Testimonials

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Endorsements for my work as a Psychotherapist

 

Judith Barr has helped me to explore and heal areas in my inner-landscape where I had been stuck. She had a depth and inner wisdom allowing her to hone in on what is truly the root issue from early childhood and to communicate the truth of it in a compassionate and open-hearted manner such that I could hear without being defended. The depth of Judith's presence has allowed me to feel safe enough to explore where I needed to.  In a group setting I have witnessed Judith speak in such a way that every person could personally relate to what was being presented and every person felt she was speaking and connected only to them.  I whole-heartedly recommend Judith for anyone looking to do their deep inner-work for healing what's holding them back from living life to the fullest.

RICHARD STRILOWICH

IT Project Manager

RICHARD STRILOWICH
Judith Barr is a teacher and therapist of the highest caliber with an ability to gently reach into the tender inner world of her students and clients allowing them to feel into their inner life and safely explore and bring to awareness experiences and feelings that have been tucked away. As a participant in a recent money workshop with Judith, I began to understand on a much deeper level what my relationship with money is and how that relationship is a product of having transferred my early relationships with my parents onto my relationship with money.  Understanding this brings feelings from your unconscious into your awareness where you can then process and heal your self and reach your greatest potential.

DIANNE H. DISSTON, LP, NCPsyA

Interfaith Minister & Licensed Psychoanalyst

DIANNE H. DISSTON, LP, NCPsyA

Judith is a gifted and conscious healer who brings to her work a big heart, a clear and focused mind, and great awareness & care to the therapeutic relationship. An engaging and thought provoking speaker, Judith offers profound wisdom and deep insight into how our past experiences and early decisions can shape lives, for better and for worse, and without grandiosity, how therapy can change the world. As an advocate for therapists becoming conscious of their use of power, Judith "walks the talk" - her therapy work demonstrates her clear sense of ethics, selflessness, and sensitivity to the power differential. Judith is one of those rare therapists with the experience and skill to safely guide a person into the abyss and back again, achieving great healing and change.

NOAH RUBINSTEIN, LMFT

Executive Director of GoodTherapy.org

NOAH RUBINSTEIN, LMFT


Endorsements for my work related to Money As a Window to Our Ancient Traumas

 

Thank you Judith, for your home study course, A Recession Regression: Finding the Root of Our Relationships with Money!

Your content is far different from any “financial therapy” material I’ve learned from before.

I especially like the global perspective you take on how individual relationships with money have big impact. That and unintended consequences are things I’m very interested in.

Thanks for such great content!

MICHELLE BEGINA

Financial Planner

MICHELLE BEGINA
I was struck by the simplicity and potency of the use of cash to quickly tap into core dynamics when I experienced Judith's "money work." It enabled the individual to become vulnerable and yet comfortable with sharing family of origin dynamics that many struggle for years to expose. The metaphorical use of money – an inherently essential and taken-for-granted instrument of our lives – seems to brush aside defenses to help normalize hidden feelings. Of course, it requires skillful guidance by an experienced and trained clinician to safely use this helpful tool that is certainly worth having in one’s toolbox.

PETER B. ROCKHOLZ

M.S.S.W., LCSW, Behavioral Health Consultant

PETER B. ROCKHOLZ
Within the Financial Planning profession there has been growing recognition that a fundamental understanding of human psychology may be beneficial to our work. Our client's behaviors related to the money issues in their lives often stem from experiences in their youth, and the client may be unaware of how these long-embedded attitudes and expectations influence their current behaviors. These money forces may be powerful subconscious drivers, impacting decision making, comfort with money, self-definitions of success, ability to relate to risks, and ultimately the ability to live at peace with the myriad of money issues that life presents. While on my own journey studying these topics, I’ve had the pleasure of discovering Judith Barr and learning about her work and theories, which Judith has developed through her experience as a practicing psychotherapist working with many people exploring their own money relationships at a deep level. I encourage my professional financial planning colleagues to become familiar with Judith’s writings, and with the insights that she shares. Should you have the opportunity to meet Judith or to see her present, you will undoubtedly be pondering the ideas that she shares for weeks following. You may find that in your work serving clients, that you will gain new ways to understand some of the messages that clients relate to you, perhaps helping you better frame your conversations with clients in terms that may help them make wiser decisions, more in touch with their inner, less revealed motivations.

