Session Description:
Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy is one of the fastest-growing approaches to psychotherapy representing a synthesis of systems thinking and multiplicity of the mind. A key aspect of the IFS model is the belief that, in addition to parts (ego-states, sub-personalities), everyone has at their core, a quality of Self that holds the essence of who they are and offers the possibility of secure attachment and confident self-leadership. The central healing relationship in IFS is between the Self of the client and his/her parts as clients learn to befriend themselves with self-compassion and curiosity, and, in the process begin to release beliefs, emotions, sensations, patterns and urges that have constrained their lives.
At the outset of therapy an IFS therapist hears the client’s presenting issue as parts making themselves known or acting into the world. Through the IFS protocol parts are recognised, witnessed, updated, and released from the burdens they carry; becoming more flexible in how they respond to the world as well as with each other.