Barbara Castro, LCSW

Barbara Castro is a psychotherapist licensed in New York with 26 years of professional experience. As an LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker - she has worked extensively with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, grief and loss, and parenting challenges. Her clinical focus includes supporting women who are pregnant, navigating fertility issues, or coping with postpartum depression or anxiety.

Her long tenure in the field, combined with personal experience with perinatal mood disorder and infertility, informs a compassionate and practical approach to care. She draws on that background to offer empathic, thoughtful support tailored to each person's situation. Sessions and treatment plans are individualized to reflect a client’s unique needs, strengths, and goals.

Barbara emphasizes respectful, sensitive interaction and partners with clients to strengthen coping skills and restore a sense of forward motion in daily life. She supports people through difficult transitions and helps them explore practical strategies to manage symptoms and improve relationships. Prospective clients are encouraged to take the first step toward a more fulfilling life when they are ready, knowing a licensed professional will collaborate with them throughout the therapeutic process.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Barbara Castro uses client-centered therapy to create a supportive, nonjudgmental space where the client’s perspective guides the work. This approach emphasizes empathy and respect, helping people explore values, strengthen self-esteem, and address life transitions in a way that feels authentic to them.

She also integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help clients identify unhelpful thinking patterns and develop practical strategies for managing symptoms like anxiety, stress, and low mood. CBT focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and offers concrete tools to change those patterns.

Choosing the right therapeutic approach is part of the collaborative process. Barbara works with each person to determine which methods best fit their needs, goals, and preferences, and she adjusts the plan over time as progress is made.

Online therapy through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging offers flexibility for busy schedules, caregiving responsibilities, or limited mobility. These options make it easier to maintain consistency in care, access sessions from home, and integrate therapy into daily life while working with licensed professionals and therapists who tailor treatment to each individual.