Harry Barandes

Harry Barandes is a Licensed Master Social Worker, who comes to the practice of psychotherapy after over 20 years in the performing arts and over a decade in healthcare management. Working to understand the shared human struggle through theatre and to help patients navigate the complex US health system eventually led him to the discipline of social work, whose core principle is that no human life can be summed up in a label or a diagnosis; each human’s experience is multidimensional in nature, arising from complex interactions between personal, social, and environmental factors.

Harry's approach to therapy is humanistic, relational, compassion-focused, anti-oppressive, and trauma-informed, integrating elements of psychodynamics, narrative therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), as well as expressive therapies such as drama therapy and psychodrama.