Protective and exiled parts, as described by the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model, manage people’s burdens. They keep burdens out of conscious awareness, take back control when they overwhelm the system, and search for a path toward resolution. Unfortunately,...
We all carry the weight of enormous burdens. As a caregiver, I help clients see and understand their burdens and help provide a safe container to release them. By their very existence, I know any client parts that show up to engage with me are burdened. Burdens are...
Wise therapy models, like Emotionally Focused Therapy and Internal Family Systems, teach us to listen more deeply while clients share their stories and the problems in their current lives. We pay close attention to the nonverbal, right-brain-to-right-brain...
“Rather than debate their similarities and differences, consider what can happen when we bring Self Energy and secure attachment to ourselves and our clients.” Emotionally Focused Therapy and Internal Family Systems work brilliantly together, even...
There is no remedy for love but to love more. – Henry David Thoreau On my journey to develop skills and expertise as a therapist for individuals and couples, I read books, attended professional trainings, studied videos of master therapists, had countless hours...
“Learning to trust is one of life’s most difficult tasks.” – Isaac Watts As a therapist, have you ever considered why client parts appear in the room? I used to think parts had everything to do with the clients protecting themselves—a legacy from their...
