Dr. LaBarbara has trained in a variety of settings including: OCD residential treatment, state forensic psychiatric hospital, substance abuse inpatient hospitalization, neurorehabilitation and community mental health.

He completed a two-year postdoctoral training at Harvard Medical/McLean hospitals OCDI residential program.

Dr. LaBarbara has extensive knowledge of mindfulness-based approaches incorporating both Eastern and Western concepts.

He integrates a variety of treatment techniques that he has learned from the varied settings he has trained in, with a primary focus on CBT, ERP, ACT and mindfulness-based approaches. He utilizes his intervention techniques from a person-centered stance that focuses on the therapeutic relationship.

Dr. LaBarbara is passionate about providing culturally sensitive care and strives to create a comfortable space for a spectrum of sociocultural identities.

Dr. LaBarbara has experience in all of the following therapeutic techniques:

• ERP
• ACT
• Mindfulness
• CBT, CBTI
• DBT skills
• MI (motivational interviewing)
• Habit Reversal Training
• Behavioral shaping
• MCT (metacognitive training)
• Social skills training
• Thinking for a change
• SPACE