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Inner Child Practitioner Program

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 Inner Child Practitioner Program provides the soft skills required to comfortably manage the relationship with participants, so that practitioners feel enthusiastic and enjoy their work. Upon completion you will receive all documentation and certification so that you can run workshops, provide mentoring, and bring your own Inner Child wisdom into your practice.

Becoming a certified Inner Child Practitioner involves a dedication to a continued connection and building upon the trust relationship with you and your inner child. Daily check-ins, journaling, and reflective dialogue with your Inner Child form the foundation of this ongoing practice, building the trust relationship essential for facilitating others. With this in mind you have the personal tools to build towards delivering workshops and supporting practitioners longer-term through mentorship programs. As a practitioner you will receive certification and be listed on our website, we shall direct workshop requests to you to begin your client portfolio and discuss ways in which we can continue to support you in your role.

The Inner Child Practitioner as Cosmic Doula

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 hold the deeper architecture of the work: to honour the client’s inherent wisdom, protect the sanctity of the inner world and maintain a field in which the Inner Child is regarded with reverence. The cosmic doula recognises that the Inner Child carries the individual’s original pattern, and therefore treats every moment of contact as a meeting with the soul’s essential truth.

Often clients arrive to Inner Child work without realising they are carrying the beginnings of a new inner life. They sense change, speak in metaphors of arrival or renewal and describe a subtle readiness they can’t yet name. The cosmic doula recognises these early signs and supports the client in cultivating the inner conditions that this emerging soul requires. It is deeply rewarding work—helping clients steady their lives, clarify their intentions and create the emotional and energetic space in which their Inner Child can finally be received with presence, dignity and love.

Who This Program Is For?

Consult your heart & Your Inner Child.

A profound part of the transformational process the Inner Child Workshop enables is a closer relationship to our intuition and inner landscape. If the workshop resonates with a part of you that can envisage this into a dedicated life practice you wish to pursue for yourself, and share with others, then absolutely this program is for you!

Inner Child Certification is great motivation to keep up the inner child practice, receive ongoing guidance and support during your journey, and provides clear opportunities for expanding your own practice into one you can share with others. An opportunity to share empowerment and powerful integration tools with others may compliment your already growing self holistic toolkit. Whether you are an existing practitioner, or someone who would like to venture deeper on their personal path.

Inner Child Workshop Therapy Training
Please take a look at our testimonials to get an idea of what to expect.
Inner Child Group Workshop

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

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The magic of one-to-one training

“I felt the one-on-one guidance was very effective and helpful in my growth and learning. Each individual is so different and having the individualized approach to learning is something not often found in many courses or programs, and that makes this program unique. I also felt the program was set up very effectively, with two intensive sessions to go through the material and skills necessary to acquire as a facilitator, and then the opportunity to apply the knowledge practically by actually running the workshop with a participant. This gave a very practical way to apply and measure the knowledge and skill that had been retained from the course. It also allowed me to receive feedback from both the participant and from my teacher regarding what I had done successfully and what I can still improve upon as I grow and step into the new role of Practitioner.“

Chantelle Ferguson

Inner Child Practitioner 2024

Clinical therapy and Inner Child

“I have a background in Psychology and Clinical Social Work, and I’m currently working as a Clinical Therapist. In my work as a therapist, especially since working with adults, I realized how many of my clients’ stories included trauma and other difficulties that stemmed from childhood and their upbringing. Psychology and therapy will often focus on attachment styles as one way to address these kinds of issues; however, I noticed that those approaches don’t always help when it comes to the relationships that my clients have with themselves nor processing what happened to them as a child and how it still impacts them as an adult. It’s also something that I’ve struggled with in my own life, and as I started doing my research around Inner Child work, I felt very drawn to this idea of healing my inner child. Once I completed the Inner Child workshop, I realized just how beneficial it could be for those I work with too.”

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 relationship with their Inner Child and learn the core tools for inner dialogue, regression, and self-reparenting.

Mentoring Program — Integration
A period of guided practice where the tools introduced in the workshop become part of daily life. Mentoring deepens trust in intuition, develops reflective awareness, and supports personal healing through consistent application.

Practitioner Program — Embodiment
The final stage of the journey. Having lived and integrated the work, participants learn 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 as an Inner Child Practitioner.

Each stage represents a deepening of relationship, first with the Inner Child, then with the work itself, and finally with others who come seeking transformation.

What do I commit to when I join the program?