NEAL J. SOLOMON

CFP®, CLU, ChFC, CASL

NEAL J. SOLOMON
I have appreciated Judith Barr's work for years from the perspective of a reader. The depth of her writing gave an excellent introduction to what I might expect from her Money Work. Nonetheless, I was amazed by the deep revelation triggered by her gift of storytelling and profound listening. It is a rare and insightful healer who knows how to create sanctuary through conversation and guide a participant into new awareness...

PAMELA CUCINELL

Astrologer

PAMELA CUCINELL
Thank you again for your workshop. It was very enlightening and I enjoyed it. It's clear to me that you've found a very convenient way into the heart and mind - like a secret, moss-covered doorway in the side of a stone wall. What an excellent approach for understanding money behaviors/beliefs and how they are related to trauma and relationships.

MIKE K. BABCOCK

CFP®

MIKE K. BABCOCK
Thank you for an amazingly rich experience. Your pioneering work is deeply important to the field of financial planning. You left me hungry to learn more. As a consultant and coach for financial planners, I will be referring many of my clients to you for training, especially those who are hungry for new insights in financial therapy and financial life planning. Your experience, thoughts, and insights feed my soul. Extraordinary.

JODY JACOBSON

JODY JACOBSON
It was deeply touching and highly beneficial for any planner or therapist in expanding their understanding of the intersection of money and trauma.

RICK KAHLER

RICK KAHLER
I highly recommend Judith's seminar/discussion, as she brings insights and perspectives beyond what advisors normally encounter in their day to day. Her mindful, active engagement and thought-provoking questions captivated our session during Naz, and for me it was the highlight of the conference.

WHIT COLLIER

WHIT COLLIER


Endorsements for my Book: How Did We Get Here?

 

Engaging and heartfelt, How Did We Get Here?, tells the TRUTH of how humanity has created the crisis we are currently experiencing. It is written with love and compassion for what we’ve created up-to-this-point, but also with a very strong sense of urgency for humanity to heal its wounds, if we want to save ourselves and our beautiful planet. Healing, as Judith points out, is the medicine desperately needed for these times. Thanks to Judith for speaking up, standing up, and assisting all of us with her healing energy.

BRENDA MICHAELS and ROB SPEARS

Hosts, Conscious Talk Radio

BRENDA MICHAELS and ROB SPEARS
Judith Barr’s latest book, How Did We Get Here? is simply put, life changing. For those who are seeking insights into how our childhood experiences help define who we are as adults, and for those aware, or unaware, of the role of love vs fear, it is a must-read. Her words illuminate what might be, for many, an entirely new way of thinking and relating to the world, other people and situations. It sheds light on the power of our thoughts in a more remarkable and awe-inspiring way than I have read in many other books. As a fan of self-improvement and spiritual readings, I am grateful for having found “How Did We Get Here?”. After finishing it, I find the words continue to deeply resonate with me and help to guide my thoughts, perspectives and experiences. Allow your life to be changed and your insights deepened...read this book.

MARY JONES

Former radio talk show host

MARY JONES
In simple prose, this book [How Did We Get Here?] reveals the profound truth of trauma. If we want to survive as a species, we must stop the emotional and physical abuse of childhood. We must abandon cultural norms based upon deeply flawed philosophical musings about human nature going back thousands of years. We must recognize that we are emotional beings, not rational beings. Only in this way can we stop the cycle of trauma that Judith Barr bears testament to.

DOUGLAS E. NOLL

JD, MA, Peacemaker, Author, Teacher

DOUGLAS E. NOLL
I LOVE this book [How Did We Get Here?]!  I hope it reaches everyone on the planet! Wonderful work!  I pray the world may one day thank you for it!!

