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Originally Posted by LolaCabanna
Is it possible to have the inner adult raise the inner child?
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I hope so. If not, I'm screwed...
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Originally Posted by sittingatwatersedge
I don't know about you, but my inner adult is a caustic critic, who never runs out of ammo.
This child, inner or outer, had enough of that a long time ago.
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Schema therapy would say that this is the punitive parent mode. It's an adult mode, but not a healthy one.
ST would also say that there's a Healthy Adult inside everyone, but that for some of us the work of therapy is to strengthen it, so that it is able to take charge.