TCAI Stage Three: Detecting the Inner Critic (A)

Now we will focus on detecting Your Inner Critic’s core beliefs regarding assertiveness, initiative, flexibility in thinking creativity, judgment/criticism of self or others. This exercise helps to give a form to the critical voice or voices you hear inside your head so that your Ideal Adult/Parent ego-state can communicate with, challenge, or confront the negativity. The critical voice for the Toddler self is the voice of personifies all that is considered bad. This voice carries all your own negative statements about yourself, and the negative, judgmental thoughts you have about others. These voices can be very poisonous or toxic and can take on many shapes and forms. Its messages are usually very easy to hear and can be very damaging to your children within. [Audio Alert] Listen to Audio Program 32a, Complete Journal Assignment 32a