Barry Harnick
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)
Florida therapists accepting new clients
Joel BrooksLCSW · 42 years experienceIntimacy-related issues · Depression · Coping with life changesWork with Joel
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About Barry
I am licensed in Florida with 50 years of professional work experience. I have experience in working with clients clients in many different areas. I started my career working with Substance Abusers (both Alcohol and Drugs). My first professional position was as the Director of a 60 bed residential program for men and women. The first ten years of my career was devoted to all types of addictions. After this point in my career I added to my interests by becoming licensed as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Michigan. I have also practiced as an LMFT in Florida. Being trained as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker LCSW and an LMFT has afforded me the options of working with clients who are dealing with stress and anxiety, trauma and abuse (many years working at the United States Department of Veteran’s Affairs both on the crisis team and at three different Vet Centers working with PTSD and many trauma survivors. I was also a Hospice Social Worker working with clients who were coping with grief and loss, & depression. I believe in treating everyone with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. I will tailor our dialog and treatment plan to meet your unique and specific needs. Taking the first step to sign up for therapy can take courage and I am proud of you for getting started!
What Barry helps with
- Addictions
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Intimacy-related issues
- Relationship issues
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- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
How Barry works
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
What clients say
- “Barry listens and also provides actionable recommendations.”
- “Amazing therapist. Super understanding, great listener and he makes talking feel easy.”
- “I love Barry. He’s the best I’ve ever worked with. He gets it”
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- “Great therapist!”
- “Barry is a wonderful person. He listens to you carefully and always prioritizes your opinion. Has great interpersonal skills and life experience so it’s a pleasure talking to him. <br /> <br /> He finds a way of turning your day around in the best possible way. <br /> <br /> Highly recommend”
- “Barry has lots of experience and exercises for couples to try, if both are willing to participate.”
- “Top notch. Optimistic about success for the first time in a long time.”
- “Even after just a few sessions with Barry I can already see the light in the distance. I know that everything will be worth it in the end with his help.”
- “Barry is fantastic for me. I’ve been working with him for a while and I really trust him and his opinion matters to me. Grateful to have met him.”
- “Mr. Harnick is our third therapist and the first one that has helped us have tremendous breakthrough in our communication and improvement of the quality of our marriage”
- “Barry is experienced an wise professional in his field. I would recommend him strongly as I got benefit & support from the first three sessions. God bless him & his family.”
- “My therapist Barry is very experienced and knowledgeable. I specially like that he does not need to sugarcoat anything and will talk me straightforward as I prefer.”
- “Very intellectual person with extensive knowledge and experience. Definitely one of the best therapist I've interacted with. I appreciate his honest thoughts when he feels he needs to bring it up. Very happy to have him as my consultant”
- “Great guy”
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