About Bard
Dr. Bard Schatzman helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma, depression, addiction, grief, ADHD, and parenting challenges. He is a psychologist who emphasizes practical steps people can use right away.
He writes and speaks plainly so worried parents can follow along and decide what they want from therapy. He brings 45 years of experience as an Arizona psychologist. In the first session he asks about history, current problems, and what matters most to the client.
Background and approach
That conversation is used to set clear goals and a plan the client helps shape. Dr. Schatzman focuses on what will move the person forward rather than only reviewing problems.
Sessions combine several approaches tailored to the person. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Client-Centered work focuses on the person's goals and choices.
Psychodynamic ideas may be used to understand recurring patterns from earlier life. Therapy tends to be interactive and goal-oriented. Clients can expect practical strategies for coping, clearer communication in relationships, and steps to manage mood, sleep, or attention.
The therapist stresses steady effort and small changes that add up over time. Dr. Schatzman encourages people to be honest about their priorities so the work stays relevant.
He aims to support and empower clients as they try new ways of handling stress, anger, parenting duties, or the everyday challenges of ADHD and mood disorders. If someone is ready to begin, he guides them through the initial match and scheduling process.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy puts the client's goals and choices at the center of the work. The therapist listens closely and helps people decide what they want to change and how to get there. This approach is useful when someone needs support making decisions or building confidence.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It uses practical exercises and tools to reduce anxiety, improve sleep, manage mood, and address attention or behavior patterns related to ADHD.
Finding the right approach is part of the online therapy process. The therapist collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. That plan can change as the work unfolds so the methods remain useful and relevant.
Online sessions offer flexibility for people with busy schedules. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when more interaction is helpful. Phone sessions can be simpler if bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief updates, coaching-style check-ins, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or family life while using the therapeutic approaches described above.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trichotillomania
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 45 years
- Licensed
- Arizona
- Languages
- English
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