RELATIONSHIPS
The Relationship Dictionary
The same word can mean something different to each partner. This guide helps couples explore those differences and create definitions they can both understand.
Explore the guide →A LITTLE HONESTY. A LOT OF HUMANITY.
For the things
we never
talk about.
Relationships. Connection. Being human.
Resources and honest conversations about how we relate to each other—and to ourselves.
THE RESOURCE LIBRARY
A place to start.
A little room to grow.
A growing home for the resources I create, with space to explore relationships, intimacy, faith, and life.
CONNECTION
Glimmers
An invitation to notice everyday moments of ease and connection, let them land, and offer them back. This guide includes a weeklong practice and space for reflection.
Explore the guide →FAITH & REFLECTION
The Neuroscience of the Lord’s Prayer
A faith-integrated reflection on the Lord’s Prayer, pairing its lines with discussion of the brain, body, and emotions and short practices.
Explore the guide →NOTES FROM A REAL LIFE
Some things need
more than a caption.
Join me at Let's Be Real Therapist on Substack for reflections on relationships and being human.
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HI, I'M KRISTEN.
Therapist.
Wife.
Human.
I'm Kristen Barrick, a Licensed Professional Counselor, National Certified Counselor, and AASECT Certified Sex Therapist in Amarillo, Texas. I am a Christian, and my faith informs how I approach relationships and connection. Most of my work centers on relationships: how we connect, communicate, navigate intimacy, and find our way back to each other.
I came to counseling by way of second grade classrooms, children's ministry, and college counseling. When my kids reached middle school, I went back to school myself. In community mental health, I kept finding my way into conversations about shame, disconnection, and intimacy. Those conversations led me to train as a sex therapist.
My husband Dusty and I met our freshman year at Texas A&M. We've been together since 1994 and have two grown children. Relationships are part of my everyday life, too—with all the learning, humor, mistakes, and repair that come with being human.
Here, I share resources and reflections to help make room for more honest conversations.
More of my world
Let’s Be Real Therapist
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Sacred Hearts Counseling
A future connection.