Cara Barker, Ph.D.

Dr. Cara Barker is an author, artist, and Jungian Analyst. A featured contributor for the Huffington Post through a weekly column called "GPS for the Soul," Cara's delight is in the discovery of the story beneath the story of transformation. An evolutionary agent in the life of others, Barker helps them to liberate their unlived life and awaken what has grown dry through activating the neuroplasticity of the brain. One might say she is a map maker and practical visionary for that audience...See more

Dr. Cara Barker is an author, artist, and Jungian Analyst. A featured contributor for the Huffington Post through a weekly column called "GPS for the Soul," Cara's delight is in the discovery of the story beneath the story of transformation. An evolutionary agent in the life of others, Barker helps them to liberate their unlived life and awaken what has grown dry through activating the neuroplasticity of the brain. One might say she is a map maker and practical visionary for that audience seeking to be free. A popular guest speaker around the world, she devotes her life to assisting those who are committed to achieving greater aliveness through their daily experience and contribution. With the Soul of an artist, she is devoted to the creative act of transforming the human story and teaching how to cultivate the best conditions for profound reconnection and healing for the human heart. Currently, she is focusing considerable creative talents in the direction of children and adults around the world who desire to learn the secret of living more joy-filled lives through acts of recognition, Love Projects, and customized celebrations of life for those we love. She is the author of multiple publications, which include World Weary Woman: Her Wound and Transformation, Grieving the Loss of a Child, Reclaiming Your Feminine Authority, and Nightlight: My Soul Calling, Body Listening, Heart Speaking, and was a featured contributor in The Artist as Poet and The Last Time I Said Goodbye to My Mother. She may be reached at carabarker.com"What Cara Barker brings to the field of depth psychology is both inspirational and practical. She is that rare combination of artist, healer, and teacher, with a full grasp of the process of truly drawing from the depths what is imperative to create healing. Hers is a major contribution to the art of healing."Gene D. Cohen, M.D., PH.D., NIH Director for the Department on Aging, Director of the Center on Aging, Health, and Humanities at George Washington University, founding director of the Washington, D.C., Center on Aging, and author of The Mature Mind and The Creative Age. See less