Barbara Wood, LCSW, LCDC
Barb is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor. She earned her Masters of Social Work from Texas State University in San Marcos. She has also served in the Navy Reserves. She uses a multi-modal approach to healing and she endorses a holistic path toward balance that includes meeting the client where they are with Mindfulness, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Strength Focused Therapy, and Positive Psychology. She uses empathy to help people from diverse cultures work through life challenges with the goal of mind-body-spirit balance.
She works with individuals in all phases of addiction recovery, including dual diagnosis. Her passion is helping individuals regain the confidence and trust that was lost due to a myriad of core issues that contribute to addiction. She believes that addiction is a family system disease and she will help significant family members navigate and understand the nature of their loved one’s struggle. Barb also works closely with the LGBTQ community, especially individuals and their partners struggling with gender identity challenges. She also has extensive experience with grief and loss and difficult life transitions caused by cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s.
Specialties
Abandonment
Addiction
Adjustment Disorders
Affective Disorder
AIDS / HIV
Alcoholism
Anxiety Disorders
Behavioral Therapy
Cancer Diagnoses
Chronic Medical Illness
Chronic Pain
Codependency
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Crisis Intervention
Culture
Dementia
Depressive Disorders
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
Diet & Nutrition
Dissociative Disorder
Divorce
Dual Diagnosis (Substance & Mental)
Dysthymia
Eating & Feeding Disorders
Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR)
Gender Identity / Dysphoria
Grief / Loss
Legal Issues (Jail / Probation / Parole)
LGBTQ+
Life management
Memory
Minority Issues
Mood Disorders
Motivational Interviewing
Obesity
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Panic Disorders
Phobias
Relationships
Somatic Symptoms & Related Disorders
Stress Related Disorders
Substance Abuse Disorders
Trauma
Insurance
90 Degree Health Plans
Aetna
Aetna CVSHealth
Aetna Medicaid
Aetna Medicare
Ambetter (by Superior)
BCBS HealthSelect HMO
BCBS Medicare Advantage PPO
BCBS PPO
Cigna / Evernorth
Curative
Dell Children's Health Plan
GEHA - United Healthcare
Humana Medicare
Medicare Part B
Meritain
Moda Health
Optum / United
Oscar
Scott & White
Scott & White Firstcare Health Plans
Scott & White Medicare Advantage
Scott & White Rightcare
Sendero Idealcare
Superior Medicaid
Surest
Tricare West
Triwest
TX Medicaid
UHC Allsavers
UHC Community Plan
UHC Oxford
UHC Student Resources
UMR
WebTPA - Aetna
Wellcare
Wellpoint Medicaid
