While my H didn't lose a child to death, he has lost a child in a round about way...so our H's have another similarity. Like I said my H didn't lose his daughter to death, but his 1st W and her family due to their money and connections managed to cut him out of her life completely...they demonized him to her, they told her many, many lies about him and as a result she wants nothing to do with him. Right now he has a 25 year old daughter and a 5 year old granddaughter, but they are in no way a part of his life. I can imagine that there are many things in my H's past where it would be helpful for him to apply that ST's technique with healing the inner child. I can absolutely see how it would be helpful.
I know that there are MANY things my H has never let himself grieve or heal over, you can hear it in his voice when things are brought up...he's made stuffing/hiding/avoiding your feelings an artform! Especially if they are of the painful variety.
