Posted by daisym on May 4, 2006, at 13:53:05
In reply to inner child stuff, posted by wishingstar on May 3, 2006, at 20:58:28
I don't know whether you are working on old trauma's or not but it is often the case that very young feelings and behaviors become encapsulated and then show up when triggered. My therapist doesn't use the term "inner child" much, but we do a lot of work actually speaking directly to age states. These are split off parts of me that feel very young. I am shocked at how "real" these parts of me are.
And I am horribly judgemental of these parts, overlaying lots of "shoulds" and "supposed to" stuff on my adult self. But if I can set that aside, I find that I learn a lot about myself by letting those parts come forward and speak more freely. Try it, if you can. It provides a certain type of relief. But it can also be frightening to let go like that.
I agree that you should try to tell your therapist that this approach isn't working for you. There are so many paths to take to the same place, it would be sad to get stuck on the road to healing.
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