Healing and Hypnotherapy Volume - 3, Special Mega Annual Issue 15 June 2019 | Page 9

After adult level awareness is achieved that I invite the client to completely
free the inner child from the experience. This step is one of imagination,
and from my experience, very welcomed by clients. The client can choose
to allow their inner child to run free, to be a child and laugh and be joyful
(clients often imagining running free in a park or meadow with other
children, feeling safe and secure). Another option is for the client to allow
the inner child to integrate into his adult heart where he will be safe, loved
and nurtured. In this second option, I let the client know that the child will
teach him to be more joyful, spontaneous and creative. No matter the
choice, a few minutes are given to allow the client to ‘feel’ this experience.
It is truly powerful moment to witness.
As the client is gently guided back to the present moment, you will often
see a lighter, freer expression in the client’s face. I often find in the
following session that numerous improvements have been experienced in
the client’s daily life as a result of the inner child work. As there may be
multiple issues formed in early childhood, I often perform regression at
other sessions until the client achieves his goal.
We are required as hypnotists to have a tool belt filled with techniques and
strategies to suit the needs of our clients. It is my experience that inner
child work is one of the most powerful and transformative protocols. To
release the inner child, and ultimately the adult, from a state of ‘stuck’ to a
liberated state reaps numerous rewards for clients in all areas of their lives.
Lori Chrepta has been a Certified Consulting Hypnotist
for 10 years. She resides in New Jersey, USA and has an
active integrative hypnosis and spiritual practice. Lori
has a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Master’s
degree in Counseling and is certified in a variety of
healing and spiritual modalities.