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Barry Winley, LMHC

  • Experience15 years
  • LocationNew York
  • Focus areasADHD, Stress and Anxiety, and Trauma and abuse
  • Therapy approachesAttachment-Based Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
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About Barry

Barry Winley is an LMHC with 15 years of clinical experience based in New York. He brings a practical, integrative approach shaped by a long career in mental health work, including experience with trauma and mood disorders.

Background and approach

Barry emphasizes overall well-being through structured practices that help clients build self-regulation and steady coping skills. His work blends evidence-informed methods such as cognitive behavioral techniques, attachment-based ideas, emotionally-focused approaches, Jungian perspectives, and mindfulness practices to tailor care to individual needs.

He addresses a wide range of concerns from anxiety, stress, and depression to relationship and intimacy issues, grief, addiction-related problems, and attention concerns including ADHD. Barry also attends to related areas like body image, communication challenges, codependency, and life transitions.

Clients can expect a thoughtful, collaborative process that draws on several therapeutic traditions to create personalized strategies. He accepts English-speaking and international clients and conducts sessions with attention to practical access and ongoing support.

The emphasis is on helping people develop skills and insight that fit their daily lives and goals.

Therapeutic approaches and how they work online

Barry integrates cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness practices to help clients identify unhelpful thoughts and learn practical coping strategies. CBT focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress-related problems, while mindfulness teaches present-moment awareness and stress reduction techniques.

He also uses attachment-based ideas and emotionally-focused strategies to explore relational patterns and emotional bonds. These approaches aim to increase awareness of how early and current relationships influence responses to stress and intimacy issues, and they can support work on communication, trust, and emotional regulation.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and current challenges with each client and adapt methods over time to find the best fit. This collaborative tuning helps ensure therapy feels relevant and useful for day-to-day life.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility and access. These formats make it easier to fit regular care into busy schedules, allow therapy across locations including international clients, and support consistent follow-up and skill practice between meetings.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does Barry address?
He works with a broad range of issues including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, anger, self-esteem, depression, addictions, grief, relationship and intimacy-related issues, eating and sleeping problems, parenting and career concerns, bipolar disorder, compassion fatigue, and ADHD.
What is his therapeutic style like?
The approach is integrative and collaborative, drawing on attachment-based ideas, CBT, EFT, Jungian concepts, and mindfulness to match techniques to each person's needs and goals.
How much clinical experience does he have?
He has 15 years of direct mental health counseling experience working in varied settings and with a wide range of presenting problems.
What credentials and location are on record?
He is an LMHC licensed in New York with license number NY LMHC 003955-1 and maintains practice based in New York.
Are sessions available in other countries or languages?
Sessions are conducted in English and he accepts international clients, allowing people outside New York or the U.S. to work with him.
Which session formats are offered?
He provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different communication preferences and schedules.
How does pricing and subscription work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are arranged through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What should someone do to begin working with him?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyTrauma and abuseAnger managementSelf esteemDepression

Also works with

AddictionsLGBTRelationship issuesFamily conflictsGriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAntisocial personalityAttachment issuesAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesBody imageCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesDependent personalityDissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMen's issuesVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPersonality disordersPhobiasPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthPrejudice and discriminationProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Self-loveSex addictionSexual dysfunctionSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Jungian TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingPsychodynamic TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

15+ years

Licensed

New York

Languages

English

What Barry can help with

Barry Winley works with clients on stress and anxiety, trauma and abuse, anger management, self esteem, and depression.

Barry has worked in the field of criminal justice evaluating inmates at various stages of trauma, particularly PTSD from incarceration, and the social stigma of community based supervision systems like probation and parole.

How Barry approaches therapy

Barry's clinical approaches include Attachment-Based Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Jungian Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Psychodynamic Therapy, and Trauma-Focused Therapy.

Experience and training

Barry is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor practicing in New York, with 15 years of clinical experience.

Therapy style

Barry has developed a holistic approach to counseling concentrating on what he calls the "7 Pillars of Health".