Barbara Jane Barker, LISW-CP

Barbara Jane Barker is a Licensed Independent Social Worker, SC LISW-CP, with 32 years of clinical experience. She holds a Master of Social Work and has worked in settings that included adults, teenagers, and children. Her practice addresses common concerns such as anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting and relationship matters.

She also focuses on blended family issues, adoption and foster care, attachment concerns, and life transitions like midlife change and coping with serious illness. Barbara brings Family Systems ideas into sessions while also using approaches that fit the problem at hand.

Sessions tend to be straightforward and practical. She uses direct discussion to identify patterns, set small goals, and try concrete strategies. Expect to talk through routines, communication habits, and how roles have shifted in a new household.

Her work with trauma and grief uses techniques aimed at helping people process distressing memories and reduce their impact on daily life. For anxiety and mood concerns she incorporates strategies that help people notice thought patterns and test them against real experience.

Barbara has assisted people dealing with caregiving, hospice and end-of-life concerns, and veterans' issues. She also supports those managing compassion fatigue and professional stress. If you want to clarify boundaries, change old patterns, or find steadier ways to handle family stress, she can help explore practical steps with you.