- Depression and anxiety
- Eating and addiction
- Geriatric focus
About Barbara
Barbara Segreto is a New York LCSW-R with 38 years of clinical experience. She works with adults on issues such as depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, eating concerns, addictions, grief, trauma, and challenges tied to relationships and parenting.
Barbara spent many years providing in-patient, emergency, and outpatient services. Her work history includes hospital and community health settings across New York. She has also run a private practice for over 20 years and notes a sub-specialty in geriatrics and eating disorders.
In sessions she helps people talk through everyday stresses and bigger mental health problems. She has experience with mood disorders, panic and anxiety, psychotic disorders, and conditions that co-occur with other health problems. She also supports people dealing with career strain, caregiver stress, grief, and recovery from trauma.
Her background includes roles at hospitals and visiting nurse services, and time with a domestic violence program. Those settings shaped her familiarity with crisis care, medical comorbidity, and long-term care concerns. Her clinical history covers a wide range of adult presentations.
Barbara describes treatment as a practical process that is worked out with each person. People can expect a focus on managing symptoms, improving daily functioning, and addressing relational or life-stage problems. She offers services in English and accepts international clients, and practices from her New York credentials.
Evidence-based approaches and online sessions
Barbara works with evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people manage symptoms and improve daily life. For mood disorders and anxiety, approaches that focus on changing unhelpful thoughts and building coping skills can reduce distress and improve functioning. For eating concerns and addiction, structured strategies that address behaviors and triggers help people regain control and rebuild routines.Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will collaborate with each person to decide which techniques fit best based on their needs, goals, and preferences, and adjust methods over time as progress is made.
The biography does not list specific online session formats, so please confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into school, work, or caregiving schedules. It can also allow shorter check-ins when needed, or sessions without video if that helps someone stay focused. Many licensed professionals use remote sessions to reduce travel time and maintain continuity of care, and this can be helpful when managing ongoing symptoms or life transitions.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
Additional focus areas
Experience
38+ years
Listed in
New York
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She helps adults with depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, eating concerns, addictions, trauma, grief, relationship and parenting challenges, and related issues.
What is her general approach in sessions?
Her work focuses on practical symptom management and improving day-to-day functioning. She collaborates with each person to develop a plan that addresses their immediate needs and goals.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 38 years of professional experience, including in-patient, emergency, outpatient, and over 20 years in private practice.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a New York LCSW-R and practices from New York.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the US work with her?
She accepts international clients; confirm scheduling and time zone details when arranging sessions.
What formats are used for sessions?
The biography does not specify session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How are sessions paid for and how do I start?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, use the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy through BetterHelp is for adults aged 18 and over and is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the emergency numbers. Find someone else by name.