Karina Aybar, LCSW, CPC

Happy and blessed new year!

1 week ago | [YT] | 0

Karina Aybar, LCSW, CPC

Thank you for 500+ subscribers!🎉

500+ of you are here… and I’m genuinely so grateful.

I want to take a moment to say thank you for being part of this space and for choosing to subscribe, listen, comment, and share. It truly means more than you know.

I didn’t always post consistently on YouTube. Making the decision to be intentional about showing up here at the beginning of this year required me to stretch myself in ways that felt uncomfortable and, at times, scary.
Putting myself out there has meant letting go of perfection, being seen in a more honest and vulnerable way, and trusting that perfectly imperfect is more than enough.

This journey hasn’t been about going viral or monetizing, etc. My intention has always been simple and deeply personal: if something I share; my story, my reflections, or the tools I offer can help even one person feel less alone, more understood, or a little more grounded in themselves, then I’ve already succeeded.

So thank you for being here. Thank you for your openness, and your presence. This community reminds me why I started and why I’ll keep showing up one video, and one conversation at a time.

I’m so grateful to be on this journey with you. 💙

4 weeks ago (edited) | [YT] | 3

Karina Aybar, LCSW, CPC

A personal invitation to join us for the premiere of Growing Up Too Soon, because some of us were never meant to carry what we did.

This past May, we hosted the in-person premiere of my story, Growing Up Too Soon, in collaboration with wonderful sisters in the struggle, and partners; I wasn’t sure what to expect, but what unfolded was nothing short of transformational.
Audience members cried, hugged, and opened up in ways I’ll never forget. I’ll always carry the words they shared after the screening:

🖤 “I finally felt seen.”
🖤 “I didn’t know how much I was still carrying until this video put words to it.”
🖤 “I wish my younger self could’ve heard this.”

That’s why I’m so excited (and a little nervous) to now share it with you.

This Tuesday, November 11th, Growing Up Too Soon premieres online on YouTube; a 10-minute video, but it holds decades of silence.

It touches on parentification, childhood sexual abuse, and the invisible emotional labor so many of us were forced to normalize.
And it shows what healing can look like, when we finally choose to come home to ourselves.

This is the most vulnerable thing I’ve ever made.

I’ll be watching it live with you at the premiere; on the evening of my birthday, and also the anniversary of my 4-year cancer remission.
🔄 A full-circle moment I’m sharing with you: Tuesday, 11/11/25, at 8 PM EST on YouTube/@KarinaAybar.

I hope you can join live in the comments, and please share it with someone who may need this. 💙


#childhoodtrauma #parentificationrecovery #emotionalhealing #mentalhealthawareness #selfworthjourney #traumarecovery #selfworth

2 months ago | [YT] | 0

Karina Aybar, LCSW, CPC

Dear YouTube family,

Due to the sudden passing of a very close family member, I will not be going live this week and possibly next. I’m deeply saddened and in disbelief, and I need to practice what I often encourage others to do: empowered vulnerability and self-acceptance.

In time, I’ll share what this painful moment represents for me as I navigate the loss of another father figure.

Thank you for your understanding and compassion. I look forward to reconnecting with you soon. 🙏🏽💙

4 months ago | [YT] | 2

Karina Aybar, LCSW, CPC

Join me live tonight!

If you’ve ever turned to food for comfort and then felt trapped in a spiral of shame, you are not alone. For many survivors of dysfunctional families and Complex PTSD (CPTSD), food became the most reliable source of safety when people weren’t.

Food never yelled. Food never abandoned. Food was always there when comfort, love, or protection wasn’t.
That’s why emotional eating, binge eating, restricting, or food “addiction” are so common for trauma survivors.



In this week’s Compassionate Weekly Accountability Meeting, we will explore :



Why trauma and food soothing are so deeply connected
👉🏽 How shame, not food, is the real wound we need to heal
👉🏽 Inner child practices to understand what your cravings are really asking for
👉🏽Gentle, practical ways to expand your “soothing menu” without restriction or judgment

🔔Subscribe for weekly resources

⚠️This channel is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional advice or emergency care. In a crisis, contact emergency services immediately.

#CPTSD #complex PTSD #emotional eating #food addiction #foodsoothing #bingeeatingrecovery #traumahealing #shameandfood #innerchild
#self-soothing #dysfunctionalfamilies #parentification

4 months ago | [YT] | 2

Karina Aybar, LCSW, CPC

Tonight at 8:30 PM EST:
Why rushing love can hold you back. 💔


In this heartfelt video, we explore how societal pressures and emotional habits can push us into relationships that don’t align with our true values. Are you rushing into love, settling for less, or losing yourself in the process?

Let’s reclaim your worth, set boundaries without guilt, and dive into how patience and self-discovery lead to meaningful, mutually supportive relationships.



🔔 Subscribe for more healing conversations every week, and if you’re ready to go deeper, join us inside the Self-Worth Hub, a compassionate and empowering community where we heal the root, not just the symptoms of trauma and dysfunctional dynamics.

LEARN MORE: karinaaybar.com/selfworth



About Karina:
Karina Aybar-Jacobs, LCSW, CPC, is a psychotherapist & breast cancer survivor helping women reclaim their self-worth, heal from parentification trauma & transform their relationships with themselves and others. With decades of professional expertise & her own personal healing journey, she offers solution-focused insights and actionable tools to help you heal and grow.

