About Bard
Dr. Bard Schatzman helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship problems, trauma, depression, grief, and many everyday struggles. He is a licensed psychologist in Arizona with 45 years of clinical experience.
He works with people who are coping with life changes, addiction, parenting strain, sleep and eating difficulties, ADHD, and intimacy or communication problems. His style is collaborative and down-to-earth. In the first session he asks questions to understand history, health, relationships, and current pressures.
Background and approach
He uses that picture to agree on goals and a plan that fits each person’s needs. After the initial meeting, sessions focus on practical steps toward agreed goals. He mixes approaches to match the issue at hand, drawing from cognitive-behavioral ideas, psychodynamic thinking, client-centered ways of working, and solution-focused techniques.
That blend aims to address symptoms and patterns that keep problems repeating. He emphasizes clear goals and steady effort. Change often requires persistence, and he aims to support and empower people through that process.
He also pays attention to how life events, health, and relationships affect emotional well-being. Dr. Schatzman has worked across many settings over decades and brings that broad experience to sessions in Arizona.
He values straightforward conversation and helps people move from feeling stuck to taking practical steps forward.
How his approaches fit with online therapy
Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening and following the person’s lead. It focuses on understanding feelings and priorities so goals feel meaningful and realistic, which helps with issues like relationship strain, grief, and low self-esteem.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It uses clear steps and exercises to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and change unhelpful patterns that maintain problems such as panic, insomnia, or addictive habits.
Finding the right approach usually takes a little time and conversation. The therapist works collaboratively to identify goals, tries methods that fit the person’s needs, and adjusts the plan based on what helps most. This collaborative process means the approach can shift as progress is made.
Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a good choice when lower bandwidth or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging let people send notes, check in between sessions, or use brief check-ins that fit around work or caregiving. These options increase flexibility and make it simpler to keep steady work toward agreed goals.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trichotillomania
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 45 years
- Licensed
- Arizona
- Languages
- English
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