Inner Child Work – Reconnecting With the You That Never Left
The Past Isn’t Over If It’s Still Living in You
Inner child work invites you to reconnect with parts of yourself that may have gone unseen, unheard, or misunderstood when you needed presence the most. This is not about regression or reliving the past—it’s about acknowledging the enduring impact of early experiences and offering those younger parts the understanding they never received.
You might find traces of the inner child in your fear of abandonment, in self-doubt that flares under pressure, or in a yearning for love that feels confusing or shameful. These aren’t signs of immaturity. They’re signs of wounds carried forward, waiting to be met.
Who Is the Inner Child?
The inner child is a metaphorical representation of your early emotional self—still alive within your psyche and your nervous system. This part remembers what your adult mind may have learned to suppress: how it felt to be excluded, criticised, shamed, unseen, or loved conditionally.
Drawing on the pioneering work of Lucia Capacchione, whose expressive arts techniques helped many discover the healing potential of writing and drawing with the non-dominant hand, inner child work invites creativity, depth, and profound emotional truth. Her work teaches us that healing isn't just cognitive—it's experiential, embodied, and expressive.
What This Work Looks Like
In our sessions, inner child work might include:
Dialogues between your adult self and younger parts
Creative exercises such as drawing, journaling, or letter-writing
Noticing and naming when old emotional reactions surface in current relationships
Exploring where those reactions began, and what they needed at the time
Building a felt sense of internal safety and self-compassion
You don’t need to remember every detail of your childhood. You only need a willingness to be present to the feelings that emerge in your body, in your responses, and in your longing for something more.
This Is Not About Blame
Inner child work is not about blaming caregivers or rehashing old pain for its own sake. It’s about reclaiming your emotional inheritance—making space for the full complexity of your early experiences, and understanding how they shaped the patterns you live today.
Some of those patterns may have helped you survive. Others may now be holding you back. In therapy, we gently explore which parts are still protecting you, and whether they’re ready to let go.
A New Kind of Relationship With Yourself
As we work together, you may begin to notice subtle shifts: more tenderness toward yourself. More space between feeling and reaction. More access to joy, spontaneity, and a sense of safety that doesn’t rely on others.
This isn’t about becoming someone new. It’s about remembering who you were before you learned you had to be someone else.
The Child Within Still Matters
If there’s a part of you that feels small, scared, or unseen—even now, even as an adult—it deserves care, not criticism. Inner child work offers a path toward healing not through insight alone, but through presence, permission, and relational repair.
If you're ready to meet the child within with curiosity, compassion, and care—I’m here.