Bruce Barrett, LMHC

Bruce Barrett is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with decades of experience helping people find meaning and direction in both joyful and difficult chapters of life. He practices from a narrative perspective, trained in the Dulwich Model, and blends that approach with Gestalt techniques for dream work and exploring life's polarities, Gendlin's Focusing to navigate psychological uncertainty, and mindfulness-based stress management to support ongoing personal growth. He frames his clinical work with an openness to method rather than rigid technique, tailoring interventions to each person's story and needs.

Barrett has worked as a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Massachusetts since 2012, and prior to licensure he practiced as an associate psychologist at the master's level in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. He also brings experience as a Certified Alcoholism Counselor, having worked in both inpatient and outpatient settings with a strong 12-step orientation. In addition to that professional work, he is a recovering alcoholic with 40 years of continuous sobriety, which informs his understanding of recovery processes.

He has a particular interest in supporting people on the autism spectrum, including both adults and younger clients, and draws on personal family experience to build rapport and practical support. Barrett also focuses on concerns common to military families and individuals who grew up in cross-cultural or military-dependent contexts - sometimes described as third culture kids - and brings sensitivity to the lifelong issues that can arise from those developmental experiences. His specialties include stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, depression, relationships, grief, anger, career transitions, coping with life changes, coaching, and ADHD, and he works with a broad range of related issues such as aging and geriatric concerns, dissociation, family of origin matters, hospice and end-of-life counseling, and veteran and armed forces issues.