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Maria Baratta Ph.D., L.C.S.W.

About

Maria Baratta, Dr. Maria Baratta writes extensively in the field of Social Work --she is one of “Psychology Today.com's” regular contributor expert/bloggers and the author of Skinny Revisited:Rethinking Anorexia Nervosa and its Treatment published by NASW Press. She is currently the Chair for the NASW Private Practice Section Committee. Dr. Baratta is in private practice in New York City and Nassau County, New York and, in addition to eating disorders, also treats relational problems, anxiety, depression, stress and PTSD. She has been practicing for more than 30 years and been featured on ABC TV/Good Morning America.

Books by Maria Baratta Ph.D., L.C.S.W.

Recent Posts

What Makes Some People So Annoying to Us?

7 questions that might explain why people make us annoyed, triggered, and upset.

3 Key Things That Happy People Understand

1. Joy and sadness can and do coexist.

Upset About Looking Older?

Making peace with how you look now actually facilitates self-improvement. It’s hard to do anything proactively in a state of self-loathing.

How to Hope When Things Are Hard

With hope, the powerful factor is one's desire fueled by conviction of outcome—you don’t have to know for sure, but you need to believe that a good outcome can happen.

What’s It Like When Your Friend Is a Therapist?

We’re friends in spite of your “stuff.” We know what's going on, but that's usually not what matters in a friendship.

We’re friends in spite of your “stuff.” We know what's going on, but that's usually not what matters in a friendship.

Vacation Eating 101

How does one not go crazy with eating during vacation? Try these tips.

How does one not go crazy with eating during vacation? Try these tips.

Why Some People Always Change Hotel Rooms When They Travel

Highly sensitive people immediately know “I can’t stay in this hotel room.”

Highly sensitive people immediately know “I can’t stay in this hotel room.”

Why Rigidity Causes Marriages and Relationships to Fail

There is a consistent and common thread as to why relationships fail. Here's what I've found as a therapist.

There is a consistent and common thread as to why relationships fail. Here's what I've found as a therapist.

A Guide to Having Better Meltdowns

How can you slow down a meltdown?

How can you slow down a meltdown?

Why People Ending a Relationship Need Support, Too

Personal Perspective: Breakups are ridiculously complicated, but the one who does the leaving oftentimes has to defend their actions?

Personal Perspective: Breakups are ridiculously complicated, but the one who does the leaving oftentimes has to defend their actions?

November 2024 magazine cover

The Perfectionism Trap

When we fall prey to perfectionism, we think we’re honorably aspiring to be our very best, but often we’re really just setting ourselves up for failure, as perfection is impossible and its pursuit inevitably backfires.

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