06-18-2017, 01:40 PM
You can't intellectualize the hurt inner child, or fragmentation. You have to do the emotional work. I'm skeptical about practices such as soul retrieval dealing with it because the person who is fragmented must get to the root of the buried trauma and do the work him- or herself (someone can help, but the emotions have to be surfaced and felt). John Bradshaw has the the best information on this subject that I know of, if you're really interested: Homecoming; Reclaiming and Championing Your Inner Child, and, Healing the Shame that Binds You, for example (both excellent).