by Lori Linseedoil Case | Dec 20, 2024 | Better Together
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...
by Lori Linseedoil Case | Dec 4, 2024 | Better Together
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...
by Lori Linseedoil Case | Oct 8, 2024 | Better Together
“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...
by Lori Linseedoil Case | Oct 2, 2024 | Better Together
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...
by Lori Linseedoil Case | Aug 7, 2024 | Better Together
“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...
by Lori Linseedoil Case | Jul 23, 2024 | Better Together
Blaming parts can feel desperate to be seen and understood while, at the same time, they can ultimately expect to be ignored, judged, and misunderstood. Recall the blaming parts in the scene with Fred, Sheldon, and Marla: Fred sat comfortably in the therapist’s...
