Healing the Inner Child: Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Process

Learning Objectives
Define what an "inner child" is and what "inner child work" is as a psychodynamic oriented approach.
Compare "inner child work" from various philosophies: psychology, Easter, and Western.
Differentiate safe vs. unsafe environments and the effects on early learning, attachment, invalidation, and trauma.
Review the challenges faced in self-acceptance and the releasing of blocked emotions.
Explain the process of "inner child work" and where to begin with re-parenting.
Describe the life skills never learned and the relearning processes for inner child re-parenting.