About Larry
Larry Barber is a licensed professional counselor who brings 19 years of clinical experience to helping people facing major life stresses. He creates a calm, straightforward space where clients can talk about what matters most and begin to make changes. He focuses on stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, and coping with life changes.
Larry also works with issues tied to aging and geriatric concerns, caregiver strain, chronic pain and illness, codependency, and isolation.
Background and approach
He pays attention to communication problems, control issues, and the effects of guilt and shame. Sessions aim to be practical and clear. Larry blends Client-Centered work with cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness practices.
That means he listens first, then helps people spot unhelpful thinking, test new behaviors, and try small changes between sessions. He also uses parts of the Gottman Method for people wanting to improve communication and reduce conflict. Motivational interviewing shows up when someone is feeling stuck and needs help finding personal reasons to change.
These methods are used to fit the person in front of him, not as fixed scripts. People working with Larry can expect help building self-compassion, strengthening relationships, and managing strong emotions. He draws on experience with first responder issues, hospice and end-of-life counseling, and midlife concerns to offer realistic coping strategies.
Sessions are offered in English and take place with respect for each person's beliefs and life story.
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, understanding, and helping people feel heard. In practice this means the therapist reflects what you say and helps you find your own answers, which can help with grief, isolation, and life purpose issues.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and actions affect feelings. Sessions involve identifying unhelpful thinking, trying new behaviors, and using short home exercises to reduce anxiety, manage stress, and cope with chronic pain.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit current needs and goals. That collaborative choice can shift over time as progress and priorities change.
Online formats available include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions let people work face-to-face when schedules allow. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Chat and messaging support quick updates, brief coaching, or ongoing check-ins between appointments. These options make it simpler to fit sessions into busy lives and maintain continuity of care regardless of location.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 19 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English