Inner Child Healing Cottesloe
Inner Child Healing at Gabriella de Mori & Co.
Inner child healing is one of our specialities at Gabriella de Mori & Co, and our therapists are deeply passionate about this work. Our approach is underpinned by Internal Family Systems therapy and EMDR, which brings something unexpected and quietly profound to the therapy room, yet gently.
In a safe, supportive space, you'll have the opportunity to reconnect with younger versions of yourself — the parts that may still be carrying old pain, unmet needs or beliefs formed long before you had the words for them.
Your therapist might invite you to explore through guided imagery, visual cards, mapping your inner world on paper, or gently giving voice to the child within you so that you can speak with them, and re-write the script.
If traditional talk therapy has felt too surface-level, or you've sensed there's something deeper that hasn't quite been reached yet, inner child healing might be exactly what you've been looking for. This work helps you get out of your head and into your heart, where real healing begins.
What is Inner Child Healing?
If you've ever felt like certain situations trigger a reaction that seems bigger than it should be, or found yourself falling into patterns you can't quite explain, your inner child might be asking to be heard.
Inner child healing is a compassionate, evidence-based approach that helps you reconnect with younger versions of yourself — the parts formed during childhood that may still be carrying unmet needs, old wounds, or beliefs that no longer serve you.
This isn't about reliving the past for the sake of it. It's about going back to get your Inner Child, helping them see and release the unfair burdens they’ve been carrying. Rewriting the script and connecting with your younger self will deeply assist you so you can move forward with more compassion for yourself.
How can Inner Child Healing can support your challenges?
Inner child healing is a gentle, deeply personal approach that can support you through:
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When anxiety or depression has been with you for a long time, it often isn't just in your thoughts; it lives in your body, too. Inner child healing helps you trace these feelings back to where they began, reconnecting with the younger parts of you that first learned to feel this way. Depression often re-triggers past childhood wounds that can be attended to for deep-rooted healing.
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Traumatised parts of you can become time-stuck, still living in the moment the pain happened, as if no time has passed at all. Inner child healing gently connects you to those hurt, younger parts of yourself and helps them realise you're no longer that child. You're a capable, resilient adult, and together, you'll help those parts feel safe enough to finally let go and trust the adult you’ve become by helping the Inner Child also realise they’ve grown up, and survived the traumatic experiences.
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You are innately worthy, but shame, self-criticism and an inner voice that says otherwise can drown that out completely. Inner child healing works with the parts of you that developed those beliefs early in life, softening them and helping you understand that they likely formed as an attempt to protect you or keep you on guard from unsafety, but their method is hurting you. When they no longer run the show, your true self has room to emerge freely.
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Relationships have a way of activating the deepest parts of us, fear of rejection, anger, defensiveness, or not feeling good enough. Often, these reactions belong to a younger version of you that never got what they needed. Your adult relationships then stop playing out your unmet needs as a child as you sub-consciously seek your partner to heal your childhood wounds. Inner child healing helps you recognise when those parts get triggered, soothe them, and reconnect with what you truly need, so your relationships can reflect who you actually are now.
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Grief doesn't always follow a straight line, it arrives in waves, catches you off guard, and can feel all-consuming. Inner child healing offers a compassionate space to explore the many layers of your grief, including the losses from childhood you may never have fully processed. Letting go can be profoundly healing. Slowly, you'll find your way back to balance, hope and even joy again.
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Perfectionism, people-pleasing and the need for control often developed as ways to keep you safe by being highly achieving and avoiding conflict. But over time, they can take over, drowning out your authentic voice and exhausting you. Inner child healing supports you to gently soften those protective patterns, so your true self can start to lead. You'll learn to stay grounded when things get hard, and make decisions that actually feel like you.
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Many clients seek Inner Child healing out to build a deeper relationship with the Inner Parts of themselves. You may enjoy a more mindful, creative or spiritual exploration of your inner World where you bring curiosity and deep compassion to your Inner Child. Being your inner best friend or Inner Champion can be a beautiful life-long commitment to your growth, rather than self-abandonment.
Ready to Meet the Parts of You That Need Healing?
Inner child healing gently invites you to reconnect with younger versions of yourself, the parts that formed during childhood in response to difficult or painful experiences. These parts often developed as ways to protect you at the time: a part that learned to stay small to avoid conflict, a part that shut down emotionally to cope with hurt, or a part still carrying shame or sadness from long ago.
