Me and my T do inner child work, where I get in touch with my child self and try to be the loving compassionate parent as well, we also dialogue using the dominant hand for the parent and the non dominant hand for the child, my child self is sometimes 2 sometimes 5. T says its good to be child like... not childish. I do some things that are childish, at one time i reverted to being an adult baby ( i wont get into details but u can google it if u wish) and that part of my life it was like I needed to go thru it again to be able to grow up. I think ive grown up a bit, though sometimes I do suck my thumb. T doesnt know about that part of my life nor do i feel she needs to know how INTO it i needed to get in order for me to grow up. Not something i freely admit to either, yet here I am,,,,anyhow doing the inner child work has helped me emotionally grow up a bit, and I think its fun.
Beth