Blog Posts on Reparenting, Trauma Healing, and Emotional Security
Explore articles by psychologist Dr. Lara Barbir on reparenting, inner child work, EMDR for depression, and the psychology of breaking generational cycles.
These articles explain how childhood experiences shape adult emotional patterns, relationships, and parenting styles and how healing those patterns creates emotionally secure individuals, families, and future generations. Topics frequently discussed include:
reparenting and inner child work
trauma-informed approaches to depression
emotional regulation and nervous system healing
breaking generational cycles in families
building emotionally secure relationships
These resources are designed to help readers understand their emotional patterns and begin the process of healing and reparenting themselves.
You Can’t Think Your Way Out of Trauma — Here’s What Actually Heals It
If insight alone healed trauma, most people wouldn’t still feel stuck.
What Reparenting is NOT (And Why It’s So Often Misunderstood)
Reparenting has become a popular term in mental health spaces — and with that popularity has come a lot of confusion.
Why Your Child Triggers You More Than Anyone Else
Learn why parenting triggers activate the nervous system and inner child wounds — and how reparenting helps break generational cycles with compassion.
What Shame Really Is — And How It Shows Up in Parenting
Shame says:
“There’s something wrong with me.”
Guilt says:
“I did something wrong.”