DIANNE DISSTON

Ordained Interfaith Minister, Licensed Psychoanalyst, Spiritual Guide

DIANNE DISSTON


Endorsements for my Book: Power Abused, Power Healed

 

Using Hans Andersen’s fairy tale about the emperor whose vanity lands him naked on parade, Judith Barr explores the stories of many kinds of power. While her accounts are mainly focused on power abuse in families and the helping professions, we know only too well how the same dynamics surround us. In politics, in the corporate world, in church institutions, even in our news sources, we can see many forms of abuse that distort reality, silence questioning, crush empathy, and build empires based on greed, power, and righteous self-aggrandizement.

Because Judith Barr’s parables are enjoyable and deceptively simple, they help to raise consciousness in non-threatening ways. They creep under our defenses to wake us up. Thus they can be used by parents, family therapists, pastoral counselors, and group leaders in their work. They can also be used for self-reflection, for it is not hard to find aspects of ourselves mirrored in them.

I would also like to see this book [Power Abused, Power Healed] as mandatory reading for politicians and CEOs. Everyone claiming authority needs to know the dire consequences to self and to others of the power shadow. When we are not aware, we may find ourselves parading our grandeur and goodness as foolishly as the naked emperor, or as cruelly as any tyrant.

SYLVIA BRINTON PERERA

Jungian analyst, author of "Descent to the Goddess: A Way of Initiation for Women"

SYLVIA BRINTON PERERA

[Regarding Power Abused, Power Healed] This is the best book on power and its abuse by therapists and spiritual leaders since Guggenbuhl-Craig's trenchant Power in the Helping Professions. Anyone whose therapy or discipleship has gone rotten through no fault of their own will find wisdom and comfort here. It should be required reading for all therapists and healers in training.

ROGER WOOLGER

Jungian analyst, Regression therapist, Noted international author and lecturer

ROGER WOOLGER
Power is wonderful and it has a dark underbelly. In Power Abused, Power Healed Judith Barr reveals the many ways that we can abuse it, often in the guise of helping others. A sobering and thoughtful read, this book will lead you on a wiser path to handling your power, and the possibility to create a more equitable and kinder world.

ALEXANDRA POPE

Psychotherapist, women’s leadership coach
coauthor "The Pill: Are You Sure Its For You?"

ALEXANDRA POPE
Drawing upon the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale of 'The Emperor's New Clothes', Judith Barr has provided a perceptive and insightful work on the myriad of human experiences by which power is abused and the individual disempowered.  Not only does she address the issue of power abuse and how that power abuse becomes engrained as an individual's life pattern. As importantly, if not more so, she offers human interest experiences as to how such abuse can be healed.  The great beauty of this book [Power Abused, Power Healed] lies in the voice of the author --- nonjudgmental, supportive, caring and providing the ways by which the individual heals their power and regains their soul.  This book is an extraordinary book and highlights the extraordinary work of Judith Barr, a person who through her lifetime has wisely counseled, lovingly supported and adeptly offered the tools by which the individual can heal their wounds and regain their power.  Brava! Judith Barr.

FRANK MARTIN DON

Professional Astrologer

FRANK MARTIN DON
I really enjoyed Power Abused, Power Healed. Some of it was just what I needed to hear during the big transitions I am experiencing right now. I have recommended the book to several therapists I know as well as financial planners. It would be a great book for parents to read. It is truly a book for anyone.

CINDI HILL

Financial Planner San Diego, CA
(Cindi reviewed Power Abused, Power Healed for The NAPFA Advisor and afterward also wrote to Judith.)

CINDI HILL


Endorsements for my work as a Speaker/Presenter

 

Thank you, again, for giving us such a wonderful workshop. Everyone loved it. You are truly captivating! That's the word I have been searching for all day. You had everyone's attention - and more! If you ever want to come back and do "part 2" as the woman said, we'd love to have you.

