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

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

Visualize a place where you feel empowered and safe; somewhere you are away from critique. Once you are in your beautiful, visual garden, at the beach, or anywhere that you feel safe, invite your inner child to talk things through.

Go back to the discovery of your core wounds. It is important to identify the wounding that occurred and what your inner child is holding on to so that you can validate their emotions.

Your inner child has dealt with emotional neglect for years, so the best thing you can do is to acknowledge them.

Visualization: In this technique, you are going to use a mental image and visualize a place you love that makes you feel calm and safe and promotes a feeling of peace. Using visualization requires you to use as many of your senses as possible, such as sound, smell, sight, and touch. If you visualize a beach, imagine the wind on your face, the smell

Relaxation techniques require you to focus on something calm to help increase awareness of your body.

Stress can have long-term effects on your physical and mental health, so particularly in times of need, it is crucial to focus on reducing stress through relaxation techniques. There are numerous benefits from detangling your mind and entering a state of calm, including the following: ● slowing your heart rate ● controlling your breathing ● improvi

Progressive muscle relaxation: With this technique for relation, you focus on tightening each muscle group and then relaxing them. This can help isolate and make you more aware of physical sensations when the muscles alternatively tense and relax. To begin, you can tighten the muscles in your feet, and then relax them. Continue to focus on isolatin

Autogenic relaxation: Autogenic means self-generated and refers to, in this case, using visual imagery and your own body awareness to lessen stress. For this relaxation technique, you visualize a peaceful place that calms you. Focus on your breathing becoming even and your heart rate slowing down, then relax each part of your body one by one until