IDK what my T calls herself. She seems to do a lot of different things. I don't know exactly what "doing inner child work" is but in my therapy my T has never tried to actually talk to my inner child. We've talked ABOUT her. I've done things at home to attempt to connect to her and find out what she wants, needs, how she experienced the past and how she reacts to the present. I've sent messages to my T immediately following times when I've deliberately tried to talk to her. SO... I guess...my T does inner child work with me. LOL Just doesn't try to do it directly, on the T couch.

The funny thing is I chose my T because she had CBT listed as one of her approaches. When I started I wanted nothing to do with exploring the past, just wanted present day coping strategies. BUT... I guess my inner child had other plans.