Robin Barre, MA,
Licensed Mental Health Counseling Associate & Consultant
w/ offices on Whidbey Island and Everett, WA
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The Practice of Therapy
"You will love again the stranger who was your self.
Give wine. Give bread. Give back your heart
To itself, to the stranger who has loved you
All your life." ~ Derek Walcott
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Give wine. Give bread. Give back your heart
To itself, to the stranger who has loved you
All your life." ~ Derek Walcott
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The goal of therapy, of course, is to feel better, to "love again the stranger who was your self." Through talk therapy, active imagination, expressive arts such as drawing, collage, and journaling, bibliotherapy, story and poetry, the client begins to come into relationship with the cut off and left behind parts of the self, working toward a feeling and experience of greater wholeness.
Depth psychology gives us a container for looking at shadow and holding the darker aspects of the self; the work is to integrate these. This is the practice of therapy. We will work toward healing shame, guilt, coming to terms with childhood and life's daily wounds, and finding a way to "give back your heart to itself."
My practice is predominantly based on Jungian psychodynamics, and expressive arts therapies, though I do incorporate other psychological methods where necessary and appropriate. These might include: dialectical behavior therapy, cognitive behavior therapy, developmental theory, and systems (family and cultural) psychologies.
All sessions are a full 60 minutes long. For fees, please see Contact and Fees page.
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Depth psychology gives us a container for looking at shadow and holding the darker aspects of the self; the work is to integrate these. This is the practice of therapy. We will work toward healing shame, guilt, coming to terms with childhood and life's daily wounds, and finding a way to "give back your heart to itself."
My practice is predominantly based on Jungian psychodynamics, and expressive arts therapies, though I do incorporate other psychological methods where necessary and appropriate. These might include: dialectical behavior therapy, cognitive behavior therapy, developmental theory, and systems (family and cultural) psychologies.
All sessions are a full 60 minutes long. For fees, please see Contact and Fees page.
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Those Whom I Serve and Specializations
Depression, post traumatic stress, anxiety, social phobias, family and parenting issues, stress, and difficult life transitions are some of the challenges for which clients may come into therapy seeking relief and answers. A safe, strong space is provided to work through and with these trials.
Because of my extensive background with adolescents and my work in the field of education, my expertise is working with teens, ages 12 and up, those who work with and care for and about adolescents, and those working in the field of education.
I also have much experience working with clients in crisis. I have an interest and background in marital and partner relationship work. My Jungian background and life experiences also lend expertise to the journey of being fully alive and fully human in these difficult times.
Because of my extensive background with adolescents and my work in the field of education, my expertise is working with teens, ages 12 and up, those who work with and care for and about adolescents, and those working in the field of education.
I also have much experience working with clients in crisis. I have an interest and background in marital and partner relationship work. My Jungian background and life experiences also lend expertise to the journey of being fully alive and fully human in these difficult times.
The Practice of Depth Psychology
Not till we are lost, not till we have lost the world, do we begin to find ourselves,
and realize where we are and the
infinite extent of our relations. ~ Henry David Thoreau
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I found myself within a shadowed forest,
for I had lost the path that does not stray. ~ Dante Alighieri
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As a depth psychologist, I have implicit faith that when we encounter the paradox of finding ourselves lost in Dante's wood, where we are asked to abandon hope, we are on the very path that can lead us back home to ourselves and into the world.
Dante was able to find his way out of the inferno because he had a guide, a witness. This is what I understand the work to be of the depth psychologist ~ to witness and guide those who sit across from me. I work with the client to gather the tools and resources needed for the journey. We take the journey together, the client finding effective ways to proceed.
It is my experience that to walk away from or around the pain, healing will not happen. The therapist is a compassionate, objective witness and support system for the client as he or she engages in the work of change and healing.
The questions, then, that we may explore together are:
and realize where we are and the
infinite extent of our relations. ~ Henry David Thoreau
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I found myself within a shadowed forest,
for I had lost the path that does not stray. ~ Dante Alighieri
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As a depth psychologist, I have implicit faith that when we encounter the paradox of finding ourselves lost in Dante's wood, where we are asked to abandon hope, we are on the very path that can lead us back home to ourselves and into the world.
Dante was able to find his way out of the inferno because he had a guide, a witness. This is what I understand the work to be of the depth psychologist ~ to witness and guide those who sit across from me. I work with the client to gather the tools and resources needed for the journey. We take the journey together, the client finding effective ways to proceed.
It is my experience that to walk away from or around the pain, healing will not happen. The therapist is a compassionate, objective witness and support system for the client as he or she engages in the work of change and healing.
The questions, then, that we may explore together are:
*How does one bear the pain so that one might walk through to the other side?
* What voices first led one's life astray and who now wants to be heard?
* What of value is to be found here?
* What are the resources, strengths, and potentialities not yet recognized that one might claim?
* What meaning might come from the lived experience of being lost?
* How does one enter into relationship again or for the first time with the "infinite extent" of the ample, astonishing world?
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* What voices first led one's life astray and who now wants to be heard?
* What of value is to be found here?
* What are the resources, strengths, and potentialities not yet recognized that one might claim?
* What meaning might come from the lived experience of being lost?
* How does one enter into relationship again or for the first time with the "infinite extent" of the ample, astonishing world?
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