Trauma · Integration
Inner Child Letter Template
Prompted, not a blank page
A structured letter to the younger self, then a short letter back. Prompts rather than a blank page, because a blank page is where this exercise usually stalls.
Letter to my younger self
The age I am writing to
What I know now that you did not know then
What was not your fault
What you needed, and who should have provided it (role only)
What I want you to know about how things turned out
What I will do differently now that you are not alone with it
Letter back, in a few lines
What that part wants to say to me
How I feel after writing this (0 = worse, 10 = steadier)
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Pacing
This page can open grief. Write it with clinical support if the history includes developmental trauma, and plan what happens in the hour afterwards before starting.