Barb Varcl Smith

Your Steps Counselling, United Kingdom

Barb Varcl Smith is a therapist, educator, and trauma specialist with over 30 years of experience in human behaviour and emotional wellness. She is dedicated to helping individuals heal from CPTSD, overcome emotional trauma, and break free from generational cycles of pain.

Barb’s work is rooted in a trauma-informed, neuroscience-backed approach that empowers individuals to recognize patterns, process past experiences, and build emotional resilience. She specializes in working with men, women, and young adults, providing compassionate support and practical strategies for lasting recovery.

As an advocate for conscious parenting, Barb helps parents heal their own wounds so they can raise emotionally secure, resilient children. Her mission is to break harmful generational patterns and foster deep emotional connections within families, creating a foundation of love, security, and confidence for future generations.

Barb is the author of Parenting with Purpose: Breaking the Trauma Cycle to Raise Happy, Confident Children, a step-by-step guide for parents seeking self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and a nurturing approach to raising children. She is also a sought-after public speaker, delivering impactful workshops and keynote talks that inspire individuals to embrace healing, personal transformation, and mindful parenting.

At the core of her work is The Healing with Purpose Method, a structured approach designed to help individuals and families:

• Recover from past trauma and build healthy resilience.
• Develop self-awareness and emotional intelligence.
• Break generational cycles of inherited trauma.
• Foster deep, meaningful connections with loved ones.

Create a thriving, emotionally secure family environment. Through her therapy practice, educational programs, books, and speaking engagements, Barb Varcl Smith continues to guide individuals and families toward embracing change, empowerment, and a future defined by strength, connection, and purpose. “Embrace the Journey of Change from Trauma to Balance & Serenity”

Maciej Rzewuski

University of Warmia and Mazury, Poland

The author is the Head of the Department of Civil Procedure and Legal Protection at the Faculty of Law and Administration, the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn; a judge at the District Court in Olsztyn; a lecturer in attorneys’ and legal advisers’ training; he authored over 300 scientific publications on civil law and civil procedure; he specializes in inheritance law, family law and private international law; by working in both capacities, i.e., as an academic teacher and a judge, he skillfully combines theory with the practical application of law; adjudicating in the Court of Appeal, he deals with problems related to the topic of the present study on a daily basis.