Barbara Zukowski, LCSW-R

Barbara is not 'just' a therapist. She is a holistic healer who facilitates healing from within. Since undergoing treatment, Barbara has pinpointed other sources of my anxiety including social anxiety and health anxiety. She tailored her treatment plan to treat these specific anxiety disorders, and I have made remarkable progress. Barbara has helped me navigate grief after I lost several friends and family in a short period of time. I also mustered the courage to get out of a toxic workplace environment and switch jobs. Barbara has utilized a mix of nutraceuticals, workbooks, assorted readings, videos, poetry and spiritual awareness (which has been specific to me). My sessions with Barbara are often thought-provoking and contemplative. She is scholarly and well-read, with a great sense of humor to boot. Barbara has changed my life. I recall my mental state before treatment and truly, it is hard to believe or even recognize my old self. Highest recommendation. THANK YOU BARBARA!

Barbara is very knowledgeable about the various mental disorders and how to treat them. She is very compassionate and is readily available when needed. I’ve been working for her years and have experienced improvement within myself and continue to. Highly recommend!!!

She has worked with my oldest daughter and my daughter has done a complete 180 and is a new person and still uses techniques she has taught her. I recommend her to everyone as she is my first choice if I need another therapist.

Dr. Barbara Zukowski is the best holistic therapist in New York City. She assisted my son with his trauma diagnosis of CPTSD, anxiety and depression. She also Diagnosed him with ADHD. Dr. Zukowski was caring and put us on her calendar right away. She was able to extract the most emotional and traumatic memories my son held onto for over 9 years. We sincerely appreciate and endorse her for any child, teen or adult seeking real results and solutions.

Barbara is a wonderful therapist! She is compassionate, a great listener and insightful. Her approach is very different from other therapists; she will engage in any conversation and express her opinion. I have always liked that about her, it made me feel safe and comfortable knowing that I would always get her honest opinion. She has never failed to make me feel heard and cared for. When I first met Barbara, some of the things I struggled with were mild depression, severe social anxiety, not being able to communicate my feelings, severe lack of confidence and relationship issues. In the early days of my therapy Barbara also discovered I had ADHD. She recommended we work on workbooks that deal with the issues I was facing. They were wonderful and the activities in those workbooks helped me a lot combined with the help of Barbara. We were able to come up with strategies on how to tackle each problem in a way that made me slowly overcome the struggles I faced. - A.B

Barbara helped me through a very tough time in my life. I was, am getting a divorce. She helped me fix inner child issues I did not even know existed. She helped me get more in touch with my soul. I had no clue how out of touch with it I was. She helped me get a grip on my emotional mood swings and told me crying was not just ok but helped cleanse the soul. And I was not a touch, feely person.This woman, therapist is so good. It comes naturally to her and she is worth her weight in gold. Sound too good to be true, look at her reviews. From my personal experience, she works amazing with people and knows how to talk to them to get through.

I'm sure Barbara's style works for some families, but her approach to working with our child was quite surprising. It's as if she had no filter for knowing how to speak with children to get them comfortable. It was very odd and made my child feel like they were othered. She also provided an assessment and diagnosis without ever speaking to my child - including a recommendation to see a psychiatrist.

Barbara has played a crucial role in helping me identify and manage my generalized & health anxiety. From our first meeting, Barbara's compassionate and empathetic nature made me feel understood and supported. She provided invaluable tools and strategies that significantly alleviated my anxiety symptoms, allowing me to regain a sense of control over my life.What truly sets her apart is her dedication to addressing my concerns holistically. Recognizing that financial stress was a trigger for my anxiety, Barbara went above and beyond by incorporating financial social work into our sessions. Additionally, she emphasized the importance of maintaining a healthy lifestyle as a cornerstone of managing anxiety. She offered practical advice on nutrition, exercise, and mindfulness practices, all of which have become integral parts of my daily routine. Thanks to Barbara's comprehensive support, I now lead a more balanced and healthier life. Highly recommend.

I've been seeing Barbara for about 8 months and to say she has changed my life for the better would be an understatement. I was suffering from panic and anxiety disorder, derealization symptoms, major depressive disorder, CPTSD, complex trauma, and also binge eating disorder that was out of control. I was an absolute functional mess. Over the last 8 months, she has helped me to where I no longer have panic disorder, anxiety disorder, derealization symptoms, major depressive disorder, and I no longer suffer from a binge eating disorder. I am still dealing with CPTSD and complex trauma but with her holistic therapy and mindfulness training I am getting better every day. I went from 2 weekly sessions to 1 and she also has helped me get evaluated for a head trauma due to an accident I had several years ago because of her observance of some cognitive issues that she was witnessing. I wish I had more space to say more but not enough words can say how thankful I am for her. She's the best

Updated:I have recently ended therapy for now with Barbara. And as we were going over my discharge it was amazing to see all the improvement I've made in the last couple years. I'm obviously not cured but I feel as close as one could get. I'm eternally gratefulI've sought therapy for many years but was discouraged by seeing so many negative reviews for the therapists in my area. Finally I found Barbara and was able to call and quickly explain to her what I was seeking. She took a few minutes to get to know me and was upfront and honest about her waiting list.In my first encounter with her over the phone I had a good gut feeling about her and was right. Barbara is thoughtful and considerate. She tailors therapy for each patient and you can tell she's passionate about what she does. She takes a holistic approach to therapy and it aligns perfectly with my views of what therapy should be. We work on healing and improving my person as a whole rather than masking individual symptoms.

