IFS

IFS (internal family systems therapy) is an extremely efficient way of working because

• It has a simple way to negotiate with the parts of you that are trying to protect you, and run your life for you, so that they trust its safe to step aside. This cuts through the process psychotherapists call resistance: because IFS understands how these parts are doing their best for you, and how to negotiate with them to step aside.

• It enables you to step back into the calm and capacity of the natural Self, which alone is capable of healing.

• In stepping back into the natural Self, you learn what your emotions are upset about, find out what they need from you, and calm them down.

• It understands how different parts of the mind interlock – if one part of your mind is trying to get you to be more assertive, and another part is holding back, these parts will drive you round into an increasing polarity. One part on its own cannot be healed without attention to the other part.

• It puts you in charge - and gives you the tools to understand yourself, so that you are not dependent on the therapist, or a system of interpretation.