Speaker Talk: Parenting The Inner-Child: Strategies for Helping Families Heal

This presentation will introduce the concept of “parenting the inner-child” to help clients address underlying shame, intergenerational trauma, and emotional defenses within the family system. The construct of the “identified patient” and the focus on symptom reduction present unforeseen barriers for families to engage in a more meaningful therapeutic process. This presentation offers innovative strategies and challenging perspective to help families break free of the “identified patient” trap, creating a pathway for parents to engage in their own healing process, and improving therapeutic outcomes for their children.