Live Webinar • 2 Hours • Recorded

Validation: The Communication Skill That Changes Everything

Learn Dr. Robin Barre’s 9-step validation process to reduce conflict, lower defensiveness, and build real trust—at home, at work, and in your community.

Date: Saturday, February 21, 2026
Time: 1:00–3:00 PM ET (Zoom)
Cost: $50

This webinar exists because most conflict isn’t about the “topic.”

It’s about feeling unseen, misunderstood, or emotionally alone in the conversation. Validation is the skill that changes the emotional climate. It reduces defensiveness and shutdown, makes repair possible, and creates the trust needed for problem-solving, mediation, redirecting, and even teaching/discipline.

In this webinar, you’ll learn how to:

  • Recognize how emotional invalidation can activate a trauma response

  • Understand what validation is (and what it is not)

  • Use Dr. Barre’s 9-step validation process with clarity and confidence

  • Apply the guiding principles of validation (even when you disagree)

  • Validate by “doing nothing” (yes—sometimes presence is the intervention)

  • Use validation to improve relationships of any kind

  • Learn through real case studies

  • Explore the concept of a validating ecology—how these skills extend into community

  • Q&A

FAQs

$50.00

  • This webinar is designed for people who regularly hold emotional weight in conversations—professionally or personally.

    Perfect if you’re:

    • A therapist, coach, educator, or human service provider

    • A leader, manager, or team facilitator

    • A parent or partner wanting fewer blow-ups and more connection

    • Someone who often says “I don’t know what to say” in hard moments

    • Someone who wants tools that are practical, not performative

    Not a fit if: you’re looking for a quick script to “win” arguments. Validation is about connection and repair—not control.

    • What validation is (and isn’t) + why it changes conversations

    • Emotional invalidation and trauma responses (the “why does this feel so intense?” piece)
      Dr. Barre’s 9-step validation process
      1:15–1:35 — Guiding principles + validating by “doing nothing”

    • Case studies across relationships and settings

    • Validating ecology + Q&A

    • Live 2-hour Zoom webinar (February 21, 2026)

    • Recording access (so you can revisit and practice)

    • Course access on the site (this webinar will become the updated course)

    • Free copy of the Validation eBook (Expanded Edition)

    • Live Q&A with Dr. Robin Barre

    Price: $50

  • You’ll still get the recording, the eBook, and access to the course to return to anytime.

  • No. It’s useful for professionals and everyday relationships—partners, parents, teams, communities.

Meet your instructor

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Meet your instructor ✳

Dr. Robin Barre

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 3 trained certified Internal Family Systems therapist and IFS Institute approved consultant. 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.