1094 - What is the Inner Child?

Counselor Toolbox Podcast with DocSnipes

AllCEUs Counseling CEUs

Health & Fitness, Social Sciences, Education, Science, Self-improvement, Mental Health

4.7 • 667 Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2026

⏱️ 19 minutes

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00:00 Introduction & What is the Inner Child? 00:26 Origins: Childhood Memories and Experiences 01:13 Secure Attachment: Definition and Benefits 02:47 How Secure Attachment Shapes Self-View 03:10 Cognitive Patterns in Childhood 03:45 Chaos, Attachment, and Internalized Beliefs 04:54 Fight, Flight, Freeze, Fawn, and Flop Responses 08:00 Chronic Stress and Its Impact on Development 09:03 Recognizing Power and Safety in Adulthood 10:04 Challenging Childhood Expectations 10:44 Emotional Regulation and Problem Solving 11:30 Erikson's Stages of Psychosocial Development 14:44 Inner Child Triggers in Adult Life 15:17 Healing the Inner Child: Processing & Growth 16:41 Practical Example: Overcoming Childhood Messages 17:03 Resources and Community 17:35 Reconnecting and Integrating the Inner Child Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:31.5	Hey there, everybody. Welcome to today's presentation in which we explore the question, what is the inner child? I'm your host,
0:39.2	Dr. Donnelly Snipe's. The inner child is a metaphor representing the childlike aspects of our
0:46.3	personality and behaviors that persist into adulthood. It is something that we use to conceptualize
0:53.8	what may be going on with us.
0:56.1	The inner child is based on memories of feeling safe and loved or unsafe and rejected.
1:03.2	As a child, we didn't know what to do with all of these memories, especially if they were
1:08.4	memories of feeling unsafe and rejected.
1:12.2	So we may have just kind of put them on a shelf because we didn't know how to interpret or handle them. Unfortunately,
1:17.6	since we didn't deal with them, they're still out there lingering. It's important to remember
1:23.3	that like everything in life, it's not all or nothing. There may have been safe relationships
1:29.5	and unsafe relationships in your past. In terms of understanding how the inner child develops,
1:40.3	as I said, it's based on your memories and your experiences. And those people who grow up
1:47.2	in an environment in which they have secure attachment with their caregiver, they feel safe and loved.
1:55.2	A secure attachment with the caregiver is characterized by consistency. You don't get Jekyll or hide. You don't get
2:02.9	criticism one day and support the next day. It's very consistent in the way your caregiver responds.
2:09.7	You get attention from your caregiver, not just when you need them, but because they want to
2:16.4	spend time with you. They actually enjoy spending time with you.
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