Mr. Bar Bukas, MA, JD, LPC

Mr. Bar Bukas, MA, JD, LPC
Profession(s): Counseling Psychology, Marriage & Family Therapy, Mental Health Counseling
License Status:  I'm a licensed professional.
License Type:  LPC
License Number:  701002910

My Approach to Helping

I use a comprehensive theoretical approach emphasizing cognitive theory which demonstrates effectiveness with depression, anxiety, anger management, and couples counseling. Areas of specialty: anger management and couples counseling, including for those who have determined that divorce is likely. My "therapeutic mediation" helps couples reduce the suffering and provides co-parenting counseling. I use an eclectic theoretical approach emphasizing cognitive theory which demonstrates effectiveness with depression, anxiety, anger management, and couples counseling. Areas of specialty: anger management and couples counseling, particularly for those who have determined that divorce is likely. My "therapeutic mediation" helps couples reduce the suffering and provide co- My practice takes a 180 degree look at the presenting problem that strives to address the entire working solution. Each person present plays roles in the problem and solutions. I work to help each person grow into the best they can toward creating the solution.

More Info About My Practice

I work with each person that I come into contact with to ensure that we have both come away better for the experience. Each time I ask my client to think, I am asked to think myself, to put myself into a new situation that I would potentially otherwise not do. I am not always comfortable with that reality, just as my clients are not. But I know that ultimately I will be glad to have had the adventure.
 

Services I Provide

  • Individual Therapy & Counseling
  • Marriage, Couples, or Relationship Counseling
  • Family Therapy
  • Group Therapy
  • Mediation
  • Coaching
  • Consultation
  • Clinical Supervision
 

Ages I Work With

  • Children
  • Teens
  • Adults
  • Elders
 

Languages I Speak

  • English
 

Groups I Work With

  • Marriage Mediation
 

Therapy Approaches I Use

  • Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy
  • Acceptance Commitment Therapy
  • Adlerian Psychotherapy
  • Anger Management
  • Body Psychotherapy
  • Breathwork
  • Client-Directed Outcome-Informed Therapy
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy /REBT
  • Constructivisim
  • Control Mastery Theory
  • Core Energetics
  • Core Process Psychotherapy
  • Contemplative Psychotherapy
  • Continuum
  • Critical Incidence Stress Debriefing
  • Depth-Oriented Brief Therapy
  • Depth Hypnosis
  • Depth Therapy
  • Developmental Needs Meeting Strategy
  • Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
  • Emotion Focused Couples Therapy
  • Emotional Transformation Therapy
  • Existential Psychotherapy
  • Family Systems Therapy
  • Gestalt Therapy
  • Humanistic Psychology
  • Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy
  • Internal Family Systems Therapy
  • Interpersonal Psychotherapy
  • Journey Therapy
  • Jungian Psychotherapy
  • Lifespan Integration
  • Mindfulness Based Approaches
  • Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy
  • Motivational Enhancement Therapy
  • Non-Violent Communication
  • Object Relations
  • Parent-Child Interaction Therapy
  • Parent Work
  • Person Centered / Rogerian
  • Play Therapy
  • Positive Psychology
  • Positive Psychotherapy
  • Possibility Therapy
  • Process Oriented Psychology
  • Psychodynamic
  • Psychomotor
  • Relational Psychotherapy
  • Relationship Enhancement Therapy
  • Self Acceptance Training
  • Self Relations
  • Self Psychology
  • Transpersonal Psychotherapy
  • Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
 
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Office 1: 
100 North Washinton St. Suite 238
Falls Church, VA 22046 United States
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Concerns & Issues I Help With

  • Abuse / Survivors of Abuse
  • Abandonment and/or Fear of
  • Abortion / Post Abortion Issues
  • Academic Concerns
  • Addictions (Drug & Alcohol)
  • Addictions (Other)
  • Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions
  • Adoption / Reunion Issues
  • Aggression
  • Agoraphobia
  • Anger
  • Anxiety
  • Attachment Issues
  • Batterer Intervention
  • Bereavement
  • Bipolar
  • Blended Family Issues
  • Career Choice
  • Caregiver Issues/Stress
  • Child and/or Adolescent Issues
  • Chronic Pain
  • Codependency / Dependency
  • Communication Problems
  • Compulsions
  • Control Issues
  • Creative Blocks
  • Depression
  • Developmental Disorders (Autism, Aspergers, etc.)
  • Dissociation
  • Divorce / Divorce Adjustment
  • Domestic Violence
  • Emptiness
  • Emotional Abuse
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Emotional Overwhelm
  • End-of-life Adjustment
  • Family Problems
  • Family of Origin Issues
  • Forgiveness
  • Geriatric Issues
  • Grief & Loss
  • Habits
  • Health/Medical Issues
  • Hyperactivity
  • Identity Issues
  • Impulsivity
  • Inadequacy
  • Inattention
  • Infidelity / Affair Recovery
  • Irritability
  • Isolation (Emotional & Social)
  • Learning Difficulties
  • Life Purpose/Meaning/Inner-Guidance
  • Men's Issues
  • Midlife Transition
  • Mood Disturbance
  • Mood Swings
  • Multicultural Concerns
  • Obsessions
  • Oppositional & Defiant Behavior
  • Panic
  • Parenting
  • Phobias / Fears
  • Physical Abuse
  • Physical Illness/Disease
  • Post Partum Depression
  • Prejudice / Discrimination
  • Relationships & Marriage
  • Religion
  • Self-Care
  • Self-Confidence
  • Self-Criticism
  • Self-Doubt
  • Self-Esteem
  • Self-Love
  • Sensitivity to Criticism
  • Sex / Sexuality Issues
  • Sexual Abuse
  • Shame
  • Social Phobia/Anxiety
  • Spirituality
  • Stress
  • Suicidal (Thoughts, Feelings, and Behaviors)
  • Suspiciousness
  • Trauma
  • Trust Issues
  • Values Clarification
  • Violence