Jocelyn Barrera, LCSW

Jocelyn Barrera is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who supports people working through stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, depression, and major life transitions. She focuses on helping clients identify feelings, notice unhelpful patterns, and build a more meaningful, purposeful life. Jocelyn creates a warm, non-judgmental environment where people can bring their authentic selves and explore changes they want to make.

Her clinical style blends evidence-informed methods including cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), mindfulness practices, dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), and psychodynamic approaches that explore how earlier experiences shape present reactions. This blend helps individuals process emotions, challenge unhelpful thoughts, and develop practical coping tools while honoring each person’s pace and goals.

Jocelyn works collaboratively to address a wide range of concerns such as anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, relationship struggles, attachment issues, self-esteem challenges, and life transitions. She also offers support for codependency, communication problems, forgiveness, guilt and shame, isolation and loneliness, questions about life purpose and self-love, social anxiety and phobia, and issues common to young adults.

Her communication is described as warm, supportive, straightforward, and direct, using a client-centered approach that meets people where they are. Motivated by deep empathy and a desire to help others break unhelpful patterns, Jocelyn is comfortable addressing difficult topics and values the process of accompanying someone through personal growth.

In therapy she helps clients set attainable short- and long-term goals and develop clear action plans. Jocelyn offers a space for emotional expression grounded in acceptance and empathy while encouraging present-focused work and increasing self-acceptance. During an initial session she focuses on understanding each person’s needs, answering questions about the process, and co-creating a personalized treatment plan with specific goals.