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When Therapy Mistakes Emergence for Regression

Why Inner Child Work and Other Developmental Models Must Distinguish Compelled Adaptation From Living Expression Trauma care often encounters expressions that appear younger than the person’s chronological age. Playfulness. Stickers. Emojis. Delight. Softness. Symbolic language. Enthusiasm. Small offerings of connection.…

September 30, 2026

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Isaiah 61 Ministries is an independent, survivor-authored field institute developing captivity-informed frameworks, theology, ethics, and formation for clinical and ecclesial fields, while making language and distinctions available to survivors for their own recognition, discernment, agency, and care.

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Tag: regression

When Therapy Mistakes Emergence for Regression