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.
EMDR for Depression: How Trauma-Based Therapy Heals What Talk Therapy Alone Can’t
Many people think depression is purely chemical or purely cognitive. But for most, depression is the long-term imprint of unresolved emotional wounds. EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) offers a way to heal at the level where depression started—often long before adulthood.
What It Really Means to Be a Cycle-Breaking Parent
Being a cycle breaker doesn’t mean you came from a “bad” family.
It means you are consciously choosing:
“The patterns stop with me.”
Cycle breaking is courageous, exhausting, beautiful work — and yes, it is absolutely possible.
EMDR for Depression: How Trauma-Based Healing Transforms Mood, Identity, and Everyday Life
Most people think of EMDR as a trauma therapy — which it is.
But research shows EMDR is also an evidence-based treatment for depression, especially when symptoms are rooted in unresolved experiences.
Inner Child Healing: What It Is, How It Works, and Why It Matters in Parenting
The term “inner child” often gets dismissed as too “woo,” but in psychology, it has a very clear meaning:
Your inner child is the part of your nervous system shaped by your earliest emotional experiences.
What Is Reparenting? A Psychologist Explains How Healing Your Past Transforms Your Parenting
If you’ve ever reacted to your child and thought, “Why did I respond like that?” — you’re not alone.
Most of our parenting reactions were shaped long before we ever became parents.
This is the heart of reparenting — the process of tending to your younger emotional self so you can show up with intention, grounding, and compassion today.
Coping with Holiday Grief
The winter holiday season not only increases risk of physical illness leading to suggested precautionary regimens — the risk for emotional and mental illness is also high and should similarly encourage you to follow precautionary regimens. Check out these 5 precautionary regimens to help you feel more emotionally full this holiday season.
What is EMDR?
You've probably heard the hype about Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing, or EMDR for short, but what is it and what's with the hype?
What to Do After Work to Improve Mental Health
Check out the full article I was interviewed for by EatingWell here!
5 Things You Need to Live with More Joie de Vivre
Check out my recent interview with Authority Magazine for some nuggets on joy and happiness during turbulent times.