[KLL85]

This week my T and I did some work around my inner child and identified what different ‘parts’ were present in sessions. I identified that there is a ‘baby’ part very much present but found it really hard to explain how it presents and behaves. All I could describe was this overwhelming internal crying and screaming and not having any capability of being able to express what emotions are taking place verbally, it is just this desperation to be held and soothed. It feels like my body can’t move and when that part takes over. My T was wanting to know more about how this manifests and what behaviours this part might express or show in sessions but I really struggled to identify anything.
Just wondering if anyone else has done work with preverbal parts and what that looked like for them and how that part showed up in sessions.

[amandalouise]

Originally Posted by KLL85

This week my T and I did some work around my inner child and identified what different ‘parts’ were present in sessions. I identified that there is a ‘baby’ part very much present but found it really hard to explain how it presents and behaves. All I could describe was this overwhelming internal crying and screaming and not having any capability of being able to express what emotions are taking place verbally, it is just this desperation to be held and soothed. It feels like my body can’t move and when that part takes over. My T was wanting to know more about how this manifests and what behaviours this part might express or show in sessions but I really struggled to identify anything.
Just wondering if anyone else has done work with preverbal parts and what that looked like for them and how that part showed up in sessions.

my suggestion is print off your post and let your T read it. here in this post you were very clear about how this part of you manifests, behaves and so forth.

Im sorry but my telling you how my parts manifest, behave, express and so forth is not going to help you in answering your T's questions. they want what goes on in you. thats what inner child work is all about... looking inside your self and all what parts of you make up who and what you are, how you behave and so forth and how being those parts of you affect (manifests) in you.

so just take it one step at a time and explain to your T how things are for you.

another suggestion that may help you answer your T's questions... reread your past posts here and print off any where you may have talked about your inner child parts.