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Published: Dec. 22, 2023, 6 a.m.

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Today we\u2019re going to focus on how the inner child model of therapy has been used and what exactly does it mean. Simply put (which to me is always the best way), how much does a client realize and connect with the idea that their past is influencing their present. I\u2019ll offer a story about how that connection is made in therapy if it has not been so far. It\u2019s definitely something that many struggle with \u2013 as they battle the belief that what happened years ago might be impacting who they think of themselves now.

The listener voicemail for today is one I somehow missed last year \u2013 and I apologize for that! Because it\u2019s an excellent comment: How do therapists experience their own struggles with what the listener called \u201cmoral injury,\u201d compassion fatigue and burnout?\xa0 I\u2019ll look forward to talking about my own struggles and way of trying to achieve, or I should say maintain, my own stability as a therapist.

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Vital Links:

VeryWell Mind article on inner child work

Forbes article on Internal Family Systems therapy

SelfWork Episode on Dissociative Identity Disorder with Lynn Barrett

Differences in moral injury and burnout

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