Becoming an Inner Child Practitioner is an exciting and valuable journey, and we’re here to support you along the way. The Inner Child Practitioner Program is the culmination of an experiential process that unfolds in three phases: the Inner Child Workshop, Mentorship, and Practitioner Training. Through this pathway, practitioners develop a living trust relationship with their own Inner Child before facilitating others, integrating both the spiritual and practical dimensions of this work.
Following this process, the Practitioner Program introduces the soft skills needed to comfortably hold space for others so that practitioners feel confident, grounded, and able to enjoy their work. Upon completion, you’ll receive all documentation and certification required to run workshops, offer mentoring, and weave your own Inner Child wisdom into your professional practice.
Becoming a certified Inner Child Practitioner requires a genuine dedication to your own inner relationship. Daily check-ins, journaling, and reflective dialogue with your Inner Child form the foundation of the ongoing practice. As this trust deepens, you begin developing the capacity to guide others, deliver workshops, and support participants long-term through mentoring. Certified practitioners receive a listing on our website, client referrals, and the opportunity to grow their portfolio as part of the Inner Council community.
The Practitioner as Inner Guide
Within the Inner Council framework, the Inner Child Practitioner embodies the archetype of the cosmic doula—a guardian of thresholds and a steward of inner transformation. Their responsibility is to honour the client’s innate wisdom, protect the sanctity of the inner world, and maintain a field in which the Inner Child is received with reverence. The cosmic doula recognises that the Inner Child carries the individual’s original pattern, and treats each moment of connection as a meeting with the soul’s essential truth.
Many clients come to Inner Child work sensing that something within them is trying to be born—speaking in metaphors of arrival, renewal, or readiness they cannot yet name. The Inner Child Practitioner recognises these early signs and supports the client in cultivating the inner conditions required for this emerging life. It is deeply rewarding work: helping clients find stability, clarify their intentions, and create the emotional and energetic space in which their Inner Child can finally be welcomed with presence, dignity, and love.
Consult your heart — and your Inner Child.
A profound aspect of the Inner Child Workshop is the awakening of intuition and inner listening. If the workshop resonates with you, and you can envision it becoming a dedicated life practice that you might one day share with others, then this program is for you.
Certification offers motivation to maintain your Inner Child practice, receive ongoing support, and gradually integrate what you learn into a healing path you can both live and offer. Whether you are already a practitioner or someone wishing to deepen your personal development, this program supports both inner maturation and the development of a therapeutic vocation.
This Inner Child Certification program is so insightful and educational for anyone who wants to grow mentally and emotionally. It lays the foundation for healing and wholeness to loving oneself, then you will handle life’s challenges with a greater depth of understanding.
Janice Parks, Inner Child Practitioner 2024
The Magic of One-to-One Training
“I felt the one-on-one guidance was very effective and helpful in my growth and learning… The practical element of running a workshop myself gave me confidence and clarity. The personalised nature of the training is something I have never experienced elsewhere.”
Chantelle Ferguson
Inner Child Practitioner 2024
Clinical Therapy & Inner Child Work
“In my work as a therapist, I realised how many of my clients’ stories stemmed from childhood. Inner Child work gave me a framework that helped both myself and my clients access deeper healing.”
Kathryn Bowen
Inner Child Practitioner 2024
Steps of the Inner Child Practitioner Program
The Inner Council Practitioner Pathway unfolds in three phases, each building naturally on the one before.
The Inner Child Workshop — Foundation
The entry point to all Inner Council training. Participants establish a direct, personal connection with their Inner Child and learn core tools for inner dialogue, regression, and self-reparenting.
Mentoring Program — Integration
A period of guided practice in which the work becomes part of daily life. Mentoring deepens trust in intuition, supports emotional awareness, and reinforces the foundations of inner connection.
Practitioner Program — Embodiment
The final stage. Having lived and integrated the work, practitioners learn how to facilitate others through the same process with integrity and confidence. This phase focuses on facilitation skills, therapeutic presence, and professional standards, leading to certification.
Each stage represents a deepening of relationship—first with the Inner Child, then with the work itself, and finally with those who come seeking transformation.
What do I commit to when I join the program?
Online and one-to-one study covering:
- Participant evaluation and assessment
- Holding therapeutic space with safety and presence
- Guiding others through empathy, metaphor, and intuitive language
- Managing trauma through trauma-informed care
- Understanding regression and guided meditation
- Integrating others’ experiences without losing your centre
- Archetypal theory & interpretation
- Deepening your personal Inner Child practice
Additional commitments include:
- Becoming familiar with the Inner Child Workshop material
- Preparing and facilitating a practice workshop with a friend or family member
- Cultivating your own ongoing emotional and intuitive development
How long can I expect the Program to last for?
The Practitioner Program is delivered over two one-to-one sessions (approximately 5–6 hours), but this represents only part of your longer path. The overall process naturally unfolds over 3–6 months after the Inner Child Workshop, depending on:
- personal readiness
- life circumstances
- your developing relationship with your Inner Child
- the time you need to deepen through the Mentorship Program
There are no strict timelines. When your inner alignment becomes clear, you will naturally feel ready to share this work with others.
When the moment arrives, you will know.
Inner Child Practitioner Certification
The Inner Council provides psychoanalytical tools that help participants self-author their healing journey within a relationship of trust. Certification is granted upon demonstration of authentic engagement with the practices.
Once your practitioner confirms your readiness, you may register for certification. This includes access to:
- supporting guided meditations
- community forum and practitioner area
- a participant portal for your clients
- logo and branding pack
- your profile on our website (optional)
You will also receive the Inner Council Declaration of Demonstration, outlining the experiential competencies recognised during mentorship.
I'm Ready! What are the next steps?
1. Begin with the Inner Child Workshop
2. Apply for the Practitioner Information Pack
3. Arrange a call to begin your journey
Apply for our Inner Child Practitioner information pack
Inner Council Practitioner Impact Statement
Among Inner Child Practitioners, a shared theme emerges: before teaching the work, each must live it. The program invites professionals, therapists, counsellors, and healers to rediscover their own Inner Child as the first client. This experiential foundation transforms facilitation into a relational art, shifting the practitioner from technician to companion.
Across backgrounds and cultures, practitioners note that this work “brings heart into the room.” Through mentorship, exercises, and guided facilitation, they learn to hold space with calm presence, intuitive depth, and grounded compassion. Many integrate the work into existing clinical or somatic practices, finding that clients reach deeper insight and self-understanding.
Ultimately, the Practitioner Program refines the practitioner as an instrument of healing—reconnecting knowledge with lived experience, method with empathy, and clarity with inner truth. Practitioners leave not only certified but transformed, able to guide others from a place of integrity, humility, and coherence.
If you feel drawn to share this work, the next step begins within.
Here’s how our certified practitioners describe their experience:
Jacqui Cameron, UK – Inner Child Practitioner
“I was fascinated by the journey and always curious as to what came up to be cleared. I think this work is so important as our programming is set when we are so young, and we spend the rest of our lives with false beliefs about ourselves. When we do this work, we can reset these beliefs and allow ourselves to be more authentic and free.”
Ea Holm, Hong Kong – Inner Child Practitioner
“I like how the program brings so much heart into the experience. It feels less clinical and more personal than other programs I have done in the past. I would definitely recommend the program. It will add an effective tool and a lovely feeling to your offerings. And you get the joy of connecting with your own inner child in the process.”
Comprehensive Inner Child Practitioner training grounded in experiential learning and mentorship.
