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Aimee Barr, LCSW Psychotherapy

Psychotherapy practice specializing in helping those navigate their most challenging personal and professional life transitions. All are welcome!

Aimee Barr & Associates specializes in helping teens, adults and families navigate their most challenging life transitions. Our practice includes a group of seasoned mental health clinicians, who utilize a variety of individually-targeted clinical interventions to help clients move forward when they feel stuck. We believe that therapy should be action-oriented, interactive, and include understandi

ng an individual’s psychological journey. One of the ways we reach this understanding is through exploring the impact of intergenerational trauma, culture, ethnicity, race, and gender identity upon development. In addition to extensive clinical training, clinicians are also experienced in practicing psychological astrology and will utilize this modality when appropriate.

08/09/2025

🌟Hello online community! Look up—no, not at your phone notifications—at the actual sky! Tonight we’re blessed with a full moon in Aquarius, which basically means the universe is asking us to play advanced-level emotional Twister.

🌟Full moons are like cosmic training wheels for holding contradictions. It’s that delightful mental gymnastics where two completely opposing thoughts can both be true simultaneously. Think of it as the universe’s way of saying, “Plot twist!” This particular opposition has us examining the eternal struggle between “I need my space to be fully me ” and “please don’t leave me alone with my thoughts.” Our mission, should we choose to accept it (and honestly, the moon doesn’t really give us a choice), is to acknowledge ALL our parts—even the ones we’d rather hide in the cosmic closet. We’re being challenged to remember that we’re each more complex than our LinkedIn profiles suggest.

🌟This lunar moment is perfect for mastering the art of balance between “I don’t need anyone” independence and “I’ll do anything for love” devotion. Think less dramatic rom-com, more healthy relationship goals. We’re invited to redraw our boundaries with a cosmic eraser, ditch the codependency handbook, and do the enough inner work in order to have our egos recognize, “Okay, maybe this isn’t all about me.”

🌟Here’s the plot twist: to truly shine during this lunation, we need to embrace the radical idea that everyone winning is actually better than being the sole victor in a game no one else wanted to play. Revolutionary concept, right? The new mantra: “Drop the ego, embrace the we-go.”

🌟As you honor all your glorious contradictions, don’t be afraid to get a little weird with it. Sometimes the status quo needs a good cosmic shake-up to make room for a future that’s actually different from our past reruns. After all, normal is overrated anyway. ♒️ ♌️

07/24/2025

🌟Picture your future self looking back with genuine gratitude for the courage you’re showing right now. This Leo new moon offers a fresh start—the kind that invites us to lead with our hearts and let creativity guide us toward what truly feels align.

🌟Time has been moving strangely with all this fire and air energy. Even though Mercury is in retrograde, July has flown by faster than a Leo’s dramatic exit from a boring conversation, hasn’t it? Sometimes there are those uncanny moments when you think of someone and they suddenly call, like the universe is sending you a knowing wink. But then there are other times when everything slows down—when you’re waiting for test results, news about work, or moving through the difficult process of grief.

🌟This new moon is asking us to loosen our grip on control, including our need to manage time perfectly (good luck with that, right?). It’s about rediscovering that sense of wonder and seeking out the people who genuinely support you—those teachers and friends who remind you of your own strength and encourage you to create meaningful work and want good things for yourself. The real work is staying committed to your path while actively choosing joy, even when progress feels slow and everything unfolds at its own stubbornly independent pace. 🔥

07/10/2025

The Capricorn full moon has arrived, bringing Saturn’s steady energy to help us find solid ground. This moon invites us to pause and assess what we’ve built, acknowledging that some structures in our lives may need thoughtful adjustment. Like a skilled architect reviewing blueprints, we can take stock of what serves us and what needs updating. 🏗️🌙

Here’s what’s steady and true: Sometimes the most grounding thing we can do is breathe deeply and release what no longer fits.

When change feels overwhelming, our nervous system naturally responds with concern. This is wisdom—your body is asking you to slow down and find your center. Take a moment to feel your feet on the ground, your breath in your chest. These feelings aren’t obstacles; they’re information guiding you back to stability. What you need right now is patient self-awareness paired with practical action—becoming both your own steady presence and reliable support. 🌿✨

Full moons offer clear visibility, like stepping outside on a crisp winter night when everything is illuminated. They show us what we might be avoiding within ourselves while focusing on external circumstances. But here’s the grounding truth: releasing creates space to hold our emotions with stability. We can acknowledge our concerns AND take one practical step forward.

The deeper wisdom? It takes real presence and self-trust to let go of time periods, old habits, belief systems and people. Learning how to say goodbye is often both the most challenging and most grounding part of our human experience. And at our core, we’re not just adapting—we’re magical creators, building sustainable foundations for what’s next. 🏡✨

Focus on what you’re genuinely called to build with intention versus what’s naturally completing its cycle. See anything that needs to fall away as something that served its purpose and is now making space for something more aligned. The future you’re creating feels more stable when it’s built on solid ground rather than the shifting sands of what no longer fits.

