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Clients and students mentioned in these blog posts are fictionalized or composites of real life situations.
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Robin Barre 7/15/26 Robin Barre 7/15/26

Staying in Relationship: IFS Parts, Self Energy, and Parenting Adolescents

IFS Parts, Self Energy, and Parenting Adolescents are all things that take time and patience to foster. Yet they can offer us a perspective that can keep us committed and patient when things get rough.

Robin Barre 7/8/26 Robin Barre 7/8/26

Entitlement or Adolescence? Why We Need to Stop Confusing the Two

Robin Barre 6/25/26 Robin Barre 6/25/26

Internal Family Systems Therapy, The 4 Tools of The Shiftless Wanderer, & Adolescents

Robin Barre 6/11/26 Robin Barre 6/11/26

From Intervention to Connection: 6 Practices for Effective Adolescent Support

Robin Barre 5/20/26 Robin Barre 5/20/26

Accountability Without Shame: Why Teenagers Need Room to Become Themselves

Robin Barre 5/6/26 Robin Barre 5/6/26

Hope Merchanting

Robin Barre 4/22/26 Robin Barre 4/22/26

When ‘Challenging Behavior’ Is Communication: A Different Lens for Youth Service Staff

Robin Barre 4/8/26 Robin Barre 4/8/26

What Other Work Is There Than This?

Robin Barre 3/18/26 Robin Barre 3/18/26

Talking Politics With Teens: Don’t Avoid It. Do It Better.

Robin Barre 3/4/26 Robin Barre 3/4/26

The Second Arrival—When A Family Goes Through Adolescence:

Robin Barre 2/18/26 Robin Barre 2/18/26

Three Things About Adolescents/Adolescence To (Maybe) Make Your Life Easier

Robin Barre 2/4/26 Robin Barre 2/4/26

Have You or Someone You Know Been Traumatically Invalidated?