#attachment #love #relationshiptips #lovebombing #TraumaBonds #NarcissisticAbuse #healingfromtoxicrelationships #ComplexTrauma #Healing #InnerChildHealing #SomaticTherapy #Parentification #EmotionalRecovery #TraumaHealingTools #SelfWorthJourney #AttachmentHealing #VerbalVentilation #CPTSDRecovery #ReparentingJourney

4 months ago | [YT] | 0

Karina Aybar, LCSW, CPC

Are you the “strong one” in your family?
The one who’s always holding it all together, even when you’re falling apart inside?

If you've ever felt like you had to grow up too fast, put everyone else’s needs ahead of your own, or keep the peace at the cost of your own well-being, this space is for you.

👉🏽Every Sunday at 8:30 PM EST, I go live on YouTube to hold a judgment-free, healing-centered space where we talk about:

❤️‍🩹 Parentification & complex trauma
🛑 Boundaries without the guilt
🌱 Growing beyond the dysfunction you were raised in
🧘🏽Reclaiming your self-worth
💡 And learning to stop emotionally managing everyone else

Because healing doesn’t happen in isolation, it happens in community.
And you deserve to create a life that feels like yours.

📍Subscribe & Join me LIVE this, and every Sunday:
👉🏽 Youtube.com/KarinaAybar

No perfection. No pressure. Just honest conversations, compassionate tools, and the kind of support we all wish we had growing up.

You in? 💬👇🏽

#selfworthhealing #parentifiedchild #cptsd #CPTSDRecovery #AdultChildrenOfDysfunctionalFamilies #acoa #healingjourney #innerchildhealing #boundarieswithoutguilt #traumarecovery #karinaaybar #selfworthhub #emotionalhealing #complextrauma #latinxtherapist #sundaylivestream

5 months ago | [YT] | 5

Karina Aybar, LCSW, CPC

🚨Few Tickets Left
Meet our amazing MC! Claudia Mendoza, Founder, Mami Chulas Social Club @chulaincharge

🧠In Commemoration of Mental Health Awareness Month:

Join us for a heartfelt evening of reflection, connection, and healing.

In collaboration with the @mamichulasocialclub Mami Chula Social Club, @ndwc_org The National Dominican Women's Caucus, and the @bridesmarch Brides March: Gladys Ricart Survivors' Network against Domestic & Intimate Partner Violence.

Together, we’ll witness Growing Up Too Soon— A powerful and intimate event that tells the trauma and healing story of licensed psychotherapist and coach, Karina Aybar-Jacobs, LCSW, CPC, founder of the Self-Worth Hub®(www.karinaaybar.com)

Growing Up Too Soon offers a raw and relatable look at how early roles manifest later in life through anxious and avoidant attachment, people-pleasing, overgiving, and hyper-independence.

Growing Up Too Soon is a story of reclamation—of what healing can look like when we begin to untangle from generational patterns, confront the wounds we’ve carried for too long, and learn to come home to ourselves.

If you’ve ever felt like you were asked to grow up before you were ready, this story is for you.

** This gathering is for any woman who was asked to be “the strong one” far too early. Through story-telling, guided reflection, and community support, we’ll begin to explore how to gently lay down those roles and reconnect with the parts of ourselves that were left behind.

🔗 Eventbrite/Growing Up Too Soon

www.eventbrite.com/e/growing-up-too-soon-healing-p…

#GrowingUpTooSoonFilm
#ParentificationRecovery
#CycleBreakers
#SexualTraumaHealing
#SelfWorthHealing
#HealingInCommunity
#selfworthhub #parentification #innerchildhealing #cptsd #innerchild #ironovaries

7 months ago | [YT] | 0

Karina Aybar, LCSW, CPC

I was going through my old messages and found this beautiful note from a Self-Worth Hub member and it stopped me in my tracks.

I had completely forgotten to share it when it first came in, but reading it again filled me with so much pride and gratitude. Sometimes, in the busyness of holding space for others, we forget to pause and receive the love reflected back to us.

This is why I do what I do.

To every member who’s ever shown up vulnerably, listened deeply, and contributed to the magic of our conversations—thank you. You are the heart of this community.

Even if it’s a little late, I just had to share this.
#grateful

#SelfWorthHub #Testimonial #HealingTogether #ParentifiedDaughters #SafeSpacesForWomen #ComplexTraumaHealing #CommunityMatters #SelfWorthJourney #cptsd #ironovaries #parentification

7 months ago | [YT] | 2

Karina Aybar, LCSW, CPC

Happy Mother’s Day, today and every day—to all of you who have fulfilled a mothering role in any shape or form. Whether you are a mother, have mothered others, or carry the weight of having mothered when you were just a child, I see you. This day can hold many emotions, and however it finds you, you are not alone.

Join me later tonight, to continue this conversation - no matter how you identify. Let's connect!

youtube.com/live/VH2o_7KG0IY?si=T0urRKODzowe5D-S

#MotherWound #generationalhealing
#HealingTheMotherWound
#ReparentingYourself
#InnerChildHealing
#SelfWorthJourney
#MotherDaughterHealing
#AttachmentTrauma
#CycleBreaker
#TraumaInformedHealing
#EmotionallyUnavailableMother

8 months ago (edited) | [YT] | 0