The Essentials of the Model
- Comprehensive, compassionate, nonpathologizing treatment approach
- Paradigm-shifting perspective on “psychopathology”
- Easily integrated into other therapeutic modalities
- Teach clients to access inner wisdom and selfcompassion to heal anxiety, depression, addictions, and traumatic wound
- The range of different parts
- Self Energy
Step 1: Identifying Diagnoses & Symptoms as Parts
- Assess the diagnoses: PTSD, anxiety, depression, substance abuse and eating disorders
- Apply Meditation practices
- Working with protective parts the 6 F’s
- Finding the symptom
- Focusing on its fear
- Separating the person (self) from the symptom
- Becoming curious about it
- Find the real story behind the symptom
Step 2: Gain Access to Internal Strengths & Resources for Healing
- Moving from defensiveness to curiosity
- The difference between empathy and compassion
- Foster “internal attachment” work
- The “Self” of the therapist-countertransference redefined
Step 3: Dealing with Conflicts and Polarizations
- Identifying parts that conflict with each other
- Validate both perspectives
- Resolve polarities with Self energy
Step 4: Treating the Traumatic Wound
- Three phases of healing:
- Witness the pain
- Remove the wounded part out of the past
- Let go of the feelings, thoughts, and beliefs
Integrate IFS into your Treatment Approach
- EMDR, DBT, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Cognitive Processing Therapy
- Integrate IFS with other treatment modalities your current clinical approach
- Countertransference through the IFS lens
- Identifying parts that get activated and get in the way