What is Reparenting?

Everyone has something that needs reparenting, and this a good thing, because when we heal ourselves intentionally, then we have the power to learn how to respond to emotional triggers, instead of reacting into our triggers and then creating a big mess. Sometimes these emotional wounds can be easier to heal, and sometimes we can have very severe wounds to heal, such as severe neglect or abuse and traumas.

What we need reparenting around is connected to what we did not get in regards to Care, Comfort, Safety, Nurturing, and Affection. If there are physical needs that we did not get, then that is very important to reparent, so we do not stay stuck in our small child place of fear. If we experienced benign neglect, which is more difficult to identify, then it is still very important to heal this early wounding, because even the more quiet needs we did not get when we were little have a very serious effect on us as adults…..these early woundings are what created our attachment style, even if we never experienced trauma or abuse.

Reparenting is a way of giving ourselves what we did not get enough of as children, so we can fully show up in our healthy adult selves.

If you are interested in taking the deep dive into learning how to reparent yourself, please check out my Reparenting Workshop at www.drsophiashealingshop.com

I am also available for online or in person intensives for individual personal work, please email me at sophia@queencityhealthysex.com