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Inner Child Work |
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The term "inner child" refers to that aspect of our
personalities that holds the feelings, attitudes and memories imprinted
during our childhood. For some of us, our childhood was sometimes
difficult and painful, but as someone once said, how boring perfect
childhoods
would be. However, for many others, their childhood was filled with
the unrelenting pain of chronic abuse and/or loss of a loved one.
These individuals have rarely, if ever, had an experience of themselves
as powerful, awesome, magnificent works of art, and for this reason, have
had difficulty expressing their true essence as human beings. A pall
can hang over their everyday lives that affects their careers,
relationships,
creativity, health, and the very joy of living. For these
individuals,
the opportunity to heal the most serious of these wounds can release them
from the unending fear, sorrow, and depression so often associated with
chronic childhood trauma.
Hypnotherapy provides a safe and effective container
for confronting, exploring and healing the patterns and conflicts which
result from these unfortunate experiences. These damaged and hurt
"inner children" can be rescued by their loving and compassionate adult
selves, and in the process, regain their voices and the many feelings
repressed
for so long. With the help and support of their adult selves, they
can express and be heard, thus regaining their lost power. From this
place of power, they can then experience relief and a true sense of
security
for the first time in many years. From a place of power, they also
have an opportunity to forgive, if appropriate, and reestablish
relationships
often destroyed, directly or indirectly, by the ravages of painful
childhood
experiences.
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