Barbara Kass, Psychologist, MD

Licensed

Online Counseling

(38 reviews)

MS, LCPC, NCC Barbara Kass

Provides online counseling through BetterHelp

Mental health conditions are real, common and treatable.

And recovery is possible.

Barbara Kass is an experienced, licensed Mental Health Professional who specializes in affordable online therapy offered through our partner, BetterHelp.

More about me

Licensing: MS, LCPC, NCC Years in Practice: 10 State: Maryland

I am a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) in Maryland and am also a Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC). For over ten years, I have worked with people to help them reconnect with their ability to heal and become whole. I have experience working with trauma issues, grief, depression, anxiety, stress management, and adjustment difficulties. In addition, I also help my clients when they are struggling to manage their careers. Settings I have worked in include hospitals, clinics, private practice, and county services. As a graduate of Loyola University, I have a specialty in pastoral counseling and am very comfortable working with clients on spiritual and religious issues.

My work focuses on counseling as a collaborative process that meets your therapeutic needs and primary concerns. Counseling methods include traditional psychotherapies that are based in a client-centered, humanistic approach, cognitive behavioral therapy, cognitive processing therapy, and rational emotive behavior therapy along with expressive writing, mindfulness, breathing, meditation, and body awareness.

About online counseling

Online counseling allows you to receive care from an online mental health practitioner via phone, video chat, or instant messaging. It is convenient for those who may have trouble getting to or would prefer not to have in-person therapy appointments. Starting at $65 per week, online counseling is generally more affordable than in-person counseling. A study by researchers at University of California, Berkeley found that online counseling can be just as effective as face-to-face therapy while being more convenient, affordable, and accessible.

Issues: Stress Anxiety Trauma and abuse Grief Depression Relationship issues Anger management Self esteem Career difficulties Coping with life changes Compassion fatigue
Languages Spoken: English

Services offered

Professional, confidential, and judgment-free

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Thanks for your help. You’re great!!

Great listening skills and love her personality. Her advice is helpful.

Barbara has been extremely helpful in counseling and she is a really good listener as well. She also gives me different insights and practical application on how to deal and work with people. Very down to earth individual.

Barbara is easy to connect with and flexible with accommodating my unconventional schedule. I appreciate the thorough follow up recap of our sessions as I can refer to them at my convenience to keep on task with what I have decided to work on. Barbara's listening skills are sharp and I am grateful how she can help me connect-the-dots with my sometimes roller-coaster-to-rabit-hole ranting.

This organization is definitely beneficial to someone with a busy life like mine. Because I NEED THIS it allows me to have access to my counselor, for a lack of better words, at any time. Whether it be video chat, phone, or text; I am able to contact her, express my feelings, and when I get off the phone I feel a sigh of relief.

Barbara is great! She is very kind and provides strategies that felt attainable for me to do while trying to discover solutions for me to better with self care. I looked forward to our sessions and I would recommend her to anyone.

I appreciate Barbara for her caring and helpful counseling. Everything she has recommended has been very helpful. And look forward to continuing our counseling.

She listens to me and is able to help me work through complicated issues.

She’s very solutions oriented. I like that

Loving the app!

Wonderful listener!

She is an excellent listener.

Barbara has been great and really made this new journey feel easy. This is my first time ever going to therapy and I was a little nervous at first. From day one, she was easy to talk to and I connected well with her. I look forward to growing with her.

I have really benefited from my time with Barbara. Even though it’s only been a couple of weeks, I am getting a lot out of our sessions and feel supported and challenged to do better

Barbara has been a tremendous help in my journey to managing my mental illness better

Excellent therapist!

Best therapist ever

Barbara has been a great asset to my weekly routine. I feel heard and validated when speaking about what’s bothering me. Her tools and wide range of problem solving are exciting to learn and use. She is relatable, spiritual and grounded. It’s a joy to learn and better myself in the process.

Barbara is so helpful, caring, and understanding. I appreciate her support.

Barbara was an enormous help to me during an extremely difficult time in my life. I signed up for BetterHealth for some grief counseling, but ended up learning so much more about myself. Barbara helped me tackle various stages of my grief, listening and providing excellent articles and other resources that she thought could help me (and they did). I especially appreciated her Christian outlook, as I am strong with my faith and was looking for a therapist who would understand. I’m very grateful for her time and expertise, and admire her compassion for others.

Doctor Kass is a wonderful counselor. Working with her is like a game of Battleship: We figure out a pattern of what things do and don't work for me, and then we try more things in the same area that have worked in the past. I really feel like we are working together to find solutions to help me sort out my headspace. This is a far cry from several months ago when I was apprehensive with the idea of doing long-term therapy. I would absolutely recommend Barbara Kass to a friend.

I have just started counseling with Barbara but so far so good. My sessions with her and worthwhile and productive.

Continues to be the right counselor for me at this stage of my life; excellent at helping me identify my underlying issues and concrete steps to work on them

She is well spoken and extremely upbeat great service

My counseling sessions with Barbara Kass are helping me immensely with my journey to sort myself out, and work on how and why I am the person I am today. She does so without casting any judgement, and I always look forward to our chats.

Barbara has helped me so much! To thinking I was crazy before I started with her, to realizing that I am not in control of everything, and shouldn't stress about things I can't control.

I feel very comfortable working with Barbara. She is very caring and after three weeks helped me to feel less anxious and relaxed.

Barbara is awesome. She listens, she understands, and is compassionate. She’s the first voice to ever reassure me that I’m not crazy, I’m just human. I already feel so much better and more equipped to manage day-to-day stressors and anxiety.

Very supportive and always check in with you to make sure everything is okay. The best counselor I have met.

Seriously SO helpful! Very responsive and has an easy schedule to work with. Her advice has helped me in so many ways. She's constantly following up vis messages or sending helpful worksheets. Thank you so much Barbra, you’re a lifesaver!

Excellent counselor!

It’s such a relief to find someone who wants to see me in my entirety and who offers pragmatic advice and solutions. I’m feeling better and more hopeful. Thanks!

She is amazing to talk too and has been extremely helpful with me dealing with my PTSD.

Barbara is supportive and easy to talk to. I definitely recommend her counseling services!

Ms. Kass has honestly really helped me to believe in myself and to not be anxious all the time. She is attentive and pleasant and truly cares about you and your personal concerns. I would recommend her to anyone.

Barbara Kass is very wise and offers reasonable and practical advise. I feel that we've know each other for long time, although we've just met a couple of weeks ago.

I really like Barbara and she really seems to understand my problem is and has provided me with several resources in order to help me. I highly recommend her!

I’ve only been working with Barbara for less than a week and already feel understood, validated, and cared about. Barbara is worth every cent I paid. I want to refer my girlfriend to her too, if that’s possible.

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