At any given moment, there may be one or more parts that are activated because of a situation you are in or are thinking about. Each activated part influences your feelings, your body, your thoughts, and your behavior.

Our feelings of unworthiness and alienation from others give rise to various forms of suffering. For some, the most glaring expression is addiction. It may be to alcohol, food or drugs. Others feel addicted to a relationship, dependent on a particular person or people in order to feel they are complete and that life is worth living. Some try to fee

What happens when the self is no longer in charge? IFS calls this “blending”: a condition in which the Self identifies with a part, as in “I want to kill myself” or “I hate you.” Notice the difference from “A part of me wishes that I were dead” or “A part of…

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There are two goals for IFS therapy: one, to heal your parts so their extreme roles are converted to capacities, and two, to help them cooperate with each other under the leadership of the Self.