Meeting Your Younger Self
In a safe, compassionate space, your therapist will guide you to connect with these younger parts of yourself, not to relive the past, but to give them what they needed, finally. You might find a part of you still holding on to an old hurt and gently invite it to be heard, offering the understanding and love it never received.
Where the Healing Happens
Through this process, you’ll not only connect to your hurt, but the needs your Inner Child is deeply craving, which are often deeply subconscious. As your younger parts feel truly seen and safe, they can begin to release the burdens they've been carrying: the fear of failure, the walls built to keep people out, or the inner critic that's been running the show. What replaces it is something quieter and more grounded: a kinder relationship with yourself, greater emotional balance, and a sense of wholeness that might have felt out of reach for a long time.
A Gradual, Lasting Shift
Over time, inner child healing helps you move through challenging family dynamics, anxiety, depression, trauma and relationship challenges. This isn’t achieved by analysing your way through them, but by tending to the parts of you that have been waiting to be heard. The result is greater self-awareness, self-compassion and a deeper acceptance of all of who you are. You no longer need others to validate, soothe or reassure you. You can continue to connect with your Inner Child once you’ve met them, for long-term inner connection, attunement and self-soothing.
What Does an Inner Child Healing Session Look Like?
Your session will typically run 60–90 minutes with one of our trained therapists. You'll be gently guided to reconnect with younger parts of yourself — the ones that may have been carrying old pain, unmet needs or protective patterns for a long time.
Sessions can involve talk therapy, guided mindfulness and imagery, visual or creative exercises and inner conversations.
Every session is shaped around you and where you're at. For many, this work facilitates a deeply transformative journey.
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Your sessions begin with your therapist helping you feel grounded, safe and present. There's no rush here. Your therapist will take time to understand what's coming up for you right now, whether that's an emotion, a recurring pattern, a relationship trigger, or simply a feeling you can't quite name yet. Inner Child healing doesn’t usually happen in the first few sessions, as your therapist gets to know you, your goals and your upbringing first.
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When the time is right, gently and curiously, your therapist will guide you toward the younger parts of yourself that may be connected to what you're experiencing. This might happen through guided imagery, visualisation, or simply following a feeling, wherever it leads, you'll be engaged in a creative and embodied experience.
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Once you've made contact with a younger part of yourself, you'll be invited to approach them with openness and curiosity, not to fix or change them, but simply to hear them. Often, this is the first time these parts have truly felt seen as you engage them in a long-overdue conversation with specifically guided questions by your trained therapist.
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This is where the deep work happens. Your therapist will guide you to offer your inner child what they needed but never received: safety, love, reassurance or simply being heard. Old beliefs and emotional burdens can begin to loosen and release here, which brings immense relief and lightness.
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As healing occurs, your therapist will help you integrate what's shifted, building a stronger, more compassionate relationship between your present-day self and the younger parts of you. This is where lasting change begins to take root and your Inner Child can be moved to a safe place, or be brought forward in time, away from the traumatic experiences.
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Before closing, your therapist will gently bring you back to the present, grounded, settled and connected to yourself, often integrating your inner child and adult self together. This brings a sense of cohesiveness, and no longer need to react from your abandoned Inner Child.
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Your session ends with space to reflect on what came up and what felt significant. Your therapist may offer gentle insights or supportive next steps to carry the work forward between sessions. You’ll be invited to keep in contact with your Inner Child, and find signals to know when they’re trying to reach out to you. You can meet your Inner child many times again in future sessions and continue to explore thier experiences and chapters.
A creative and experiential approach that brings you out of your head and into a deeply personal encounter with your younger self. From this place of awareness and compassion, you begin to understand which parts of you have been leading the way, and which ones you're finally ready to release.
Inner Child Testimonial
“Thank you so much for your support. I am so grateful for the sessions we had together. Your kind, compassionate, warm and non-judgmental presence was such a gift during what was the darkest and most painful chapter of my life so far. Being able to meet my inner child in the way you supported me to, was a key piece in my healing. I am happy and relieved to say I am in a much more solid place now.”
~ Katie on working with Gabriella
Inner Child Testimonial
“Thank you for reaching out! I had the most wonderful session connecting with my inner child and feel so grateful for your facilitation of that. I spent time with my family after our session and felt incredibly safe/connected in that space. Expressing my thoughts/feelings now does feel incredibly peaceful. I am excited to continue our practice and really looking forward to learning more about my inner world!”~ Ava on working with Gabriella
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If traditional talk-therapy doesn’t shift anything for you Inner Child, and you really want to get out of your head and experience your Inner Child in a new and insightful way, IFS and Parts-work therapy will suit you well.
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