We
all have, with in us, an Inner Child, and yet for those of us who have
been abused in childhood, that inner child is very often a hurt, lonely
and very frightened inner child.
Inner
Child
work, and inner child therapy, are a means by which we can start to
learn to love ourselves, feel safer within and reduce the nightmares in
order to recover from that childhood sexual abuse abuse, and indeed
other forms of childhood abuse.
The use of
Inner Child therapy, and
Inner Child work, is growing in popularity among abuse survivors. Many
find this type of therapy is far
less invasive of "exactly what
happened" and that it also helps survivors to understand where their
own
behaviors
and fears come from.
Inner Child
work can also help us
understand any disassociative tendencies that we may have as well, no
matter where we are on the disassociative scale. Becoming a friend to
your inner child can also help with self harm behaviors, comfort
eating, flashbacks and panic attacks etc.
Inner
child therapy can also be one of the more fun parts of recovery from
childhood sexual abuse.