What is Inner Child Therapy?

Did you have parents who couldn’t show up for you emotionally? Maybe you always tried to make them happy or felt like you were competing for their

approval?

Inner child work is really about getting curious about the younger version of you — the one who figured out how to get through tough times. That part might

still carry old hurt or unmet needs, and therapy helps you understand and care for them in a new way.

Everyone has an “inner child.” It’s that younger version of you who first experienced love, disappointment, rejection, or shame — and sometimes those early

experiences can shape how we react to things as adults.

Sometimes the younger parts of us that once felt unseen, unheard, or unsafe still make themselves known in our adult lives. You might notice this when a small

trigger — a comment, a rejection, or an argument — brings up outsized emotions like fear, sadness, or shame. Those are often echoes of the child within you

who never got what they needed back then.

This often comes up in our adult lives when we are dating and looking for a partner. If we do not feel heard and seen by our partners, this can trigger things we

experienced as children in our relationship with our parents.

Inner child work is about slowing down enough to notice those moments and respond with compassion instead of criticism. In therapy, we gently reconnect

with those younger parts of you and begin to offer what was missing — comfort, safety, understanding, or validation.

Over time, this work brings a deep sense of wholeness and self-acceptance — helping you feel grounded, confident, and in control of your own story. It’s about

becoming the person your younger self always needed.