Inner Child Work Utrecht – Let go, heal yourself and live freely
Are you looking for Inner Child work in Utrecht?
I have specialized in working with inner parts and work both online and from my practice in Utrecht. Inner child work helps you to make the journey inward and to connect with hidden and wounded inner parts. These parts are often burdened with pain and fear from events in the past. By freeing these parts from their burden, peace is created in your inner system. It ensures that you feel more, experience more connection with your loved ones and reconnect with passions, dreams and talents that you had lost sight of.
What is inner child work?
Everyone Has Inner Part
Think about that one time you were visiting friends and noticed that a part of you wanted to go home, while another part wanted to stay. And chances are, there was yet another part that had all sorts of opinions about it.​
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What Are Inner Child Parts
Inner child parts are your most pure and vulnerable aspects. Think about how you were as a child: pure, like a blank slate, yet already carrying the potential of who you would become—just like a seed contains everything needed to grow into a tree. But as a child, you were also vulnerable and dependent. At that young age, you don’t yet have the ability to fully understand or process pain. The pain of feeling unloved, not belonging, being unappreciated, or feeling physically unsafe can be overwhelming. Often, children unconsciously conclude: “It must be my fault that this is happening.”​
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The Formation of Burdened Part
When a child experiences deep emotional pain that is too much to bear, two things happen:
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Suppressing – The painful, overwhelming emotions and negative thoughts from your most vulnerable parts are deeply buried so that you don’t have to face them.
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Protecting – At the same time, protective parts emerge, saying: “Never again!” These parts do everything in their power to prevent you from feeling that pain again.
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These protective parts often show up clearly in your thoughts and behavior. They work extremely hard to help you. Think about:​
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The people-pleaser, who helps you meet the expectations of others.
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The perfectionist, who ensures that everything you do is good enough.
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The numbing part, who binge-watches series or has that extra drink to ease discomfort.
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The rational thinker, who keeps you up at night, desperately trying to solve that one problem.
If you recognize these protective patterns in your life, you can assume that your inner system also contains parts burdened with suppressed emotions. This inner burden often manifests as stress, overthinking, feeling stuck in patterns, and the frustrating sense that you’re not fully expressing what’s inside you. Over time, this burden can even lead to burnout and depression.​​
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How Inner Child Work Helps
Inner child work restores the connection with your wounded inner parts. These parts finally get the space to share their stories and emotions and to be freed from the burdens they have carried for so long. By releasing these burdens, your inner system finds peace and harmony. For many people, inner child work marks a turning point in their lives.
What does Inner Child work bring you?
Inner Child work contributes to:
Inner peace: harmony and balance in your inner world, where you regain access to your feelings and intuition.
More satisfaction and meaning: insight into your passions, what you really find important and what impact you can make here on earth.
Loving connection: equal and sincere relationships, from a deep sense of self-worth and self-love.
Freedom of choice: a sense of control over your own life, where you can make choices that enrich your life and that of your loved ones.
Self-care, assertiveness and boundaries: feeling what you need and daring to stand up for it, from a deep sense of self-confidence.
Who is inner child work for?
If you long for inner peace, recognize patterns of protective parts and feel that you carry parts with you that feel unseen, small, scared or sad, then inner child work is for you. It is my experience that everyone has vulnerable and hidden parts. It says nothing about the quality of your life or about the love of your parents or caregivers. Everyone has their own baggage and wounds, and if you are not aware of them, they often keep you trapped in limiting patterns.
Do you recognize yourself in this? Then inner child work is definitely something for you.
Feelings seem blocked, and you are in your head a lot
You have relatively few memories of your childhood
Triggers and tension in your relationships are not unknown to you
You lack a sense of meaning and satisfaction in your life
You quickly sense what others need and adapt
Something is holding you back from doing what you really want to do
What does an inner child work process look like?
Getting to know each other and setting goals
We focus on your request for help, what you are done with and what you would like to change in your life. Depending on the amount of work you have already done in your life, and where you are in your own process, we ensure a suitable approach.
Getting to know your inner parts
Based on what lives inside you, you will get to know your inner parts better. You determine the course, and we do this at a pace that feels safe for all your inner parts.Working with inner child parts
Your hidden and vulnerable parts are given the space to be there completely. They are finally allowed to share what they have experienced and what they have been carrying with them all this time. In a safe environment they find peace, recognition and healing.
Integration and completion
The insights and healing from the sessions translate into your daily life. You notice that you deal with your feelings more consciously and that obstructive patterns slowly make way for more peace and balance. We pay attention to how you can integrate this work, so that the change is permanent.
Why choose Inner Child work in Utrecht with me?
I have specialized in working with inner parts. In addition to Inner Child work, I also work with Internal Family Systems (by Richard C. Schwartz) and Voice Dialogue (by Hal and Sidra Stone).
Gaining insight into your inner parts is extremely effective in breaking patterns and letting go of fear, so that more space is created to be yourself and shape your own life from a place of peace and confidence.
In addition to working with inner parts, I use Mindfulness and Nonviolent Communication techniques. Mindfulness helps you to be more present in the moment and to make conscious choices, even in challenging situations. Nonviolent Communication is a powerful tool to be more connected to yourself and others, by better understanding and expressing feelings and needs.
Wat mijn cliënten zeggen over mij:
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Francesca
Jochem wist elke keer weer een veilige en open omgeving te creëren waarin alles wat naar boven kwam er mocht zijn...
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David
Jochem heeft me bewust gemaakt hoe mijn diepste angsten mijn patronen in stand houden en hoe ik die kan loslaten...
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Rolf
De coaching heeft me meer rust en zelfvertrouwen gegeven en tools om zelf met zaken aan de slag te gaan...
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Ja, ik wil mijn innerlijke delen leren kennen en de regie nemen over mijn leven!
Voor onze eerste sessie hoef je je niet voor te bereiden en je hoeft ook geen concrete hulpvraag te hebben.
Het enige wat je hoeft te weten is dat je behoefte hebt aan verandering. Op basis daarvan gaan we in samen in gesprek.
Zie ik jou binnenkort in mijn praktijk voor een eerste sessie en kennismaking?
Het lijkt met leuk om samen aan de slag te gaan!
