Julianne Hough’s ex-husband helped her heal her childhood trauma by allowing her to be “a little girl”. The ‘Dancing with the Stars’ co-host was married to Brooks Laich from 2017 to 2022, and the dancer – who recently spoke out about being sexually abused at the age of four – explained she felt a need to “reconnect” with her 10-year-old self during their relationship. She said on the ‘Jamie Kern Lima Show’: “What did I need at 10? I really needed safety and almost, like, a father figure to come in and be that grounding force of stability.” The 36-year-old star explained the dynamic she had wit…