Through exercises like creating a "word self-portrait," you explore your own values, likes, dislikes, and dreams apart from parental expectations.
Focus on assertiveness training and reclaiming personal power. Summary of Key Tools Mirror Therapy Healing Your Emotional Self: A Powerful Program...
Once you identify the distorted image, the goal is to reject that reflection and separate emotionally from the source of the abuse. Through exercises like creating a "word self-portrait," you
The "inner critic" is often the internalized voice of a parent. Engel teaches techniques to confront and counter this voice with self-compassion. " you explore your own values
Reflects "You are nothing without me" or "You are fragile".
Actively questioning long-held beliefs about your worth and recognizing them as projections of your parents' own limitations rather than truths about you.
Reflects "You are powerless" and must obey.