Barry Harnick, LCSW

Barry Harnick is a Florida-licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with 50 years of professional experience helping people navigate addiction, relationship challenges, grief, and major life transitions. He began his career working with individuals affected by substance use, serving as director of a 60-bed residential program for men and women and focusing his first decade on all types of addictions.

Over the years he broadened his clinical focus to include stress, anxiety, trauma, and abuse, including extended work with the United States Department of Veteran's Affairs on a crisis team and at three different Vet Centers assisting veterans with PTSD and other trauma-related concerns. He has also worked in hospice settings supporting clients and families through grief, loss, and depression.

Harnick integrates several therapeutic approaches to meet each person where they are, drawing on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), psychodynamic therapy, solution-focused therapy, and trauma-focused therapy. His practice addresses a range of issues such as addictions, relationship and intimacy concerns, depression, and coping with life changes, along with additional focus areas including abandonment, attachment issues, blended family concerns, caregiver stress, chronic illness or pain, codependency, communication and commitment problems, and divorce and separation.

He works in English, accepts new clients including international clients, and tailors dialogue and treatment plans to each person’s unique needs. He approaches every client with respect, sensitivity, and compassion, and encourages those taking the first step toward therapy by offering steady clinical support.