Shatina Barr , LCSW-R

Shatina Barr is a licensed clinical social worker with 14 years of experience helping people navigate trauma, mood concerns, and struggles with self-worth. She practices in New York and focuses on practical steps people can use right away. Her approach is straightforward and rooted in Trauma-Focused Therapy. Shatina helps people talk through family conflict and the fallout from past abuse. She offers steady support for depression, attention differences such as ADHD, and problems tied to low self-esteem. Women seeking to reconnect with their sense of purpose and self-love will find her focused on real-life change rather than labels. Her sessions aim to be calm and nonjudgmental. She encourages clear conversation about feelings, behaviors, and patterns that get in the way. Together with each client she sets short-term goals and realistic steps to try between sessions. Shatina pays attention to attachment and relationship patterns that affect communication and trust. She also addresses caregiver stress, isolation, guilt, and shame using approaches that target past wounds and present-day coping. Impulsivity and forgiveness work are handled with practical strategies and reflective discussion. People meet her for video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. She guides each person toward tools they can use at home, at work, or during a hard day, and helps track progress over time.

Trauma-Focused Care Delivered Online

Trauma-Focused Therapy centers on understanding how difficult events shape current reactions and relationships. This approach helps people name and process painful memories, and build safer ways of responding to stress or triggers. It is often used for post-traumatic stress, histories of abuse, and ongoing effects of traumatic events.

In sessions she focuses on concrete skills alongside processing work. That means balancing emotional processing with practical coping tools for anxiety, mood shifts, impulsivity, and relationship problems. Choosing the right approach is a team effort - the therapist and client decide together which techniques fit the client’s goals, needs, and comfort level.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text messaging offer quick access for brief updates, coping prompts, or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, family life, or a busy day while maintaining continuity of care.