Barbara Kass
Compassionate, collaborative therapy for life transitions
MD, LCPC Maryland
- Experience
- 11 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Grief, Depression
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Barbara
Barbara Kass, MD, LCPC, brings 11 years of clinical experience supporting people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, career challenges, compassion fatigue, and major life changes. She also attends to codependency, dependent personality patterns, life purpose exploration, and women's issues.
Background and approach
Her training includes pastoral counseling from Loyola University, and she has practiced in hospitals, clinics, county services, and personal settings. Her approach emphasizes collaboration and helping clients reconnect with their capacity to heal and feel whole.
She integrates client-centered, humanistic principles with cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness practices, and also draws on existential and Jungian ideas when they fit a client’s needs. Therapeutic tools she uses include expressive writing, breathing and meditation exercises, body awareness, and cognitive processing strategies.
Based in Maryland, Barbara frames counseling as a flexible, client-guided process that adapts methods to individual goals and circumstances. She combines practical skills for coping and symptom relief with opportunities to explore meaning, values, and spiritual or religious concerns when those topics are important to the person seeking support.
Integrating evidence-based approaches with online care
Barbara uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, offering practical strategies for managing anxiety, depression, and stress. She also works from a client-centered perspective, creating a supportive, empathetic space that prioritizes the person’s own goals and values. When helpful, she draws on existential ideas to explore meaning, responsibility, and life purpose in the face of change or loss.Deciding on the right approach is collaborative; the therapist and client review symptoms, goals, and preferences together and adjust methods as therapy progresses. That flexibility allows for combining skills-based CBT work with mindfulness practices, expressive writing, or more exploratory conversation about values and spirituality when those avenues fit the client’s needs.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase accessibility and scheduling flexibility. These formats make it easier to attend regular sessions, practice skills between meetings, and maintain continuity of care when life or work schedules change, while allowing licensed professionals to tailor the approach to each client’s circumstances.
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Experience
11+ years
Licensed
Maryland
Languages
English