Healing Your Vulnerable Parts with the Internal Family Systems Model in...
So many trauma victims have vulnerable Parts that feel impossible to reach because the protective Parts are doing their jobs and protecting them. Working through trauma and experiencing healing is...
View ArticleUnderstanding Conflict Within the Parts During Trauma Therapy
Many people seeking trauma therapy are frustrated with more traditional therapeutic methods, and rightly so. If they are working with a therapist who does not have a solid understanding of the Internal...
View ArticleWhat is Involved with Healing a Part?
Many trauma victims endure years of therapy that never offers any lasting improvement. In fact, they often think that there is very little chance of actually healing from their trauma. The best they...
View ArticleAre You Considering Internal Family Systems Therapy?
Healing the Parts in Trauma Therapy: What Happens After Witnessing? As we have discussed, witnessing is the part of trauma therapy that involves “listening” to a Part tell the story of its trauma. This...
View ArticleThe Therapist’s Role in IFS Therapy: Identifying Parts’ “Voices”
Trauma therapists have a multi-faceted role during IFS therapy. It is up to them to: • Encourage the client to become curious. • Provide trauma education. • Notice certain themes and patterns of...
View ArticleIs Internal Family Systems Therapy Right for You?
Trauma affects everyone differently, and it is even possible to have been traumatized without realizing it. This may occur because of memories you have suppressed, or because you simply do not realize...
View ArticleMoving from “I” Language to “Parts” Language
As humans speak about themselves, it is common for them to use the word, “I.” This tendency is the default setting for us, and it is a lot like other learned behaviors that become commonplace. Just as...
View ArticleWhat is Trauma?
Trauma is a term mental health treatment professionals use to refer to the psychological damage and emotional pain a person experiences as a result of a particular event. The event could be a natural...
View ArticleThe Connection Between Trauma and Self-Destructive Behaviors
Surviving a traumatic event is challenging all on its own. But each day, trauma survivors are expected to continue with their daily lives as though nothing has changed for them. They struggle with...
View ArticleWhat is Relational Trauma
The term relational trauma refers to any event involving a person betraying, abandoning, or failing to support someone they have an attachment bond with. Another term for this is attachment injury....
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