Live IFS

🔸 IFS for physical pain? Can a part cause 2 weeks of stomach trouble? We find out fast. “Play fair, be kind. Stop defining me as just pain.” 🔹 Part (Location, Fear, Rather be doing, Age, Needs): 4 or 5 year old?  stomach pain  needs attendance 🎓 What I'd like to do differently: I'm not so relaxed here due to my own sharp back pain. So I was addressing mine (and wiggling around) while...

🔸 Evelyn wants to get to know the judge. We also find an 11 year old, afraid of rejection. Parts wanting to scream surprised me. And I do a little teaching. 🔹 Part (Location, Fear, Rather be doing, Age, Needs): Judging everything   in head, eyes   fear of being unhappy, and rejection   rather be enjoying what’s already present   thinks she’s 11  &nbsp...

🔸 Brandon just got a promotion hours ago, he’s at work & riding high. But there's also a critic, judge, saying he can’t handle it. It's always there in his IFS work, and it’s time we get to know him. 🔹 Part (Location, Fear, Rather be doing, Age, Needs): The critic, judge  above heart afraid of judgement from mother, not being listened to.  rather be relaxing, weapons down  thi...

In addition to IFS, Chad’s approach to therapy utilizes training in EMDR, DBT, and Mindfulness. He also incorporates Direct Neurofeedback as an adjunct to his other therapeutic work, and which has shown great promise for working with anxiety, depression, chronic pain, ASD and PTSD. His approach is trauma informed, integrative and holistic. He uses meditation in Internal Family Systems and as an ai...

🔸 Jo is in rehab. And we don’t have long to talk, so we go fast; a people-pleasing ballerina needs us. 🔹 Part (Location, Fear, Rather be doing, Age, Needs): 3,4 yo ballerina in a box chest, sternum, shoulders. Butterflies  afraid of the darkness encroaching  rather be in the present  needs a secret code word, and needs what they all need.. 🎓 What I'd like to do differently: -----...

🔸 A recent death & other big life changes. A casual stroll along some trail heads, when suddenly, a five-year-old! A new part! 🔹 Part (Location, Fear, Rather be doing, Age, Needs): 5 year old, doesn’t like sitting in church,lonely. the whole left side of the body, almost taking over  what does it need? stay tuned… 🎓 What I'd like to do differently: I was tempted to push a bit more. Thi...

Percy is a Harvard-Trained Psychiatrist, IFS Psychotherapist, and soon to be sex and relationship coach. His work with Psych Garden includes Psychedelic / Ketamine-Assisted therapies, though he believes many medications are overrated when compared to quality talk therapy. He cofounded Implicit Bias from the Outside-In, and worked with Black Therapists Rock, Fathers Uplift, and the IFS Collaborativ...

🔸 Gaby's a psychologist who works with kids, but has not tried IFS. We move pretty quick. 🔹 Part (Location, Fear, Rather be doing, Age, Needs): rejection of her parents  - feels hot, angry  - afraid of the pain of love not being returned  - rather be giving more love, and inwardly  - thinks she’s 9  - needs acknowledgement, to be listened to 🎓 What I'd like to do differ...

🔸 This part is pissed. And so many show up. Sam is big into IFS and meditation, he and I have done some work before, so I step back, while he leads us to an exile. 🔹 Part (Location, Fear, Rather be doing, Age, Needs): - Mad part, big as the earth - afraid it will die - Rather to help all, warrior energy - weak wounded exile in arms. An old lady or a 3 year old? 🎓 What I'd like to do differently...

🔸 “I thought it was just a black hole”. Fears of being misunderstood, inadequate. The explainer part allows us to meet a new exile. 🔹 Part (Location, Fear, Rather be doing, Age, Needs): - explainer - legs - afeaid of being misunderstood - leads us to exile, the black shell. Not coming out, yet. - age 11 🎓 What I'd like to do differently: Before the call Brandon says his therapist and he get to...

🔸 A suicidal part puts Jo in the psych ward. We go meet exiles again. 🔹 Part (Location, Fear, Rather be doing, Age, Needs): - Suicidal - in chest very tight, like an abused dog, lashing out - the protector says stop being a baby 🎓 What I'd like to do differently: ----- 😀Come chat with us: Discord 🙏PLEASE help Internal Family Systems reach more people. Subscribe, give a rating, or comment here...

🔸 The unblending doesn't happen. Too much of a language barrier? I won't call it a failure - later she says she’s never gone this deep before! 🔹 Part (Location, Fear, Rather be doing, Age, Needs): - Part wants valueless part to go away - thinks she’s 13 - rather be doing the opposite 🎓 What I'd like to do differently: I think my #1 area to improve remains when first time callers show up with ex...

