“Deep in my birth canal his fingers still keep their grip over my mind.”

MEETING THE WOUNDED INNER CHILD PARTS

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So lonely . . .

She needs her Mumma so much

Internal Mother internal Child

Making music with the inner child

The Dr Who figure is strong and protective

FACING THE MEMORY OF THE ABUSER /  or NOT-GOOD-ENOUGH-PARENT

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Scary image

Abuser as serpent

he was like a dragon creeping through the forest

the abuser’s face is peering through the grate of the manhole cover

. . . and in he comes

I am strong now and I will protect you.

Attack in sandplay

Ballad of a loving axe-murderer

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Go Away/Come: I wanted you to be Merlin, to teach and guide me, to see me as special. But you hated me, you wanted me gone. Inside of me there were two fathers – the one I wanted and the one I had, I kept trying to make you into someone you were not.

You are all fangs but you are also death, there is nothing there. If you notice me, you bite. Most of the time you don’t notice me. Somehow I still feel your bite, all the time. Your fangs are inside me

You’re everywhere. Let me go

I built a castle of myself and even though you ignored me, you were always there threatening to tear me down

Maybe I can fight you, but when I try you stop me from returning to any safety. How can I be rid of you?

You left me broken but inside of all that mess, there is a little me

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