Inner child work involves healing emotional wounds and traumas from our childhood. It is based on the idea that our early experiences and relationships with parents, caregivers and other significant people in our lives can leave a lasting impact on our emotional and psychological wellbeing as adults.

“Inner child work” is the process of acknowledging, understanding and healing the wounds of your inner child. This ongoing process requires unlearning past behaviors and replacing them with new ones that reinforce positive coping skills and present-day beliefs about who you are as a person.

What are the 5 inner child wounds?

These 5 wounds are rejection, abandonment, humiliation, betrayal and injustice. The wound of injustice (like all other wounds) creates emotional overreactions within you. So you can get better by eliminating the roots of these irrational emotional memories.

How do I heal the inner child ?
1. Acknowledge and accept past experiences and how they’ve shaped you.

2. Practice self-compassion and forgiveness for yourself and others.

3. Engage in activities that bring you joy and connect you to your inner child.

4. Set healthy boundaries and say “no” when needed to prioritize your emotional wellbeing.

Inner child work teaches you to parent and nurture your wounded inner child.

Painful early experiences often stick with us into adulthood — from being yelled at by a teacher or rejected by playmates to experiencing childhood trauma. You might even feel “stuck” at the age of trauma, unable to move on emotionally without first processing your past.

Inner child work is the process of re-parenting the “littles” that were neglected, abused, abandoned, etc. during childhood.

It’s during the formative years of childhood — 0 to 9 years — that we learn about emotions, safety, and who we are in the world and form connections.

When an experience feels unsafe at that age and no adult steps in to offer comfort, the pain and shame can linger for years to come. Inner child exercises are one way we can access that younger self and offer them the comfort they needed but didn’t have access to at the time.

In our sessions we will be able to reflect on all this previous mentioned above.