Mrs. Barbara Pizzarello Barrett
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, BCD
Office
A Helping Hand Counseling3914 Murphy Canyon Road
Suite A170
San Diego, California 92123
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Contact Information
phone: (858) 279-6721fax: (858) 279-5440
Additional Contact
phone: (858) 279-6721“Barbara Pizzarello Barrett, LCSW, ACSW, BCD is dedicated to providing the highest quality out-patient services to individuals, couples and families in San Diego in both English and Spanish. She specializes in Christian counseling, depression, sexual trauma, children and sexual addictions. Psychiatrists are available for clients needing medication can be seen. A Helping Hand Counseling is continually winning awards for the most excellent service in San Diego County.
Court approved 52-week Domestic Violence Treatment Program; out-patient substance abuse (ASAP-A Substance Abuse Program; Parenting Classes; Anger Management and Sex Offender Treatment Program.
A Helping Hand Counseling provides excellent service and is known throughout San Diego County as the "Nordstrom's of Mental Health Services".”
Mrs. Barbara Barrett offers a free phone
consultation
To arrange a time, send an
email to Mrs. Barbara Barrett
GENERAL
- Gender: Female
- Years in Practice: 20+ Years
- Avg Cost (per session): $120 - $130
- Sliding Scale: Yes
- Accepted Insurance Plans:
- Aetna
- BlueCross and/or BlueShield
- Cigna
- Community Health Group
- Horizon Healthcare
- Interplan
- MHN/Managed Health Network
- Magellan Behavioral Health
- Medicare
- One Health
- PacifiCare
- TRICARE
- TriWest
- United
- Universal Care
- ValueOptions
- Please ask about your health
insurance coverage when you
arrange your first visit.
CLIENT FOCUS
- Ethnicity: Any, Latino
- Gender: All
- Religious Orientation: Christian
- Alternative Languages: Spanish
- Age: Adolescents, Adults, Children
QUALIFICATIONS
- Graduate School: SUNY A
- Year Graduated: 1976
- License No. and State: LCS16343 California
SPECIALTIES
(Strengths in green)
- Depression
- Child or Adolescent Issues
- Relationship Issues
- Anxiety or Fears
- Addictions or Substance Abuse
- ADHD
- Divorce
- Domestic Abuse or Violence
- Gay Lesbian Issues
- Life Coaching
- Loss or Grief
- Parenting
- Sex Therapy
- Spirituality
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Personality Disorders
TREATMENT PREFERENCES
- Orientation:
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
Family/Marital Therapy
Christian - Modality:
- Couples
- Group
- Individuals
EASY ACCESS
- Nearby Towns: Alpine, CA, El Cajon, CA, Jamul, CA, San Diego, CA
- Nearby Counties: San Diego
- Nearby Zips: 91901, 91935, 92020, 92123
Mrs. Barbara Barrett also hosts the following groups:
14 week Anger Management / 52 week Court Approved
3914 Murphy Canyon Road, Suite A-114, San Diego, California
Every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday at 12am - 12am
$20 - $30 per session
Anger Management is a 14 week Court Approved Group which gives you the tools to take control of your anger and to teach you how to take the power in your life. If your anger has gone to violence, our 52 week Court Approved Domestic Violence Group is for you. Topics: Healthy Relationship Building; Safety Issues; Dealing with Anger; Increasing Self Esteem; Coping in Stressful Times; Promoting Self Respect; Assertiveness; Life Lessons; the Effects of Violence on Children; How to Deal with Angry People; and Increasing your Self Worth.
3914 Murphy Canyon Road, Suite A-114, San Diego, California
Every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday at 12am - 12am
$20 - $30 per session
Anger Management is a 14 week Court Approved Group which gives you the tools to take control of your anger and to teach you how to take the power in your life. If your anger has gone to violence, our 52 week Court Approved Domestic Violence Group is for you. Topics: Healthy Relationship Building; Safety Issues; Dealing with Anger; Increasing Self Esteem; Coping in Stressful Times; Promoting Self Respect; Assertiveness; Life Lessons; the Effects of Violence on Children; How to Deal with Angry People; and Increasing your Self Worth.
12 week Parenting Classes
3914 Murphy Canyon Road, Suite A-114, San Diego, California
Every Monday, Wednesday at 12am - 12am
$20 - $30 per session
Each parent wants to raise their child to be healthy and safe. Yet, no child comes with a manual and every child is different! This 12 week Court Approved Parenting Class will give you all of the tools necessary to help you to be the best parent ever! Topics: Dealing with a Strong Willed Child; When Personalities Clash; How to Get My Child to Listen; Helping My Child Through A Divorce; Bedtime; Anger Management; Nurturing the Best in My Child; Techniques To Growing A Healthy Child; Those Terrible Twos; and, Teenager Years.
3914 Murphy Canyon Road, Suite A-114, San Diego, California
Every Monday, Wednesday at 12am - 12am
$20 - $30 per session
Each parent wants to raise their child to be healthy and safe. Yet, no child comes with a manual and every child is different! This 12 week Court Approved Parenting Class will give you all of the tools necessary to help you to be the best parent ever! Topics: Dealing with a Strong Willed Child; When Personalities Clash; How to Get My Child to Listen; Helping My Child Through A Divorce; Bedtime; Anger Management; Nurturing the Best in My Child; Techniques To Growing A Healthy Child; Those Terrible Twos; and, Teenager Years.
Sexual Addidctions
3914 Murphy Canyon Road, Suite A-114, San Diego, California
Every Wednesday, Thursday at 6:30pm - 8pm
$40 - $50 per session
Are you or your loved one struggling with an Addiction to Sex? Pornography? Internet Pornography? Are you feeling embarassed? Ashamed? Isolated? Helpless? Trapped? We can help. In this confidential group, you will receive all of the tools necessary to take control of the very addiction that is taking control of you. Help yourself before it goes any farther. All Groups are confidential and led by a Licensed Professional with many years of experience treating sexual and substance abuse addictions.
3914 Murphy Canyon Road, Suite A-114, San Diego, California
Every Wednesday, Thursday at 6:30pm - 8pm
$40 - $50 per session
Are you or your loved one struggling with an Addiction to Sex? Pornography? Internet Pornography? Are you feeling embarassed? Ashamed? Isolated? Helpless? Trapped? We can help. In this confidential group, you will receive all of the tools necessary to take control of the very addiction that is taking control of you. Help yourself before it goes any farther. All Groups are confidential and led by a Licensed Professional with many years of experience treating sexual and substance abuse addictions.