  • Online and one-to-one study covering the following aspects
    • Participant evaluation & assessment
    • Holding space in the therapeutic environment
    • Explaining empathy and metaphor when guiding others
    • Managing trauma through trauma informed care
    • Understanding regression & guided meditation
    • Integrating others’ experiences into your own narrative
    • Archetypal theory & interpretation
  • Building a personal dedication to your own path and practice of what becoming an Inner Child Practitioner means for you
  • Learning and becoming familiar with the Inner Child Workshop material in readiness for delivering workshops (group and one-to-one)
  • Organising a workshop with a friend or family member in readiness for the practical part of the training program

How long can I expect the Program to last for?

The practitioner program is carried out over two one-to-one sessions (approx. 5-6 hours), however, the program is a smaller part of your ongoing commitment to Inner Child work and the clear practical demonstration of your own experiences throughout your personal journey that are shared with your practitioner.

Like with all holistic healing practices, there are no strict timelines with becoming a practitioner; the natural path can take anywhere between 3-6 months (following completion of the Inner Child workshop) for the connection to be nurtured and developed with your inner child and to feel what the mentorship program feels like as a participant. However, this will also depend on personal commitments, circumstances and integrating the practice into your life.

Part of your journey will be to trust; in yourself, intuition and your inner child to what is coming up and how comfortable and confident you are in sharing this practice, firstly with yourself and with others. Once a few instances of natural processing have occurred, an alignment will become apparent that you are ready to share with others, using your experience and intuition as your guide.

When the moment arrives, you will know!

Inner Child Certification

The Inner Council provides psychoanalytical training tools that allow participants to self-author their own healing development within a personal trust framework. Efficacy is based upon serious commitment towards the practices. Certification by the Inner Council is presented following recognition and articulation of authentic connections to these practices.

This certificate application is for all participants who have satisfied the requirements of The Inner Council: Inner Child Practitioners program with a recognised Inner Council practitioner. Upon completion of the program your practitioner will inform us of your entry and you are then free to register for the certification, allowing you to present the Inner Child workshop to those who come to you for your services. If you have any questions, please discuss them with your practitioner.

This certification also comes with the documents for delivering the workshop and understanding deeper about the aspects of developmental and depth psychology and a reading list that can help you to choose material that contributes towards your current skills and the ongoing requirements of providing support to others. The certificate includes the Inner Council – Declaration of Demonstration for Practitioner Certification.

Our declaration of demonstration is provided on the reverse of the Inner Child practitioner certificate stating the experiential aspects that have been recognised by the practitioner through active demonstration during mentorship.

You will also receive:

  • links to supporting guided meditations
  • access to our community forum and practitioners’ area
  • your own participant portal to give your clients access to all the workshop materials
  • logo design pack and affiliate texts for you to use on your own website/social media/local campaigns
  • It is also possible to display your profile and bio on our website with details of your services

I'm Ready! What are the next steps?

Apply for our Inner Child Practitioner information pack

Practitioner Information Pack

Inner Council Practitioner Impact Statement

Among Inner Council Practitioners, a shared theme emerges: before teaching the work, each one must live it. The program invites professionals, therapists, counsellors, bodyworkers, and healers, to rediscover their own inner child as the first client. This experiential foundation shifts practice from intervention to relationship, transforming the practitioner from technician to companion in the healing journey.

Across cultures and disciplines, practitioners reflect that this work “brings heart into the room.” They highlight the distinct warmth of one-to-one mentorship and the program’s ability to merge psychological depth with intuitive intelligence. Through immersive exercises, mentorship dialogues, and applied facilitation, practitioners learn to hold space with a calm, non-judgmental presence that clients immediately feel.

Participants note profound changes in self-trust, emotional awareness, and clarity of purpose. Many integrate the approach within existing clinical or somatic frameworks, reporting that their clients reach deeper insights and self-compassion than before. The curriculum’s structure,moving from workshop to mentorship to facilitation, allows time for genuine embodiment.

In essence, the Practitioner Program refines the human instrument itself. It restores the therapist’s inner alignment, reconnecting intellect with empathy, method with meaning, and knowledge with lived truth. Practitioners leave not only certified but transformed, able to guide others toward wholeness from a place of integrity, humility, and inner coherence.

If you feel drawn to share this work, the next step begins within.

Here’s how our certified practitioners describe their experience:

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.

Ea Holm, Hong Kong - 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.

Jacqui Cameron, UK - Inner Child Practitioner