Works with
How Bruce works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Licensed in
- Massachusetts
- Years in practice
- 40
- Languages
- English, German
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Bruce
Bruce Barrett is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in Massachusetts with four decades of clinical experience. He helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, anger, addictions, and life changes. He also supports those dealing with relationship strain, career questions, low self-esteem, and the challenges of ADHD.
Bruce speaks English and German and brings a calm, down-to-earth manner to sessions. He favors narrative approaches that help clients tell the story of their lives and see patterns that no longer serve them.
Background and approach
He blends mindfulness tools to manage strong feelings and reduce reactivity. He also draws on psychodynamic ideas to understand repeating themes from earlier life experience. Bruce has long experience in addiction work and spent years as a Certified Alcoholism Counselor.
He is a person in recovery and uses that lived perspective when it is helpful to clients. His background includes inpatient and outpatient addiction settings as well as community mental health roles in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Many clients come to him wanting practical ways to manage anger, stress, or trauma reactions.
In sessions he works step by step - identifying triggers, building coping skills, and finding new ways to respond. He favors short exercises people can use between meetings to steady mood and regain control. He has a particular interest in supporting people on the autism spectrum and those with military-connected childhoods.
He aims to meet each person where they are, listening, reflecting, and helping them test small changes that can lead to clearer meaning and better daily functioning.
What Bruce works with
Everything Bruce lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Bruce's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Life purpose
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Young adult issues
Approaches Bruce lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Using Narrative and Mindfulness Online
Bruce Barrett often uses Narrative Therapy to help people retell painful or stuck life stories so they can spot patterns and try different actions. Narrative work helps with grief, addiction recovery, anger, and finding new directions by separating the person from the problem.He also relies on Mindfulness Therapy to teach simple attention and breathing exercises that calm intense emotion and reduce reactivity. These practices are useful for stress, anxiety, and anger management because they give clients tools to pause before responding.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. He will talk with clients about goals, symptoms, and preferences, then suggest starting points and adjust methods as needed. The process is collaborative and paced to what each person can use day to day.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is good for face-to-face conversation and exercises that benefit from eye contact. Phone sessions can fit a quick check-in or work when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief updates, homework support, or touchpoints between full sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while keeping continuity of care.
Questions people ask about Bruce
What concerns does this therapist address?
He supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, anger, addictions, relationship strain, career questions, ADHD, and related life changes.
What is his therapeutic style like?
He uses a conversational, story-based style that helps clients view patterns in their lives and try new responses. Sessions include practical skills and reflective work.
How much clinical experience does he have?
He brings 40 years of experience in counseling and community mental health, including addiction treatment and long-term clinical practice in New England.
What credentials and region are listed for this therapist?
He holds an MA and is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in Massachusetts.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and German.
What session formats are available?
He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for ongoing work and check-ins.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.