Robert Barrett, LCSW

Robert Barrett is a Florida-licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) who has provided psychotherapy and counseling since receiving his license in 1996. He holds a Master of Social Work from Florida International University and completed post-graduate training as a clinical sexologist, and he is a state of Florida certified sex therapist qualified to address concerns related to sexual function and sexual behavior. For more than three decades he has worked with individuals, couples, and families on issues such as anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, stress related to work and life changes, and other emotional challenges.

His professional background includes leadership roles in employee assistance and community human services programs, and a decade supporting student behavioral health at the college level. He has been a clinical member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy since 2001. In clinical work he favors a strength-based, solution-focused brief therapy approach that helps clients build practical solutions by concentrating on present circumstances and future goals. He also integrates cognitive behavioral therapy techniques to identify and shift thought patterns that contribute to distress.

Robert Barrett aims to help people and families navigate transitions and difficult periods with a sincere, collaborative style, drawing on experience with a wide range of concerns including relationship and family problems, trauma, addictions, mood disorders, parenting and intimacy-related issues.