Barbara Mazzarella

About Me:

In a safe, supportive environment we will work together to identify and gently move you past the thoughts, attitudes, feelings and behaviors that have been keeping you from living a more joyful and fulfilling life. In addition to maintaining a general practice, I offer specialized treatment and expertise for clients struggling with Sex & Love Addiction, (including compulsive internet activity), sexual inhibition & anorexia, as well as codependent behaviors. Drawing upon a solid foundation of postgraduate psychoanalytic education & other clinical training, my therapeutic approach is determined, first and foremost, by your individual situation and specific needs. When appropriate, I combine an interactive, psychodynamic orientation with such diverse methodologies as cognitive-behavorial, EMDR, 12-Step recovery and Inner Child work. I welcome, and work sensitively with, clients from a broad range of backgrounds, sexual orientations & professions, including many from the creative & performing arts, or those engaged in high public profile positions. In addition to individual sessions, I also work within the Group therapy modality. These once weekly psychodynamic, process-oriented groups focus upon recovery from sexually addictive-anorexic behaviors. A safe, intimate (limited to 6-7 members), confidential & comfortable setting supports deep, rich experiential sharing among participants at various stages of recovery. A powerful clinical supplement to one’s individual treatment &/or current 12 Step recovery work.

My Approach To Therapy:

• Depth Therapy
• Depth-Oriented Brief Therapy
• Dreamwork & Dream Analysis
• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
• Integration of different therapy models
• Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy
• Interpersonal Psychotherapy
• Object Relations
• Person Centered / Rogerian
• Psychodynamic

Groups I Work With:

Sex & Love Addiction, Internet Pornography Addiction, Spouses of Sex Addicts, Sexual Avoidance, Anorexia & Inhibitions, Fears around Courtship & Dating, Intimacy Concerns, Codependency.

Concerns & Issues I Deal With:

• Abuse / Abuse Survivor Issues
• Addictions & Compulsions
• Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions
• Anger
• Blended Family Issues
• Cancer
• Career Choice
• Chronic Pain
• Compulsive Spending / Shopping
• Control Issues
• Depression
• Dissociation
• Divorce / Divorce Adjustment
• Domestic Violence
• Eating & Food Issues
• Emotional Intelligence
• Emotional Overwhelm
• Emptiness
• Family of Origin Issues
• Family Problems
• Fear
• Grief, Loss, & Bereavement
• Habits
• Health / Illness / Medical Issues
• Helplessness / Victimhood
• HIV / AIDS
• Identity Issues
• Infidelity / Affair Recovery
• Irritability
• Isolation
• LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender) Issues
• Men's Issues
• Midlife Crisis / Midlife Transition
• Mood Swings / Mood Disturbance
• Obsessions & Compulsions (OCD)
• Other - Not Listed Here
• Parenting
• Post Traumatic Stress / Trauma
• Pre-Marital Counseling
• Relationships & Marriage
• Self-Care
• Self-Confidence
• Self-Criticism
• Self-Doubt
• Self-Esteem
• Self-Love
• Sensitivity to Criticism
• Sexual Abuse
• Sexuality / Sex Therapy
• Shame
• Social Anxiety / Phobia
• Spirituality
• Stress
• Trust Issues
• Values Clarification
• Women's Issues
• Workplace Issues
• Worry
• Worthlessness