What are you ready to release to make space for what wants to take root through you? 🌙🌱 ♋️

07/04/2025

🌟I get my rage out at the gym. Throwing down a giant medicine ball often feels like somatic therapy. The boxing bag doesn’t judge, it just takes whatever fury I’ve got and asks for more. When I was at workout class recently, my instructor dropped this truth bomb: “The weight doesn’t get lighter - you get stronger.”

🌟This astrological time we’re living through has us confronting boundaries and structures of perceived safety and permanence. It’s ironic—or maybe cosmically perfect—that Independence Day in the United States lands right after witnessing such catastrophic displays of greed and power-hungry nonsense. The universe has a twisted sense of timing, doesn’t it?

🌟It’s hard to know what to do when bearing witness to evil and greed at such mind-boggling levels. Just like you, I don’t have all the answers. But I do believe that our ability to fight and build strength is absolutely crucial when we need to stand up to bullies—whether they’re playground tyrants or, you know, fascist regimes with really bad haircuts.

🌟So today I’m celebrating the absolute legends who are here for the long haul: the activists who show up even when their feet hurt, the medical workers who somehow still have compassion left in the tank, the non-profit warriors fighting the good fight on granola bar budgets, and every single person I know who’s either fighting for their own wellness or our collective survival. You’re all basically superheroes, just with better coffee habits.

🌟So meet that rage head-on. Slam a pillow on your bed until the neighbors think you’re renovating. Cry ugly tears that would make a toddler proud. Scream into the void (or your car—excellent acoustics). Rip up paper like you’re auditioning for a therapeutic confetti commercial. Feel ALL of that anger, because it’s fuel.

🌟And then, as the saying goes, we rise at dawn and keep going. Because that’s what warriors do—and apparently, we’re all warriors now, whether we signed up for it or not.

06/25/2025

🌟Where is home? What feels like home? With everything happening on the world stage lately, many of us are doing some serious soul-searching about safety, security and belonging. We’re also deeply reflecting on how our lineage and community influence us in shaping our values and concepts about what truly feels like home.

🌟This potent new moon in Cancer is like a cosmic spotlight illuminating how to feel at home within ourselves and our emotions. Think of it as the universe’s way of saying, “Hey, before you redecorate the living room, maybe work on your inner sanctuary first.”

🌟While there’s incredible beauty and power in being internally connected and aligned (imagine having your emotional ducks in a row – what a concept!), the outside world has other plans. It’s constantly testing us, like a persistent toddler asking “why” for the fifteenth time. The square from Neptune and Saturn is particularly good at this, forcing us to confront external obstacles that can shake our sense of self faster than a double espresso on an empty stomach.

🌟This new moon is bursting with cardinal energy, which means it’s time to stop excessive online scrolling and instead start actively engaging with life. We’re called to be creators, to be proactive, and to get moving – even if “moving” sometimes means dancing awkwardly in our kitchen while making dinner.

🌟Even when we’re triggered (and let’s be honest, these days that’s more often than we’d like), we want to take responsibility for our emotions and resist becoming the very thing we complain about in group chats. Use this new moon as your personal retreat – a time to reflect on the qualities that bring out your absolute best self. And here’s the plot twist: challenge yourself to look for similarities instead of divisions with those around you.

🌟Because when you really think about it, we’re all just fellow travelers on this beautiful, chaotic, ridiculous spaceship called Planet Earth. We’re all trying to figure out where we belong, one cosmic nudge at a time. ♋️

06/15/2025

🩵Today, as we navigate the experiences of Father’s Day, my heart reaches out to fathers everywhere—and to all the father figures who’ve stepped up to the plate (sometimes literally, at 6 AM baseball games).

🩵I’m also thinking of the uncles who show up with humor and love and the grandfathers who somehow always have butterscotch candies in their pockets. I’m holding space for the complicated relationships too—the ones that come with more knots than a Boy Scout manual.

🩵My thoughts are with those grieving fathers who are no longer here, and with the fathers carrying the unbearable weight of losing a child. I’m also cheering for the sleep-deprived new dads who’ve mastered the art of the 3 AM diaper change, and the dads-to-be who are busy reading “What to Expect” books and quietly panicking about car seat installation.

🩵Here’s the thing about holidays: they’re like emotional potluck dinners—everyone brings something different to the table, and not all of it pairs well together. Some of us are celebrating, some are grieving, some are somewhere in between, and some are just trying to figure out if the hardware store is open today.

