internal family systems therapy - ifs

TMSers short circuit emotions and stuff them. We learned it as children as a protection. And that’s how we keep filling up our rage buckets, which, in turn, overflow into symptoms. So the trick is, you want to learn how to FEEL; grieve the emotions, and let the emotions dissipate. You want to...

Hi, I thought I'd check and let you folks on the forum how I'm doing with my "bugs", Parts Therapy (IFS - Internal Family Systems) and (my latest) ISTDP (Intensive Short Term Dynamic Psychotherapy). The short anwer is "good!" 1. bugs - I still have very sharp bites at times but this only...

Just had a great Thursday call with Karen Locke who recently completed her certification training (level 3). It is a pleasure to listen to her draw out parts and heal them! Wow. Congratulations, Karen, you are the best therapist I've had pleasure of working with.

When I first tried Internal Family Systems (IFS), I had no foundation whatsoever in parts therapy. All I knew at the time was that my mom, an LICSW, had just finished her training as an IFS therapist, and she thought that the model might help me. Sure enough, it did, and now, I can't stop...

I'm reading some new material (source below) about Polarizations (protector parts who are in opposition to each other) because we all have them and it's a bit tricky to understand and resolve these emotionally-charged internal issues. But what a relief when we do! What I learned today is that...

The more I read about IFS, it appears that the key to gaining control over our parts and returning back to a true self where all parts are happy is to work on accessing the protectors first. For me and my current anxiety that was triggered from a health scare, I am trying to figure out what...