I have been seeing Barbara consistently for three years now and the title of the review speaks for itself. Barbara is unique, highly educated, intuitive, compassionate, and most importantly human. She very empathetically absorbs information, and pinpoints targeted goals to create an action plan of how to tackle your specific needs using holistic approaches such as psycho- education, art therapy, work-book activities, nutraceuticals, dream analysis, humor therapy --the list goes on. In these past years: my depression and anxiety have drastically dissipated, my relationships with others have improved, and my overall quality of life is better. I’ve learned and practiced emotionally regulating myself, coping with and healing CPTSD, as well as reprogramming my thoughts. She is an excellent therapist, and is consistently working on improving. Barbara is a healer, a safe space, and a reliable therapist. I am forever grateful to her!

The sudden change from middle school to high school plus the addition of COVID restrictions negatively impacted my social life throughout my freshman year. I didn’t have the courage to start conversations with new classmates and didn’t know how to maintain growing friendships. I struggled to create bonds with classmates and keep long conversations with intriguing topics. Barbara Zukowski , through the guidance of targeted workbooks, helped me greatly in reducing my isolating tendencies. Learning about meditation and mindfulness also had a positive impact on reducing my anger management problems. Each week, I looked forward to talking to her and having my thoughts reflected back to me in a practical and compassionate manner. I feel she also helped me strengthen my communication skills and helped me listen to others’ opinions with an open mind. I think that went a long way towards my increased tolerance towards things that used to easily anger me in my life.

Barbara is intelligent, thorough, and has a unique approach to therapy. She included personality testing in my sessions and applied it to all aspects of my life which helped me gain so much more self understanding and acceptance. She incorporates exercises to learn about and manage anxiety that might seem simple but are extremely effective and have helped me overcome a lot of my daily anxieties. Barbara is very intuitive, smart, and straight forward. She has experience in a wide range of backgrounds and issues like complex trauma. She is a safe space and helped me feel validated and comfortable discussing uncomfortable topics.

Barbra has changed the course of my life. I have been seeing her for over a year now and she has helped me take back control and gain so much more confidence. I have been suffering with anxiety and depression for years without proper treatment, Barbra has been able to weed through the issues and get to the root of my problems. She has an abundance of resources in her toolbox ready. She keeps herself updated with advances in the science. Barbra has helped me find my voice, helped me cope in healthier ways rather than emotionally eat or self medicate with substances. She is great and passionate for helping people like me.

Barbara is a very knowledgeable therapist. I have learned many new things from her. She helped me learn about my personality and how to manage my anxiety. Thank you Barbara!

Barbara is a true master of her work. She has helped me so much with identifying and treating my C-PTSD which was difficult for me to handle on my own in my everyday life. She recommenced a workbook that we’ve been working on together and each chapter we read and worked on together, I feel seen. Whenever you can’t find the words to explain certain things that go through your mind, Barbara always finds a way to know exactly what you’re talking about!

Barbara is an excellent listener. She was very understanding and patient which made it super easy to open up. By the end of our visit I felt totally seen and understood. Her guidance has been priceless. I recommended her already to many of my friends.

I was sadly only able to work with Barbara for a few months due to a insurance change, however, she helped me finally begin the process of an ADHD evaluation after I went through my whole life being undiagnosed and with a weak support system. She advocates for her patients and is very strong minded, vocal and direct. She has helped me find the line between my personality and my ADHD symptoms, which has greatly improved the way I handle myself and increased my self awareness a lot. I wish I got to spend more time with her in therapy, highly recommend!

I have seen Barbara for the last 2+ years. She has extensive knowledge in cognitive behavioral therapy. She has helped me with my Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Complex PTSD. Her style is very direct and clear. She is easy to understand and approaches her work with compassion and grace. She uses a holistic approach incorporating nutraceuticals and Christian mysticism in her work. Barbara uses workbooks and homework exercises in our sessions to change my perspective and approach the world in a new way. Barbara is a warm, confident and smart therapist and takes the needs of her patients very seriously.

Let me just start by saying that Barbara has helped me tremendously with my social anxiety over the past year. Improvement has come not only from the in-depth work we've done together, but also the caring and nuanced conversations we have had. Her personality type works well with mine and I so appreciate the valid insights she's given based on that compatibility. We both come from creative backgrounds and have experience in the arts, so being a patient of hers feels very personalized. In our sessions, we often tie in pressures and issues of the modern day as talking points - but those hard topics are always balanced out with her good vibes and some comedic relief when the time is right. When discussing my prevalent mental health issues (generalized and social anxiety disorders), the conversations and strategies are focused and engaging - yet there is always space for me to speak my mind. I truly feel she is in my corner rooting for me to make progress!