Health - Mental
Maintenance and healing
Health - Mental
Maintenance and healing
Being a good listener and a non judgmental presence is enough.
How our inner child isn't just like... a very young one. It's also you as a pre-teen and teenager. Remember her??
Keeping the exiles locked up, however, stamps out not only memories and emotions but also the parts that hold them—the parts that were hurt the most by the trauma. In Schwartz’s words: “Usually those are your most sensitive, creative, intimacy-loving, lively, playful and innocent parts. By exiling them when they get hurt, they suffer a double
... See moreBoth the attachment figure’s presence and the good feelings that constitute the relationship become part of the client’s psyche and structure. In a secure attachment, that person becomes part of your heart. (See “Your portable Good Mother")
