There's other 'bits and pieces' of those frameworks scattered throughout the standard psych world that seem a bit strange by themselves -- the child inside, talking to the different parts of yourself, etc. They're all parts of a framework that really does make a lot of sense on the whole once you're able to get it at scale (in my opinion), it's just that the pieces alone admittedly look ridiculous.

If either of y'all want any info on that or have any questions about the exercise (or the above post), just let me know and I'll answer as best as I can.

I'll take you up on that offer :D

I don't think I have any major trauma lurking within me, but I do find that I have an internal divide between my "unemotional, technical, calculating" and "in the moment, emotionally unrestrained, lost-in-music" sides. Not expecting spontaneous therapy here, but I've found your posts in this thread very informative already, so I'll gladly soak up whatever you feel like sharing :)