Psychotherapy and the Inner Child
~ Friedrich Nietzsche"We must remain as close to the flowers, the grass, and the butterflies as the child is who is not yet so much taller than they are. Whoever would partake of all good things must understand how to be small at times."
Resources on the Inner Child, Healing, and Dogs
Books
- (Check out my expanded booklist under my Resources section: Inner Child/Sub-Personalities)
Web Articles
Inner Child & Real Self/False Self
- How the False Self gets Created
- The “I Feel like a Child Syndrome” (Psychology Today blog on Evolution of the Self)
- In Defense of the Inner Child
- Karen Horney’s Vision of the Self (Real Self)
- Opening to the Inner Child: Recovering Authentic Personality
- The Path of the Inner Child (psychosynthesis)
- Secrets of Psychotherapy: Rediscovering the Inner Child
Some Healing Modalities
- An Interpersonal Neurobiology Approach to Psychotherapy: Awareness, Mirror Neurons, and Neuro Plasticity in the Development of Well-Being
- An Introduction to Effective "Parts Work"
- Embracing All of Our Selves: The Voice Dialogue Manual
- Expressive Art Therapy /Inner Child Drawings
- Heal with Gestalt Therapy-Finding Your Inner Child
- Inner Child Work: What Needs Went Unmet?
- Inner Child Healing-How to Begin
- Inner-Child Work: Some Evolutionary and Neuroscientific Reflections
- Inner Relationship Focusing: Strengthening Attachment and Interpersonal Neurobiological Integration
- Limited Reparenting: The Heart of Schema Therapy
- Nurturing and Caring for your Inner Child: How to Heal Emotionally and Master the Art of Self-Love
- Working with our Inner Parts
~ Robert Burney"We can learn to be responsible adults who can lovingly parent the wounded children inside us. It is a lot of work and it take time, but it is worth it. It can create the freedom to be able to let go, to be happy and joyous in the moment, no matter what is happening in our lives. It leads to empowerment, serenity, and the ability to have a more loving relationship with Self. Nothing you do in your life will be more rewarding or have more far reaching consequences than healing your wounded soul- which is what your wounded inner children represent."
Therapeutic Attunement
- Attunement and Involvement: Therapeutic Responses to Relational Needs
- "Good Enough" Attunement (Psychology Today)
- The Power of Therapeutic Attunement
- What is "Good Enough"Parenting?