#149 The Inner Child Model™: Understanding Pain, Behavior, and Healing with Dr. Eddie Capparucci

#149 The Inner Child Model™: Understanding Pain, Behavior, and Healing with Dr. Eddie Capparucci

44:34 Mar 5, 2026
About this episode
In this episode, I’m joined by Dr. Eddie Capparucci, a licensed professional counselor and creator of the Inner Child Model™, to explore how emotional regulation, childhood wounds, and nervous system healing play a powerful role in both addiction recovery and betrayal trauma.Dr. Capparucci has spent decades helping individuals and couples understand how unresolved emotional pain from childhood shapes adult coping patterns. Together, we talk about why slowing down, learning to feel, and building emotional regulation skills are foundational to real healing.We also discuss how the Inner Child Model™ has been adapted to support betrayed partners, offering a framework for working with the vulnerable parts that emerge after trust has been broken.Learn More from Dr. Eddie CapparucciDr. Capparucci is the author of six books, including:Going Deeper: How the Inner Child Impacts Your Sexual AddictionWhy Men Struggle to Love: Overcoming Relational Blind SpotsGoing Deeper for Betrayed Partners? Free Chapter OfferListeners can receive a free chapter from one of these books by emailing: innerchildmodel@gmail.com (Be sure to include which book you’d like a chapter from.)? Website: https://www.innerchild-sexaddiction.comConnect With Me + Continue Your HealingIf today’s episode resonated with you, you don’t have to walk the healing journey after betrayal alone. I create trauma-informed resources, conversations, and learning experiences to support individuals and couples navigating infidelity, betrayal trauma, and relational repair.Here are a few ways to stay connected and continue your healing:Join me at a Retreat or IntensiveThe Courage to Thrive Betrayal Trauma Intensive takes place March 17–20 in Spanish Fork, Utah and offers a structured, trauma-informed space to understand betrayal trauma, regulate your nervous system, and rebuild self-trust. Join the ???Interest List??? for an upcoming course for parents called ???Intentional Parenting After Betrayal???, hosted by Hali and her daughter, Morgan Ellsworth. Later this year, the
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