Basics of Inner Child Work
This term refers to the psychological concept of the childlike part of our personality.
What is the inner child.
This archetype of the inner child represents joy, curiosity, and innocence
a. the silly child
b. the playful child
c. the happy child
What is the playful child?
This common technique involves writing letters to or from the inner child
a. letter writing
b. note jotting
c. inner child scribing
What is letter writing?
Feeling unworthy or not good enough may stem from this type of childhood experience.
A. Physical neglect
B. Emotional neglect
C. Sibling rivalry
D. Strict discipline
What is emotional neglect?
What percentage of children’s dreams involve animals?
A. 20%
B. 50%
C. 70%
D. 90%
B. 50%
Inner child work often helps address unresolved issues from this period of life
What is: childhood, adolescence, (any time period around this time)
This archetype of the inner child reflects unhealed wounds or unmet needs.
a. the broken child
b. the sad child
c. the wounded child
What is the wounded child?
In inner child work, this activity is used to connect with childhood joys and creativity
a. going on a walk
b. play
c. baking a turkey
What is play?
People-pleasing behaviors often trace back to which fear?
A. Fear of success
B. Fear of rejection
C. Fear of failure
D. Fear of responsibility
What is fear of rejection
What is the most popular toy of all time?
A. Lego
B. Barbie
C. Rubik’s Cube
D. Play-Doh
A. Lego
Inner child work is often used as a technique in this therapeutic approach.
a. psychotherapy
b. CBT
c. humanistic
What is psychotherapy.
This archetype often represents the parts of ourselves that feel abandoned or neglected.
a. the abandoned heart
b. the abandoned soul
c. the abandoned child
What is the abandoned child?
This mindfulness technique can help individuals visualize and communicate with their inner child.
a. past life regression therapy
b. closing your eyes and hopping on one leg
c. guided meditation
What is guided meditation?
What might frequent unexplained anger in adulthood indicate?
A. Unprocessed grief
B. Unprocessed betrayal
C. Fear of loneliness
D. Lack of ambition
What is unprocessed betrayal
What is the most common first word spoken by babies?
A. Mama
B. Dada
C. No
D. Ball
B. Dada
A primary goal of inner child work is to heal this kind of emotional distress.
a. passive agressiveness
b. feeling "hangry" (hungry and angry)
c. childhood trauma
What is childhood trauma?
Inner child archetypes are often explored in this type of therapy created by Carl Jung.
a. Jungian Therapy
b. Carl Jung Theory and Principles
c. Jung Talks
What is Jungian therapy?
In reparenting work, this action involves giving the inner child comfort and validation.
a. self-soothing
b. positive self-talk
c. self-care
What is self-soothing?
Difficulty expressing emotions openly may result from growing up in which type of environment?
A. Competitive
B. Financially unstable
C. Emotionally repressive
D. Overly strict
C. Emotionally repressive
How many questions does the average 4-year-old ask in a day?
A. 50
B. 100
C. 200
D. 300
D. 300
This term describes the process of revisiting and healing past experiences in inner child work.
a. retroactive therapy
b. free association
c. reparenting
What is reparenting?
This archetype represents the suppressed part of the inner child, often tied to guilt or shame.
a. the dark child
b. the quiet child
c. the shadow child
What is the shadow child?
Practicing this skill, often involving boundary-setting, can help heal the inner child.
a. aggressively letting people know who's boss
b. self-advocacy
c. ignoring the haters
What is self-advocacy
What term describes a childhood dynamic where children had to take on adult responsibilities too early?
A. Parentification. B. Role reversal
C. Overachievement
D. Emotional detachment
What percentage of adults say their childhood was the happiest time of their life?
A. 10%
B. 25%
C. 40%
D. 60%
C. 40%