Healing Your Wounded Inner Child: A CBT Workbook to Overcome Past Trauma, Face Abandonment and Regain Emotional Stability. (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy)

You likely felt the need to keep your thoughts, emotions, and opinions to yourself because you knew it would cause discomfort in your home.

The part of you, the child, that faced these painful situations wants to revisit these events, so you finally decide you can’t move forward without acknowledging and healing the child you tried to leave behind. However, the protective part of you wants to shelter you from the pain you once faced.

emotional reactions when you are confronted by something that triggers a childhood event.

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Here are some examples of what to say to let your inner child know that you are listening: ● I see you and I hear you. ● That sounds like it was difficult to go through. ● It sounds like that is a lot to handle. ● That must have been really hard to deal with. ● I acknowledge your feelings. ● There is no such thing as a bad child. ● Your mistakes do

Cognitive Dissonance Cognitive dissonance is a behavioral struggle that happens when your actions do not match your beliefs. This state of mind occurs when a person has a contradictory attitude, value, or belief about one particular thing. A good example of this is that people do not practice what they preach. Someone may speak vehemently about hel

wounded child archetype

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difficulty communicating with others

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