Tristine Barry, LMHC

Tristine Barry is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in Florida. She brings 11 years of experience helping people handle stress, anxiety, addictions, career shifts, and midlife transitions. Her approach aims to build on each person's strengths and practical needs.

Clients can expect calm listening and straightforward guidance. She uses techniques that combine thinking and body-focused tools to ease symptoms and increase day-to-day coping. Sessions often include mindfulness practices and simple exercises to manage strong feelings and bodily reactions.

Her work includes support for trauma, chronic pain, grief, sleep and eating concerns, ADHD, and mood issues such as depression and bipolar-related struggles. She also addresses relationship problems, communication struggles, codependency, and family of origin issues. The focus is on clear steps people can use between sessions.

Tristine integrates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, cognitive behavioral tools, motivational interviewing, and client-centered listening. She offers skill teaching in somatic techniques such as grounding, breathing, and tapping to help people regain steadiness. Technology and apps are sometimes used to reinforce progress outside sessions.

She encourages people ready to make changes and wants to be a supportive partner in that process. The first step is a short matching questionnaire to find a good fit and then scheduling according to therapist availability.

Therapeutic approaches for online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages noticing thoughts and choosing actions that match personal values rather than getting stuck in worries. It often helps with anxiety, life transitions, and finding direction during midlife changes.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors. It is practical for stress, sleep and eating concerns, low mood, and managing panic symptoms.

Mindfulness Therapy teaches present-moment awareness and simple body-based practices to reduce reactivity. Those skills support people dealing with trauma reactions, chronic pain, or strong emotions.

Deciding which approach fits is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss options based on a person's goals, symptoms, and what feels useful. Clients try techniques in sessions and adjust plans if something is not helping.

Confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into busy days, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules demand. It also makes it simple to use apps and digital tools the therapist recommends to reinforce skills between meetings.