🩵There’s no “right” way to feel about Father’s Day, just like there’s no universal manual for fatherhood (trust me, we’ve all looked). The beautiful Aquarius moon shining down on us today reminds us that while we’re all connected in this wonderfully messy human experience, we each bring our own unique flavor to the mix. And isn’t that remarkable? That we can all have such different ways of loving, hurting, celebrating, and simply being.

🩵So today, let’s care for each other with the same patience we’d show a dad trying to assemble IKEA furniture without the instructions—with understanding, maybe a gentle laugh, and the knowledge that we’re all just figuring it out as we go.

06/11/2025

🌟What is too much? And where are you white-knuckling it through “not enough”? As this potent full moon lights up Sagittarius like a cosmic spotlight, we’re all getting a front-row seat to the eternal wrestling match between our desire for comfort (hello, couch and Netflix) and our need to be assertive grown-ups who actually show up for our lives.

🌟We’re stepping into a brand new chapter here, friends. Jupiter—the ruler of this celestial show—is camping out at 0 degrees of Cancer, basically unpacking its bags and setting up shop in fresh territory for the next 12 months.

🌟Full moons are sacred disruptions, offering us a chance to Marie Kondo our emotional baggage. This full moon in Sagittarius is practically begging you to release whatever “not enough” story you’ve been dragging around like an overpacked suitcase. Here’s the thing: it’s through our insecurities and that mean inner critic that we end up hoarding resources, binge-watching entire seasons in one sitting, overindulging in whatever makes us feel temporarily full, or obsessing over seeking belonging in all the wrong places.

🌟Let me remind you of something you might have forgotten: You are more than enough. Full stop. No asterisk, no fine print. If you’re struggling to believe that—and honestly, most of us are on any given Tuesday—then it’s time to seek healing and plant yourself in environments that actually see and celebrate who you really are.

🌟I recently learned this Marshall McLuhan quote that made me pause: “We don’t know who discovered water, but we know it wasn’t the fish.” Sometimes we’re so immersed in our own patterns and environments that we can’t see what’s right in front of us—or more importantly, what’s possible beyond our current fishbowl.

🌟So let this full moon in Sagittarius be your invitation to swim in different waters, to travel to new dimensions of yourself. You might just discover that the person you’ve been looking for has been there all along, just waiting for the right cosmic weather to emerge.

05/26/2025

🌸 During a year filled with changes, grief and powerful shifts, we’re being gifted with an absolutely radiant New Moon in Gemini that offers us a hopeful sanctuary of renewal and possibility.

🌸While I’m usually selective about recommending manifestation work during every lunar cycle (because let’s be honest, we don’t need any wonky energy hijacking our vision boards), this particular new moon is truly spectacular - it’s practically glowing with potential for beautiful new beginnings.

🌸 Mercury, the chatty ruler of this Gemini lunation, is thriving in its health and abilities like it just got back from a cosmic spa retreat. This means information, knowledge, and creative expression are set to flow through us like a crystal-clear stream. Get ready for inspired insights, “aha!” moments that hit you in the shower, and words that seem to write themselves (finally, someone else doing the work for once!).

🌸Since Gemini energy loves variety and mental stimulation, this is the perfect time to start that journal you’ve been thinking about, sign up for that online course, or finally organize your bookmarks folder that’s been haunting you since 2019.

🌸 The gorgeous aspects from both Saturn and Neptune are creating something truly magical - a rare and wonderful blend of solid structure, deeply grounded wisdom, and soul-stirring connection. Saturn’s bringing the “let’s actually get this done” energy while Neptune whispers “but make it dreamy.” It’s like having the best of both worlds: practical foundation and spiritual inspiration dancing together in perfect harmony.

🌸 This Gemini new moon is also encouraging us to communicate with fresh perspective - whether that’s having that conversation you’ve been avoiding, starting a creative project, or simply learning something new that sparks your curiosity. Gemini loves connection and communication, so don’t be surprised if you find yourself reaching out to old friends or feeling more social than usual.

🌸 Therefore, go and plant those seeds of intention, learn something new, join a book club and connect with old and new friends who fascinate and inspire you.

05/13/2025

🖤Dear cosmic friends, buckle up and prepare for an emotional ride! As the saying goes, “Things are about to get interesting,” and with this full moon in Scorpio, your feelings might just take center stage.

🖤The moon, our nurturing guardian of emotional well-being and subconscious patterns, is currently traversing the intense landscape of Scorpio. It’s essential to be mindful of our reactions and impulses, as they can sometimes cloud our wisdom. Every astrological aspect serves to guide, teach, and ultimately help us evolve. Tonight’s full moon in Scorpio offers a cosmic opportunity to confront those spicy, unresolved emotions we’ve stashed away in our spiritual junk drawers. (We all have one, don’t we?)

