What the heck is Parts Work? It is acknowledging the complexity of our inner world and building trust within our system to gain self control. To learn more, research Internal Family Systems Therapy by Dr. Richard Schwartz

If we talked to our friends like we talk to ourselves… we would have no friends. In this video, we explore how to think about and interact with our inner world. To learn more, research Internal Family Systems Therapy by Dr. Richard Schwartz

Interacting with our inner system is vitally important to gaining self control. However, we should approach each part of ourselves with patience and gentleness as they likely have developed from wounds we have gathered throughout our lives. To learn more, research Internal Family Systems Therapy by Dr. Richard Schwartz

Interacting with our system is immediately relieving, if we ensure it is our Core Self leading the observations of our inner system and not another part. At first, it can be confusing as we all have a strong part of us which typically leads, but it will be noticeably harsher than our Core Self. Only the Core Self is empowered in a way to heal the parts it observes. To learn more, research Internal Family Systems Therapy and the 8 C’s by Dr. Richard Schwartz

To ensure our parts work is effective and less confusing, it is important to play referee with interfering parts. To learn more, research Internal Family Systems Therapy by Dr. Richard Schwartz

We value eye contact with our friends. Brainspotting is a way to communicate complete focus to our inner system, simply by using our eye gaze to stare into the place we feel the thing we are processing. To learn more, read Brainspotting by Dr. David Grand

Here are some examples of how you can talk to your parts. To learn more, research Internal Family Systems Therapy by Dr. Richard Schwartz