Inner Child

The inner child model describes the emotional level in us that arises from childhood experiences – both painful and loving moments. Even when we grow up, a part of these early experiences remains alive in us: our childish needs, fears, desires and injuries.
The inner child is symbolic of this part of us that is characterized by closeness and connection, but also by disappointment or powerlessness. Especially when stressful experiences in childhood have not been processed, they can resurface in adult life in certain situations: through strong emotional reactions, exaggerated shame, anger, withdrawal or the feeling of “not being right”.

In our hypnosis practice in Berlin – and also in online hypnosis – we regularly work with the Inner Child model. Hypnosis opens up a special approach: in a state of deep relaxation, or trance, it is possible to perceive inner images, memories and feelings more consciously without being overwhelmed by them.
Contact with the inner child in hypnosis is often a very touching moment. Clients experience themselves as a child – and can respond to this vulnerable part with compassion, protection and warmth. It is like an inner dialogue that does not undo the past, but reinterprets it in a healing way.

Often old wounds do not show up directly, but through today's issues:

Working with the inner child under hypnosis can help to understand these patterns and change them where they originated, namely on an emotional level.