DOROTHY MCCARTY, LPC CONNECTICUT

Co-Chair, Western Chapter, Connecticut Counseling Association

DOROTHY MCCARTY, LPC CONNECTICUT
Thank you for the precious and inspiring event. It made me and my colleagues from work reflect on what bullying is in a fresh way . . . a different way . . . It was even more to think about than the previous, similar web conference ”There is a Bully in All of Us” where I first came into contact with your work . . . I was truly amazed at the depth of the definition of bullying that you refer to. What most struck me, of course, was the name: “There is a Bully in All of Us”. Wait a minute, I thought . . . an unpleasant thought crossed my mind . . . it would mean that there is a bully in me too! It was a quite non-digestible personal responsibility at first . . . Until then, I had only perceived the phenomenon outside me . . . But later, after listening to the conference, reading through your articles and your other work the tricky truth about the use and abuse of power became more and more obvious to me. It meant that I would need to take care of my “inner bully” rather than take care of bullies “outside me”. It meant constant awareness on how I use aggression and power . . . It meant greater clarity on what triggers my pain and why is this so . . . It also meant continuous questioning of what is the way of love and what is the way of adversity . . . I had to slow down and think about the boundaries of my own power. I had to think about how I feed conflict and I had to think about my language and my thoughts of violence . . . It just affirmed what I thought I knew before – that hurt can easily turn into anger. What is most important, turning inwards to look for the bully within made me realize that I have learned to make a home for it . . . How much of what I say and do can be bullying . . . and how I have allowed and given meaning to something to hurt me . . . I am so grateful that I have been given the opportunity to learn again . . .

BILJANA OGNENOVA

Skopje, Republic of Macedonia

BILJANA OGNENOVA
Ms. Barr, I want to thank you for presenting your guest talk of “Transference: A Treasure in Disguise” at the meeting of the New York State Mental Health Counselors Association (NYMHCA) – Westchester Chapter. We are used to having speakers present their areas of expertise in counseling at our chapter meetings. However, your talk was particularly memorable because of the level of engagement it elicited among our group members. From the beginning of your talk, the content, coupled with your enthusiasm and presentation style, captured the full attention of our group members. Your words about transference truly embodied the heart of therapeutic interaction. In discussing transference, it was clear that you enabled our group members to think about, feel and experience the topic. It was a pleasure to hear you speak at our meeting, and I am grateful that you chose Westchester NYMHCA as a venue to present your professional expertise.

JOHN L. THEODORE, PH.D.

Chapter Co-Coordinator Westchester NYMHCA

JOHN L. THEODORE, PH.D.


Endorsements from Media Hosts

 

Judith Barr is one of my favorite guests and my listeners love her. She offers a different point of view when it comes to the controversies of the day with her no nonsense compassionate approach. The World would be a better place if more people thought like Barr.

KATE DELANEY

Host of nationally syndicated "America Tonight"

KATE DELANEY
I host a talk show on 4 radio stations in CT and have had the pleasure of interviewing Judith several times. After our first on-air conversation, I invited her to return again, and again. Judith has an ability to convey significant, life-altering information in a way that listeners not only relate to, but really feel the impact in their lives. Her voice and delivery are soothing and relaxed, and she instantly establishes and gains credibility. I wholeheartedly recommend Judith as a therapist and media guest and expert.

MARY JONES

Host of "The Mary Jones Show"
WDRC-AM 1360, WSNG-AM 610, WMMW-AM 1470 and WWCO-AM 1240
Bloomfield, CT

MARY JONES
It was truly a pleasure having Judith Barr on the show.  Her information, expertise, and professionalism were true assets to our program. I would recommend Judith for any interview, panel or discussion that delves into the inner workings of the human condition.  Her effort is appropriate toward most of today’s news headlines. She was a joy to work with and I plan to utilize her input for future programming.

JADE HARRELL

Producer and Host of "Sunday Morning Live"
KMJM St. Louis, MO

JADE HARRELL
Judith is not only a good writer/guest, she backs it up with a private practice and in a noble fashion has a healing heart.  I'd like to think WOR is a healing station since we historically have had everyone from Carlton Fredericks to Dr. Atkins. Judith is in that league.

JOEY REYNOLDS

The Nationally Syndicated "Joey Reynolds Show" WOR

JOEY REYNOLDS
Amazing...I wish more people knew about this work. As always, having you on the show is a rare privilege and it's been another incredible conversation with you...Thank you, Judith. Guests like you make me look good.

DOUG NOLL

Host of "The Doug Noll Show" Internet Radio

DOUG NOLL