You’ve been meeting with your Internal Family Systems Therapist for a few months now, and all the parts work has been so beneficial. Until one day, you just lose it with your spouse and your next therapy session isn’t for another week. SO what do you do? Your parts are activated, your spouse is mad and you’re lost in the weeds. Here are some ways Internal Family Systems therapy can help couples who are fighting.

It’s an unfortunate reality that many of us didn’t get the parenting we desired when we were little. It’s not that our parents were bad or didn’t care - likely they did the best they could with the tools they had. This is where Internal Family Systems Therapy can be a valuable tool for reparenting. The process whereby we learn to parent various parts of ourselves and help integrate and live in true self.

You might be surprised to learn that Internal Family Systems changes happen differently than expected. IFS therapy doesn’t aim to manage parts away. Instead, it brings all parts, even the troublesome ones, into connection with your core Self.

In IFS Therapy, each part has a voice, emotion and role to play and when life gets loud, the parts get overwhelmed and run to safety  - making room for the firefighters to emerge out of habit. But part of emotional health means slowing down, and making time for these parts to be seen, acknowledged, and validated.

Internal Family Systems therapists help you process trauma by facilitating connection with your parts. And it’s all guided by you, the client, not an external person or circumstance.

For individuals grappling with trauma, IFS therapy offers a powerful avenue for healing. This approach can be particularly beneficial in helping you regulate emotions and reconnect with your body.

Many people who grapple with clinical depression, anxiety, trauma, phobias, and other mental health conditions find relief when they identify the root causes of their symptoms through Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy. Let’s explore what “parts” means in the context of IFS, and how conflict between your parts can affect your mental health.