Healing the Inner Child; Resolving Childhood Trauma

Presenter Ed Geraty, LCSW-C (MD), LICSW (WV), LCSW (VA), LICSW (DC) 

CEUs: Category 1 | 3.0 

Teaching your client how to heal their inner child can be a powerful and transformative journey that can help them heal past wounds and traumas, increase self-awareness and self-love, and live a more fulfilling life. By understanding the role of the inner child, identifying wounds, and practicing healing techniques, they can release negative beliefs and patterns that no longer serve them. Cultivating self-love, forgiveness, and healthy relationships can lead to a more fulfilling and joyful life.

Workshop Objectives:

1. Learn how the Inner Child gets wounded.
   
2. Recognize the signs of an enmeshed family.
   
3. Recognize the signs of Inner Child wounds.
   
4. Learn re-parenting skills.
5. Learn how to maintain an ongoing Inner Child healing practice.
6. Practice Inner Child meditation.

Agenda:

- Introduction
-Learning how the Inner Child gets wounded.
-Recognizing the signs of an enmeshed family.
-Recognizing the signs of Inner Child wounds.
-Learn re-parenting skills.
-Learn how to maintain an ongoing Inner Child healing practice.
-Practice Inner Child meditation.

Recommended Reading:

• Homecoming by John Bradshaw
• Recovery of Your Inner Child: The Highly Acclaimed Method for Liberating Your Inner Self by Capacchione, Lucia.
• The Inner Child Workbook: What to do with your past when it just won't go away Paperback by Cathryn L. Taylor
• Reconciliation: Healing the Inner Child Paperback by Thich Nhat Hanh