Dr. Barbara Wasowska, LCPC

Dr. Barbara Wasowska focuses on helping people who feel stuck by relationship problems, worry, grief, low self-worth, and life transitions. She speaks plainly and listens closely so clients can name what matters. Her style is down-to-earth and respectful, and she aims to make the first step feel manageable for someone unsure about starting therapy.

With 14 years of experience and an LCPC in Maryland, she combines several practical approaches to meet each person's needs. Sessions often center on clearer thinking, managing strong emotions, and building small habits that change daily life. She uses methods that help people notice what matters, repair attachment patterns, and develop coping skills for stress and anxiety.

Dr. Wasowska works with people facing trauma, intimacy challenges, depression, and compassion fatigue. She also pays attention to issues that arise with aging and geriatric concerns, cancer, immigration stress, and multicultural backgrounds. Her approach includes talking through painful memories, identifying unhelpful patterns, and practicing new ways of relating to others and to oneself.

Therapy is collaborative and tailored. She helps clients set realistic goals and tries techniques that fit their pace and comfort level. Over time the work aims to reduce symptoms and make daily life feel more manageable.

To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability. The process is straightforward and meant to help people move toward clearer priorities and steadier coping.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify personal values and take small actions toward them despite hard feelings. It is useful for depression, anxiety, and life transitions. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current bonds and helps people build more secure ways of relating to others.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with clients about goals, symptoms, and preferences, then suggest methods to try. This is a cooperative process and adjustments are made over time to find what helps most.

Confirm current session options before booking because formats are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It can also let someone choose a quieter place with less background noise or opt for a session that does not require being on camera. Licensed professionals can adapt ACT and attachment-focused work to an online setting to support emotional regulation, relationship patterns, and coping skills.