Using stacking dolls or matryoshka dolls in therapy has been a useful tool in my therapy works. The dolls can be used in many ways, from inner child work to looking at our different selves. The dolls can represent different ages where the client may have felt stuck or hurt or abandoned. They can name each doll by a name they choose and can build an empathic bond with the dolls to explore what was going on for them at the time and offer reassurance that they will be ok in the future. The dolls can enable the adult in the room to assist the wounded inner child for example to verbalise feelings that they were unable to shout out loud. This process is very powerful and cathartic and quite often than not, can promote some healing and acceptance and self-compassion.