Self-Therapy : A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating Wholeness Using IFS, A Cutting-Edge Psychotherapy, 3rd Edition
Jay Earleyamazon.com
Self-Therapy : A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating Wholeness Using IFS, A Cutting-Edge Psychotherapy, 3rd Edition
The second assumption is that, rather than being a passive observer, this mindful Self can help reorganize the inner system and communicate with the parts in ways that help those parts trust…
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Healing begins with finding the parts that we’ve lost contact with, which, within the context of this book, are child parts. Many of these are child parts that split off and dissociated because it wasn’t safe for them. These vulnerable child parts need to know that they are safe with you now and that the situation is different.
The wounded inner child carries the psychological imprint of your childhood traumas, the part of you that wasn’t able to deal with what you endured when you were young. The part of yourself that was never heard and never healed is what you carry as part of your wounded past and the part of yourself that now acts as a protector by guarding the hurt
... See moreEach time we meet and embrace a hidden part of ourselves— something that was rejected in childhood as unacceptable or bad—we create more inner unity. We become more alive by awakening from our numbness and self-rejection.