WORKSHOP RECORDING
TOOLS FOR THE ADOLESCENT THERAPIST: Internal Family Systems and Archetypal Perspectives
$90.00 One-time purchase | Lifetime access to the recording
Adolescence is a mysterious territory.
An effective and skilled adolescent therapist is equipped to enter into this mystery without an agenda to solve it, without trying to clear up unknowns, and without determining certainty in the midst of unpredictability and lots of shape-shifting. Internal Family Systems (IFS) is one of the most effective, compassionate, powerful, and popular therapeutic approaches being used today.
If you’re already familiar with IFS and interested in incorporating this methodology into your practice, this workshop is for you. Together, we’ll explore the supportive, resonant, and respectful approaches for adolescent clients that IFS and archetypal psychology can give us. In this 3-hour workshop, participants will explore the essential nature of Adolescence and what tools the therapist needs to enter this mysterious territory as the teen client’s companion and guide.
What’s Included
Using concepts and perspectives from Internal Family Systems and archetypal psychology, participants will:
Learn why adolescent therapy is unique and why what works with children and adults is contraindicated in adolescents.
Gain theoretical and practical tools from IFS and archetypal psychology to inform their work with adolescents and parents.
Identify their own internal systems in relation to the client that may hinder effective adolescent therapy and how to begin working with those parts.
Learn the four tools that Dr. Barre uses in her work with all her adolescent clients, including the powerful process of validation, how to use it with clients, and teach it to parents.
Please note: IFS will not be taught in this workshop. Participants should have a working knowledge of basic IFS concepts such as protector parts, exiles, and Self energy. For a good introduction to IFS, check out this blog.
Your Takeaways
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Learn one of the core four tools Dr. Barre uses and teaches in her practice. Using validation in our work with adolescents can be tremendously transformative.
You’ll receive a complete guide to take home that covers the step-by-step process and acts as a guide for teaching others to use validation.
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The truth is most of us don’t have an accurate or holistic understanding of what adolescence truly is. But if we are going to be effective in our practice, understanding the nature of adolescence is essential to our work.
In this workshop, we’ll explore the essential nature of adolescence and gain a deeper understanding of how to engage with adolescents as their guide and companion.
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You’ll receive access to the recording and materials to come back to as many times as you like.
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In addition to the complete guide to the Process & Practice of Validation, you’ll also receive a list of vetted resources Dr. Barre recommends to anyone interested in continuing their education in this area.
Meet your instructor
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About Dr. Robin Barre
Dr. Robin Barre has 30 years of experience working with adolescents in various settings, from teaching high school and middle school to running a private practice. She is a Level 2 trained certified Internal Family Systems therapist. Dr. Barre earned her MA degrees in counseling and depth psychology, as well as her Ph.D. in depth psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute. Pulling from her extensive experience in the field and years of research, she is dedicated to helping caregivers, practitioners, and organizations improve the lives of the adolescents they serve by refining, developing, and deepening their knowledge and approach.It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world.
Brenda Littleton | Jungian Coach, Retired Professor of Graduate Studies in Education, Marriage Family Therapist
"Dr. Robin Barre is the foremost expert in adolescent psychology. As a psychologist, her applied research integrates life as a therapist, a teacher, a parent, a poet, a soul-seeker. Her experiences as a scholar and educator are not isolated from the real world. Instead, Robin’s intuitive, therapeutic work lives in day-to-day moments of personal transcendence, as she provides light and meaning for her clients’ pathway through challenging times of emotional chaos and psychological duress. As an advocate for the adolescent in all of us, she understands the forgotten language of this part of life, those bridge years in between childhood and in becoming an adult, and provides guidance into how to reclaim the exiled self. Working with Dr. Barre is an initiation into remembering the many blessings of one’s heart, soul, body and mind."