🖤Adding a twist to the cosmic narrative, we’re also facing a power struggle between Pluto and Mercury. Pluto, is the ruler of this full moon, showing up to reveal secrets and compeling us to confront the parts of our lives we’ve been denying or projecting. In response, Mercury in Ta**us is screaming, “I’d rather not deal with this right now.”

🖤With these fixed signs clashing, you may find yourself entrenched in the “I’m right, and that’s final!” mindset. However, here’s the silver lining: within this cosmic chaos lies unexpected gifts! Think of it as the universe throwing a surprise party for your consciousness, complete with insights wrapped as the gift of new perspectives.

🖤While this full moon may bring intensity and perhaps a few extra tears, it’s truly a night for soul-searching. The universe is essentially whispering, “I know change is challenging, but you’ve got this – and more importantly, I’ve got you.” ♏

05/11/2025

On this Mother’s Day, big shout-out to all the amazing moms—new moms, pregnant moms, grandmas, stepmoms, pet moms, and anyone who’s stepped into that mothering role. This day is for you!

When we talk about privilege, receiving love in our formative years is huge. Some hit the jackpot with families full of security. Others had caregivers who tried their best with what they had. Many are still working through complicated emotions about parental relationships—and that’s okay.

Today’s a gentle reminder to make space for everyone’s experiences and especially for those who are grieving. This day brings up all kinds of feelings, and we’re all in different places with it.

Also today I am celebrating those mothering themselves—which is all of us! Whether we are 90 or 18 years old, we parent ourselves by making responsible choices, caring for our wellbeing, forgiving our mistakes, challenging ourselves to grow and seeking help when needed.

An extra big high-five to those doing this while caregiving for others. You’re extraordinary, and by modeling responsibility and self-love, you create more space to genuinely give your heart to those you love and encourage them to follow your lead.

Sending so much love today 💕 ❤️

04/12/2025

🌟Tonight we embrace the full moon in the sign of Libra. My friends—while the energy is heavy, this is also a sacred time for release and deeper introspection. This full moon invites us to examine what we may be projecting and externalizing. This moment can be a powerful opportunity to not only recognize what we are healing from but also to extend compassion and love to those younger parts of ourselves that may surface during this lunation.

🌟Aries, the first sign of the zodiac, embodies a youthful energy brimming with courage. This young aspect of ourselves has fought hard battles and earned its warrior stripes. However, we must remind ourselves to avoid waging war against ourselves or others to prove a point or right a wrong.

🌟With Chiron conjunct the sun in Aries during this full moon, the emphasis is on self-healing. When we find ourselves assigning blame or letting anger take the reins, we hinder our ability to heal our pain. Unchecked anger and unresolved trauma can diminish our capacity to love.

🌟The lunar nodes in Pisces and Virgo emphasize the theme of forgiveness—beautiful forgiveness. Let’s use this lunation to first forgive ourselves. Our future selves will be grateful for this act of kindness. As the saying goes, love is the best medicine. And when the dose isn’t working, double or triple the does. I know... I’m such a Pisces! Also, everyone celebrating Passover a meaningful, safe, and sacred holiday. ♎️ ✡️

03/29/2025

🌟Maya Angelou, one of my favorite Aries teachers, is credited with saying, “I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.” Today, as we experience a powerful solar eclipse in the sign of Aries, we are not only ushered into a new beginning but also we are reaching a significant culmination point. This marks the final eclipse on the Aries-Libra axis that began in the Spring of 2023. Eclipses bring us big insights, help us grow and forever change us.
🌟While this is the last eclipse on the Aries-Libra axis, Aries season is far from over! Tomorrow, Neptune moves into Aries, and soon Saturn will join the fiery celebration in Aries as well. The energy of today’s eclipse can be likened to a hot, steamy pot of boiling water. We have a stellium of planets in Pisces, presenting an energy that is quite different from its Aries neighbor. With this unique blend of water and fire energies, we are dissolving illusions, removing the rose-colored glasses, and hopefully trading in any idealism for the best of Aries traits, including self-determination, courage, grit, and leadership.
🌟The shadow side of this eclipse may lead to tendencies toward martyrdom or excessive victimization. Yes, lets feel our feelings but let’s allow the passion to fuel us into action and determination.With energy moving so quickly, we might find that time feels accelerated, and experiences are not following a linear thought process.
🌟If things still feel foggy regarding what to do, that’s understandable! Mercury is still in retrograde, along with Venus. The fog will lift, and clarity will emerge within a few weeks. While patience doesn’t come naturally in Aries energy, committing to it can be a valuable and quite beautiful practice. Additionally, since patterns tend to repeat, consider reflecting on the Spring of 2006 when the solar eclipse last occurred at the early degrees of Aries. What new beginnings of self-discovery did you embark on then? Themes may resurface, signaling a potential chapter two of whatever began at that time! ♈️

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