Definitions for inner child
in·ner child

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1. inner childnoun

   The childlike aspect of a person's psyche typically, the personality and the memories of one's childhood especially in context of coexisting with, and being suppressed by, an adultlike aspect of the person.

2. inner childnoun

   A metaphorical child who is the personification of the inner child of a person.

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1. Inner child

   In popular psychology and analytical psychology, the inner child is an individual's childlike aspect. It includes what a person learned as a child, before puberty. The inner child is often conceived as a semi-independent subpersonality subordinate to the waking conscious mind. The term has therapeutic applications in counseling and health settings. The concept became known to a broader audience through books by John Bradshaw and others.

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1. Inner child

   In popular psychology and analytical psychology, inner child is our childlike aspect. It includes all that we learned and experienced as children, before puberty. The inner child denotes a semi-independent entity subordinate to the waking conscious mind. The inner child is the best known lower third of a comprehensive model of the human psyche called the Three Selves. The term has manifold therapeutic applications in counseling and holistic health settings primarily. John Bradshaw, a U.S. educator, pop psychology and self-help movement leader, famously used "inner child" to point to unresolved childhood experiences and the lingering dysfunctional effects of childhood dysfunction. In this way "inner child" refers to all of the sum of mental-emotional memories stored in the sub-conscious from conception thru pre-puberty. The Twelve-step program recovery movement considers healing the inner child to be one of the essential stages in recovery from addiction, abuse, trauma, or post-traumatic stress disorder. In the 1970s, the inner child concept emerged alongside the clinical concept of codependency. These topics remain very active today.

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   Read the full text of the Inner Child poem by Kurt Philip Behm on the Poetry.com website.

How to pronounce inner child?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of inner child in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of inner child in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of inner child in a Sentence

1. Stephen Nachmanovitch:

   The most potent muse of all is our own inner child.

2. Aurora Berill:

   Don't forget to embrace and get closer to your inner child.

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Inner_Child
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inner_Child
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=inner child