LET IFS BECOME YOUR GUIDING LIGHT
Some personal insight & observations about IFS - Internal Family Systems - and how it might just be the transformative therapy you’ve been looking for.
There are times when the world makes sense and times when it does not. Times when you are in a complete muddle of chaotic distress, and times when the future looks bright with a light of hope and a clear pathway ahead. Then there are times when no matter how hard you try, no matter what you do, or how long you battle with the conflict, you can’t seem to find a way out of the mess of it all. You fall to your knees, exhausted with the struggle and maybe, just maybe, you have enough clarity or self-preservation to seek help.
Internal Family Systems - A Paradigm Shift in Perspective
This is where IFS – Internal Family Systems - steps in and, with respect, patience and compassion, begins to unpick the knots, soften the defences, alleviate the concerns and illuminate the fear and pain lurking in the shadows. IFS offers a way forward through our uncertainty & confusion without judgment, bringing every part of us along for the ride.
I found Level 1 of my IFS training to be exceptional and shared my experience in my first Blog on this subject. One year on and Level 2 has exceeded my expectations, delivering and excelling on its promise of ‘Deepening & Expanding’ (the name of the training), my appreciation, understanding and acknowledgement that IFS is indeed revolutionary.
IFS offers a gift to the world, both on a macro and micro level, that can, with the permission and acceptance of self-leadership, offer a beacon of hope to us all.
Internal Family Systems Therapy - Level 2 Training in Bristol
IFS offers a paradigm shift where we begin to see that our greatest tormentors are often the ‘mentors’ we need most on the current stage of our ‘tour’. That the demons we fear, and work so tirelessly to destroy or tame, are our boldest warriors, fighting a terrifying internal battle against recurring pain, and that our loyal critics or judges are there to help in the only way they know how.
Through IFS, we discover that our inner critics, judges & destroyers have heroic intentions to protect us from our pain and fears, no matter what!
IFS does not require you to tell your story, to laboriously return and retrace again and again all the minute, intimate details and painful content of your past. IFS seeks only to understand the process of how your brilliant, beautiful inner system has evolved and why.
IFS helps you to see through a bold new lens how all parts of you are there for good reason, and with the right support and care, you can begin to attune, integrate and honour all parts of you. Your parts, in turn, can begin to trust your own light of Self that acts as a loving parent or best friend to all parts, fostering trust, appreciation and connection.
IFS Level 2 Certificate of Completion from IFS Institue
In short, IFS Therapy offers a beacon of light that shines brightly from the inside, guiding you safely back home.
If you’re curious to know more, get in touch and let me show you how.
From me to you
With love
Lucy
Learn more through these Internal Family Systems Links :
Feel Better Live More Podcast with Dr Rangan Chatterjee and Richard Schwartz
In this Podcast, which Dr Chatterjee describes as “potentially one of the most important episodes I’ve ever released,” IFS is described in detail. You can also listen to a live IFS session recorded during the interview, which shows in detail the depth of the process and the profound healing offered.
Written by Lucy Parker
Integrative Counsellor, Psychotherapist & Coach, MBACP
Level 2 Trained IFS Therapist through IFS UK & The IFS Institute
Senior Yoga Teacher
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