Self-Like Parts! Maybe you’ve heard the term, and are scratching your head: What is a Self-Like Part? So let’s start here. A Self-Like Part is a Part that that resembles Self, but is not able to bring healing like Self does. How can these parts fool us? As...
In some ways, an IFS session resembles any other therapy hour. But in other ways, parts work feels wildly different. So whether you’re still in the research phase or you’ve made your first appointment, let’s calm those nerves and reveal exactly what you can...
I… F… S… what’s that stand for again? … Inner Family Systems? Iguanas Full of Scones? What is this wild-ly popular, word salad-esque healing approach called IFS therapy? (And how to remember the acronym? Quick tip: Learn about the IFS name here.) In this...
Ready to hear the episode now? Click Play: On a recent dark winter evening – when the canals in my Dutch neighborhood were starting to freeze over for the first time this year – I perched in my studio office … and skated into Tammy...
Last time you stepped out of your IFS therapist’s office, maybe you had this self-healing idea: “I’m going to do IFS on my own, before my next therapy appointment!” It’s brilliant to do IFS between therapy sessions. Among the powerful...