I am doing trauma work also, just scratching surface and its triggering, also dealing with flashbacks and intrusive memories, I have a hard time believing in the inner child concept, after therapy my t says to use self care, to take a nap, eat my favorite foods ect.. get in touch with my child. I really dont know how to do that, I would rather just ignore that inner child thing, it rather seems like an exta chore to trauma work ughhhh. hope that helps