Homecoming
by John Bradshaw
Reclaiming the 'inner child' stage by stage (infant, toddler, preschool, school age, adolescence) with meditations, letters and exercises. The inner-child movement's central text, dated in language and still used in therapy.
Read it if…
you want a structured inner-child process.
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Skip it if…
the inner-child vocabulary makes you wince.
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Three things you will actually use
- Each stage has unmet needs you can meet now.
- Write to the child; let the child write back.
- Reparenting is a practice.
Do this first
Do the infant-stage exercise and see whether it moves you.
Our verdict
The inner-child text.
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