Barbara Feldmann(She/Her/Hers)

Barbara Feldmann, a psychotherapist, is licensed as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in New York, New Jersey, and Florida. She works with individuals facing emotional and life problems. She is a specialist in addressing anxiety, depression, and the trauma that often underlies these emotions. She is also a certified specialist in working with addictions of all kinds including alcohol, drugs, and behaviors like gambling, sex, shoping, food. At this time, Barbara provides confidential psychotherapy online allowing sessions to be scheduled at times around work, school or family commitments, safely, securely, and privately.

In her work, Barbara helps individuals explore goals such as improving one's self esteem, managing one's mood, addressing trauma or phobias, examining past and current relationships, coping with life transitions, or reconsidering their use of substances and behaviors.

Barbara integrates her relational approach with evidence-based interventions that best match one's individual needs and promote one's strengths. She draws primarily from Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Motivational Interviewing (MI), Mindfulness and a neurobehavioral model of addiction treatment. Barbara is EMDR Certified and trained in Attachment Focused EMDR by the Parnell Institute.

Barbara has long experience in working with and teaching about the treatment in addictions and co-occurring disorders including as many years as the clinical director of an outpatient chemical dependence program in Manhattan, and lecturer at Columbia University School of Social Work, online campus.