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Speaking for parts rather than from them - a key IFS Therapy skill - can enhance communication and emotional clarity.

Forgiveness is one of those words that sounds great, but can hide a mess of complexity underneath. Sometimes, clients often talk about wanting to forgive or be forgiven. Whether it be a parent to child, child to parent, partner to partner, or protective part to Self, forgiveness is sometimes the final step in healing. Sometimes, it is. But in Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy, what looks like forgiveness can sometimes be a protective maneuver, or in IFS language, a ma

Embodied curiosity is the quiet superpower in IFS. Discover one of the key 8c's of IFS can transform your relationship with your parts.

A hard truth most people don't get is that people learn to be abused at home. They learn in their family-of-origin through caregiver interactions who has power, who must submit, who is allowed needs, and whose needs are forbidden. Here, we look at victim/perpetrator dynamics through the healing lens of Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy.

When people first hear about the 8 C’s in IFS - calm, curiosity, compassion, confidence, courage, creativity, connectedness, and clarity - a lot of Parts nod along like they’ve just been given a checklist. Yes, got it, and I’ll think my way into that. What took me a while to learn is this: the 8 C’s aren’t concepts to understand. They're actually signals in the body, practical somatic markers that help you recognise your flavour of Self-energy when it shows up. So, you do

Therapist burnout is a hot topic in the field of psychotherapy. Taking an IFS Lens on the topic reveals that burnout is the result of hardworking caretaker parts leading the therapist's system, resulting in exhaustion for the therapist, and invisible limits placed on the client's progress through rescuing rather than empowering.

Many new to IFS Therapy think parts must be classified as Managers, Firefighters, or Exiles. Yet true freedom comes from seeing that parts aren’t fixed types and they simply take on roles that evolve, revealing the deeper flexibility and healing potential within our inner system.

Protective parts in IFS Therapy are driven by fear. Find out what the 10 most common protective fears are, and how to negotiate effectively with protective parts so they will relax and trust.

This post examines people pleasing through the lens of Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy. Learn how people pleasers come to be prominent parts of the psyche and how you can befriend and help them transform through the IFS Therapy process.

Suffer from Perfectionism, or get called a Perfectionist? Here's an IFS Understanding of Perfectionism and Perfectionists and how to connect to this systems of parts.

What are the 6F's in Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy, and why are they so important in the process of getting to know your parts? Find out in this insightful blog post.

In Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy, Self is characterised by the 8C's. There is a 9th "C" quality that can be added to these qualities which is very important: choice. Choice promotes the empowerment that is inherent in the other qualities of Self-energy. This post digs into how supporting clients to find choice is vital in the therapeutic process.

This post clears up common misconceptions about Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy. Get clarity around what IFS is, and what it is not.

I've written a lot about processes in Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy, and so far I have yet to do any digging into the all...

What are the mechanisms of change in Internal Family Systems (IFS), and how is this different from other modalities?

Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy is the prime example of a biomimicry approach to healing in the mental health and psychotherapy field.

Wondering why your romantic life is difficult? Internal Family Systems (IFS) can help discern which part of you chooses your partners.

The Internal Family Systems (IFS) model holds that each of us has a Self - who each of us is at our core with our parts separate. In this post, discover what the Self is in IFS, and why it's important to the change process.

Harsh Inner Critics are some of the most challenging parts to deal with both in therapy and in life. Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy doesn't try and shut the Inner Critic down or push it away; instead we turn toward it with curiosity and ask it how it is trying to help us? This sets the scene for a new relationship to build, and change to happen.

Many people don't know that their chronic mental health issues are related to unprocessed childhood trauma. This post lays out why non-realisation from childhood trauma happens and how to start working with your personal history to metabolise past adverse childhood experiences.