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Psychological Defenses of the Inner Child

Metaphorical associative cards · 80 cards
Psychological Defenses of the Inner Child

About the deck

A deck about the ways a child’s mind saved itself, and about why a grown person still uses them.

The deck holds 80 metaphorical associative cards with the primitive childhood psychological defenses the mind produces automatically.

Some of these defenses grow more complex with age and become mature, while others stay in their childhood form and keep switching on in a grown person in situations where they do not fit.

The task of the deck is to find the childhood defenses in particular, understand what the child was defending against, and turn that into constructive adult behavior.

There is a particular value in this work: a defense can be built up right in the mind of the inner child, by showing them how they could have reacted differently with today’s experience.

The deck can be used as a deep diagnostic, clarifying, deepening, transformational and supporting tool in counseling, therapy, training and psychological transformation games.

Who it is for: psychologists, psychotherapists, art therapists, coaches, family psychologists, trainers, consultants, transformation game facilitators, and anyone working with the inner child on their own.

With the “Psychological Defenses of the Inner Child” deck you can

Questions to ask the deck

Work starts from these questions. Choose one, the one that speaks to you more strongly than the rest, and work with it, because only one defense is examined well in a single session.

  1. Which defense gets in my way in this situation?
  2. Which defense do I need to transform?
  3. Which defense used to help me and is no longer needed?
  4. Which defense did my mind close itself off with in a hard situation?
  5. Which defense should I adapt to adult life?
  6. Which defense is it time to be rid of?
  7. How do I defend myself in close relationships?
  8. What happens to me when I am criticized?
  9. How do I behave when I am afraid?
  10. Which of my reactions switches on automatically?
  11. What am I avoiding with this defense?
  12. Who will I be without it?

Print Format

$27

80 cards, a QR code to the deck guide with ten techniques, color box · Coated 350g, matte lamination

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Digital Version

$10

Full access on the “Keys to yourself” platform. The deck guide with ten techniques is included

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The whole series

“World of the Inner Child” is 12 decks that work as a single system: anchors of the past, deficits, childhood influences, psychological defenses, healing, beliefs, limitations, resources and pillars.

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