The yoga/tai chi studio Body &Brain does a workshop that is called Finding True Self that is similar to the Self that Dr. Richard Shwartz is describing. Really interesting, there they do more body work to help get out of the mind first to connect. It would be interesting to combine the two.
This is amazing therapy and I am thankful for finding IFS therapy. Every therapy doesn't work for everyone and it takes compassion for every part of yourself even the parts we don't want to see . I've finally realized that loving myself means loving every part of me
In my case it looks to me a preverbal trauma, like I was not accepted, validated, or something wrong happened some loss happened and there is a lot of confusion around this loss and grief situation. I can guess my mother's post partem depression or loneliness lack of human contact during my infancy. That emotional imprint of loss, lack of joy, lack of welcoming into the world is feeling like a pain deep in my heart. If I feel this pain, that I am doing it since last 1 yr, welcome the pain, do breath work on the pain and then provide the love, compassion and welcoming needed for the infant...... will it resolve my emotional pain issue of last 30 yrs???
Interested in the next, spiritual level of this conversation? We are excited to share on our channel a groundbreaking interview with Dick, with the below description. In this fascinating conversation, Dick discusses for one of the first times the spiritual implications of working with parts of self. In line with many traditions of the ancient world, we appear to have many parts that we are not consciously aware of. Though most of those parts belong to us, and are best integrated and healed, some parts do not. It is these that need to be removed, and their apparent sentient nature shakes up much of what current, scientific psychology is willing to see and accept. No matter what your views, you will be fascinated by Dick’s honest report of his decades of experience working first-hand at the crossroads of psychology and spirituality. Clinical evidence has shown that IFS works, and it is one of the most widely trained psychotherapy interventions today. We cannot, then, easily dismiss Dick’s wealth of clinical experience. The implications of this conversation are immense and only beginning to be understood. Deep gratitude to both Dick and his guides for their willingness and clarity in giving this thirsted-for guidance to the psychedelic provider community.
My interest in IFS is really escalating. Thank you everyone who is explaining this in different ways for us to get deeper and deeper understanding. Since it can be hard to find access to the work if you are financially challenged or have difficulty learning things without an external teacher.
Information is like air - no one can own it. When it’s helpful, it’s great when lots of people share their perspective and experience. I am so happy that the type of therapy that really works for DID is getting more attention for all degrees of dissociation and separation … it’s a brilliant system.
My daughter did IFS therapy with very experienced therapists on a weekly basis for 3 years. She got nowhere with unburdening or reintegrating her exile: IFS seems to be very good at explaining the problem, but wholly ineffective at providing a solution.
It has worked v well for many people, but no therapy model works for everyone. Therapists need more than one model in their toolbox. 3 years is way too long, she should have been referred on.
@@edheldude thanks for your reply but, over 3 years, the therapist(s) have tried these things. For me, for a therapy to be effective, it has be able to overcome the natural resistance to change of the patient's 'managers' who inevitably are attempting to keep the patient 'safe'. If it can't do that, then the result is that the patient's existing feelings of shame (which are often the root of the problem in the first place) are only increased by the shame of not being a good enough patient... I wonder is there any real evidence that this therapy works for anybody who has non-trivial problems.
@truerosie Thanks but, is there any real hard evidence that it has worked very well for many people? (other than simplistic problems) - I find no statistics on-line, but I find hundreds of therapists charging $80 an hour plus for therapy. I'm beginning to wonder if this is actually just another pseudoscience fueled cash-grab, preying on the vulnerable and desperate. Even assuming that is not the case, after a couple of years I contacted the Institute requesting details of a 'highly experienced' IFS therapist, I contacted the person recommended twice indicating that I had a 'difficult' problem and got no reply, that does not inspire confidence.
@Snoosemoose she may make more headway if she can work with her managers that are more critical. How old is your daughter? If you're involved with her therapy, it may be beneficial for you to go to a therapist and use IFS for yourself. There are times that we can inadvertently say & do things that impede a loved one's therapy. In my personal experience, I have noticed that people that have some extreme shaming parts, tend to be people pleasers, so if you are missing any of her progress because it's not fast enough, it can seem like there's no changem& she mayvfeel more shame because you're unhappy with her progress. Martha Sweezy has written a book specifically about guilt & shame that may be helpful.
