Inner Child Work

Inner Child is that part of your unconscious that represents the child you once were and which manifests as a sort of ‘other personality’ in social interactions.  Inner child work involves deep Inner Work as it reconnects us with a wounded element of ourselves: the child within.  When this fragmented past is reconnected and understood we discover the root of many of our fears, phobias, insecurities and sabotaging life patterns.

            Childhood trauma may affect physical, emotional, mental and even psycho-sexual level.  When a childhood trauma is severe or repeated enough it may result in disintegration of the personality and emergence of sub-personalities which may be in conflict with the main personality.

Some of the situations and events that cause childhood trauma may include: being hit by parents, having emotionally unavailable parents, molestation, child abuse, being a child of divorce, abandonment, emotional neglect, Denigration of personality, excessive humiliation, accidents or other spontaneous traumatic events.

            In order to give some indicative symptoms, following issues may require Inner Child work :

• Childhood abuse – emotional abuse, sexual abuse, physical abuse.
• Depression and anxiety.
• Anger management issues.
• Passive Aggressive behavior.
• Low Self-Esteem.
• Abandonment issues and borderline personality disorder.
• Emotional Numbness.
• Self-sabotage.
• Self-criticism.
• Relationship Difficulties.
• Codependency and powerlessness.

Inner Child work is a re-integration process during which you finally accept and feel your emotions, establish inner communication and take care of the ‘Child Within’ and thus your adult self too.  Finally, you become integrated whole again, become ‘grown up’ and healed.  You are able to honour and take care of your own needs.