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==Origin==

==Origin==

United States [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1955 1955]

United States [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1955 1955]

*1955 Chicago Sunday Tribune 13 Nov. iv. 7/2,  "I had unconsciously used just that [[method]] of going beyond [[memory]] and thus getting into the ''inner child'' that I once was."

*1955 Chicago Sunday Tribune 13 Nov. iv. 7/2,  "I had unconsciously used just that [[method]] of going beyond [[memory]] and thus getting into the ''inner child'' that I once was."

*1998  N.Y. Times 9 July b1/3  "No one has to be talked into the satisfactions of the [[hut]]. It is [[architecture]]'s ''inner child''."

*1998  N.Y. Times 9 July b1/3  "No one has to be talked into the satisfactions of the [[hut]]. It is [[architecture]]'s ''inner child''."

The inner child is the best known lower third of a comprehensive model of the human psyche called the Three Selves.  

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. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bradshaw_(author) 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 term has manifold [[therapeutic]] applications in [[counseling]] and holistic health settings primarily. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bradshaw_(author) 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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-traumatic_stress_disorder post-traumatic stress disorder]. In the 1970s, the inner child concept emerged alongside the clinical concept of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codependency codependency] (first called Adult Children of Alcoholics Syndrome.). These [[topics]] remain very active today as any Google search can prove.

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 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-traumatic_stress_disorder post-traumatic stress disorder]. In the 1970s, the inner child concept emerged alongside the clinical concept of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codependency codependency] (first called Adult Children of Alcoholics Syndrome.). These [[topics]] remain very active today as any Google search can prove.

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Jung Carl Jung] is often referenced as the originator of the [[concept]] in his [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_(archetype) Divine Child archetype]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmet_Fox Emmet Fox] called it the "Wonder Child". [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Whitfield Charles Whitfield] dubbed it the "Child Within". The inner child broke into the [[mainstream]] primarily through Hugh Missildine, MD, "Your Inner Child of the Past" (1963); which has retained its usefulness; and, through, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transactional_Analysis Transactional Analysis] (circa 1965-1969) with its model of Child-Parent-Adult, which has retained less utility.  John Bradshaw's use of the "wounded inner child" is a version of the inner child skewed towards topics germane to individual and group [[therapy]] settings. The origins of the inner child in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ho%27oponopono Ho'oponopono] are even more obscure and difficult to document.

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Jung Carl Jung] is often referenced as the originator of the [[concept]] in his [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_(archetype) Divine Child archetype]. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmet_Fox Emmet Fox] called it the "Wonder Child". [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Whitfield Charles Whitfield] dubbed it the "Child Within". The inner child broke into the [[mainstream]] primarily through Hugh Missildine, MD, "Your Inner Child of the Past" (1963); which has retained its usefulness; and, through, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transactional_Analysis Transactional Analysis] (circa 1965-1969) with its model of Child-Parent-Adult, which has retained less utility.  John Bradshaw's use of the "wounded inner child" is a version of the inner child skewed towards topics germane to individual and group [[therapy]] settings. The origins of the inner child in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ho%27oponopono Ho'oponopono] are even more obscure and difficult to document.

The inner child is often characterized as a subpersonality. Virtually every talk [[therapy]] approach acknowledges and ascribes some [[meaning]] to the inner child, even if they use a different label. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_Family_Systems_Model Internal Family Systems Therapy] (IFS) has expanded the concept considerably in recognizing that there isn't just one inner child subpersonality, but many. IFS points to wounded inner child subpersonalities calling them "[[exiles]]" because they tend to be excluded from waking [[thought]] in order to avoid-defend against the [[pain]] and trauma carried in those [[memories]]. IFS has a sophisticated method for gaining safe [[access]] to a person's exiles, witnessing the [[stories]] of their origins in childhood, and [[healing]] them.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inner_child]

The inner child is often characterized as a subpersonality. Virtually every talk [[therapy]] approach acknowledges and ascribes some [[meaning]] to the inner child, even if they use a different label. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_Family_Systems_Model Internal Family Systems Therapy] (IFS) has expanded the concept considerably in recognizing that there isn't just one inner child subpersonality, but many. IFS points to wounded inner child subpersonalities calling them "[[exiles]]" because they tend to be excluded from waking [[thought]] in order to avoid-defend against the [[pain]] and trauma carried in those [[memories]]. IFS has a sophisticated method for gaining safe [[access]] to a person's exiles, witnessing the [[stories]] of their origins in childhood, and [[healing]] them.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inner_child]

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[[Category: Psychology]]