About Tom
Dr. Tom Barbera is a clinical psychologist who uses practical, evidence-informed approaches to help people manage anxiety, phobias, stress, and related concerns. He brings 29 years of experience and aims to teach clear coping skills that people can use between sessions.
He holds the credential IN Psychologist 20041728A and practices from Indiana. He trained at the University of New Mexico where he earned a PhD in Clinical Psychology and completed a health psychology internship at Wilford Hall Medical Center in San Antonio.
Background and approach
Early in his career he worked as an Active Duty Air Force psychologist and later joined the St. Vincent Family Medicine Residency Faculty in Indiana. More recently he helped start a Behavioral Care Clinic at Riverview Health in Noblesville, Indiana, where he provided integrated care alongside primary care teams.
His clinical work has covered a wide range of concerns including depression, trauma, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, insomnia, chronic pain, and substance-related behavior such as nicotine addiction. In sessions he focuses on teaching skills such as symptom monitoring, coping practice, and short between-appointment exercises like reading and writing tasks. People can expect direct, down-to-earth coaching on strategies that address daily challenges and improve functioning.
He offers telehealth services and is licensed to provide telehealth within PSYPACT participating states. Session formats include video calls, phone, live chat, and text messaging, and he works with people on goals such as sleep, mood, relationships, grief, career stress, parenting strain, and life purpose.
Online approaches that teach practical coping skills
Dr. Barbera often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing behaviors to reduce anxiety, panic, and phobic responses. CBT includes hands-on exercises and step-by-step practice to shift daily patterns and reactions.He also draws on Mindfulness Therapy to help people notice bodily sensations, worry cycles, and stress without getting swept up in them. Mindfulness practices can be brief and are useful for sleep problems, rumination, and ongoing anxiety.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. He will work with each person to match methods to their goals, symptoms, and preferences, adjusting plans as progress is made. Clients can expect to set clear goals and try techniques in and between sessions to see what helps.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video can support focused skill work and exposure exercises, phone calls are useful when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or chat can provide brief check-ins or ongoing coaching. These options help fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules while keeping the focus on practical progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Compassion fatigue
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Fatherhood issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 29 years
- Licensed
- Indiana
- Languages
- English
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