🔸 "You aren’t perfect so why try?" Ian isn’t entirely new to IFS, has done a few IFS-ish sessions with a therapist. Today we meet the part hitting him w a golf club, among others. 🔹 Part (Location, Fear, Rather be doing, Age, Needs): responsible, almost mute  age 25  Afraid of shame, exile.  second part is critical: you aren’t perfect so why try  Same age 🎓 What I'd like to...

🔸 The time keeper is blended. Linda leads the way, discovering a new part, its relation to her father, to disappointment and shame. 🔹 Part (Location, Fear, Rather be doing, Age, Needs): Time Keeper - general tension - fear of disappointment -  rather be getting her stuff done (not other peoples) -  needs the time to be kept. needs self leadership, for linda to heal the disappointment....

🔸 The procrastinator and the judge. Brandon has done this before, with an IFS therapist and a lot of his own study. I think we have a lot in common, but try not to let that steer the session. 🔹 Part (Location, Fear, Rather be doing, Age, Needs): Procrastination and judgement   In the heels and feet flexing   We learned some of what it was afraid of. Overachieving. and being l...

🔸 A new part! I suspect I'm talking to a part, that this isn't Self battling the rigid “don’t go” part. We bring it out. She's eager to go listen to these parts and examine that list with the rule making part. 🔹 Part (Location, Fear, Rather be doing, Age, Needs): 🎓 What I'd like to do differently: Am I talking too much? Leading the witness too much? I have these parts too, Molly, so I’m tempted...

🔸 “Who cares, that was so long ago?” ... This Exile needs a redo. Jo gives it a voice. 🔹 Part (Location, Fear, Rather be doing, Age, Needs): - Worthless, evil - chest caved in 🎓 What I'd like to do differently: I was working on sticking to the script because sometimes I get too comfortable, inefficient, with Jo. ----- 😀Come chat with us: Discord 🙏PLEASE help Internal Family Systems reach more...

🔸 No script here, just listening and reacting with self energy. It always works. Linda is appreciating the spiritual side that was lost, pushed aside. 🔹 Part (Location, Fear, Rather be doing, Age, Needs): - An anxiousness not accompanied by quickened heart rate. - All over - Afraid of getting too vulnerable, especially before giant paper is due. 🎓 What I'd like to do differently: I'm winging it...

🔸 Another super somatic call, but this time I was ready for it! This one is particularly meditative, despite my compensatory talking to fill the silence... 🔹 Part (Location, Fear, Rather be doing, Age, Needs): Tense throat to hold back tears, shifting to back, the shell fear of the sadness rather be tingling, lifted sees her true age needs… to be checked on? 🎓 What I'd like to do differently: I...

🔸 Romance... Reconnecting with an ex-boyfriend put parts on high alert. Molly's "figuring-out" and "explaining" parts are strong here. Do we have enough self energy to see around them? Or are my explaining parts meeting hers? 🔹 Part (Location, Fear, Rather be doing, Age, Needs): - protector saying "don't do it" (continue with this relationship) - chest - fear of being hurt again - the exile, 6-8...

🔸 We go straight to an exile and Jo jumps right in. Showing this exile it’s not a mess, maybe the weed-smoking part can relax. 🔹 Part (Location, Fear, Rather be doing, Age, Needs): - 3, 4, but also maybe older - fear in chest, tension throughout body, thighs. Feels like it’s a mess - unburdened with punching it out 🎓 What I'd like to do differently: I was working on going back to basics, inspir...

🔸 An "unfamiliar confidence". A content exile. What's here now, when there is no problem to solve? 🔹 Part (Location, Fear, Rather be doing, Age, Needs): - the 4 year old. everybody seems... great! 🎓 What I'd like to do differently: Seem's I've only prepared for the journey. Not the arrival. ----- 😀Come chat with us: Discord 🙏PLEASE help Internal Family Systems reach more people. Subscribe, gi...

🔸 This is different. Leah's in her own somatic world, using tools she knows well. Meanwhile I’m asking questions... It's only our second time working together, so we're still figuring out eachothers' style. 🔹 Part (Location, Fear, Rather be doing, Age, Needs): 🎓 What I'd like to do differently: I was thrown off, feeling bad about an oversight of mine. Leah was unaware of the public nature of th...

🔸 We're so efficient, like lucid dreams, just walking through walls. An exile holds the shame of feeling unwanted, and wonders if we can help. 🔹 Part (Location, Fear, Rather be doing, Age, Needs): - a good intentioned part keeps reminding Molly that she's alone, another part dreads hearing that, being scolded.... It would rather be cheerleading - the exile feels pain in the gut. - rather be ackn...

🔸 We discuss how to do a check-in, so I'm talking more than usual. Then we meet the exile before a bossy protector. 🔹 Part (Location, Fear, Rather be doing, Age, Needs): The exiles first, but then the New York Italian managers  - fear of everything falling apart  - rather be managing in a Hawaiian shirt  - thinks she's 15 🎓 What I'd like to do differently: ----- 😀Come chat with...