About Thom
Thom Barry is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with eight years of practice in Tennessee. He helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD and substance concerns. He works with individuals coping with grief, relationship strain, low self-esteem, and major life changes.
Thom focuses on making therapy straightforward and practical so people can use what they learn right away. He believes the relationship between therapist and client matters more than jargon.
Background and approach
Thom compares emotional load to an invisible bucket that fills with stress and other people's problems. He offers a space to empty that bucket and to learn simple ways to keep it from overflowing again. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented.
Thom helps people name what they are feeling, notice unhelpful patterns, and try small, manageable changes. He uses tools from several approaches to build skills for coping, communication, and emotion regulation. Thom blends empathy with direct coaching.
He will help you map practical steps and practice them between sessions. He aims to make the work as low-stress and even a little enjoyable when possible. People who come for help with trauma, addiction, sleep problems, anger, or compassion fatigue often find the clear, steady style useful.
Thom also supports people working through attachment and relationship difficulties, caregiving strain, chronic health challenges, and issues related to identity and intimacy.
Approach and online options for practical help
Thom commonly uses client-centered work to create a respectful, listening space where clients lead the conversation and identify their goals. This approach helps people feel heard and encourages self-directed problem solving.He also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy, which focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, ADHD-related routines, and sleep or anger problems because it breaks concerns into clear steps to change.
Finding the right method is part of the process. Thom works collaboratively to choose or combine approaches based on what matters to the client, their goals, and how they prefer to work. He checks in and adjusts strategies as needed rather than assuming a one-size-fits-all plan.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow more face-to-face interaction and visual cues. Phone sessions take less bandwidth and can be a good option for a focused check-in. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, coaching between meetings, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options offer flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Tennessee
- Languages
- English
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