The Overlooked Nature of Childhood Emotional Neglect (CEN) Childhood Emotional Neglect (CEN) has often been overlooked in discussions about trauma. Many of my clients are unfamiliar with the term. Unlike other forms of abuse, CEN is challenging to measure and quantify, because a child doesn't know that they are supposed to be treated any differently. Children from families experiencing CEN frequently show no outward signs of maltreatment. There are often no bruises or noise c

How Inner Parts Work Deepened My Understanding of Adolescence Inner child healing has become a familiar concept in therapy and personal growth spaces. For me, this work began in 2022 during a major life transition, when a therapist introduced me to Internal Family Systems therapy and invited me to connect directly with different parts of myself. That invitation changed everything. Meeting My Inner Child Through Internal Family Systems Therapy In one session, I was guided thro

https://www.instagram.com/nextwrightthing/ In my therapy practice, I am seeing more and more clients struggling with narcissistic people in their lives. While all people are vulnerable to falling into narcissistic relationships, people who grew up in narcissistic families are especially prone to staying in such relationships in adulthood. Much of my understanding of narcissistic personalities versus emotionally immature personalities has been informed by the work of Dr. Lind

These insights came from a bigger trip I recently took, but you don’t have to go as far as Prague to try them. I use the same approach...

(Reflections on Healing and My Upcoming Workshop) I was first introduced to the idea of inner child healing around 2016, and honestly? I...

You may have heard the term “codependency” but many of us aren’t exactly sure what it is. In short, codependency is when you’re overly...