, and maintain continuity when life gets hectic. Different formats can also allow shorter check-ins or sessions without video when that better fits someone's day. Licensed professionals can help match the format and approach to what will work best for each person.