IFS therapy is talk therapy based on a theory that everyone’s personality contains multiple “parts,” or sub-personalities, that need space to speak, grieve, and heal. It may help conditions like PTSD.

Note: This is Part Two in a series on Internal Family Systems ("Parts") Therapy. Click here to read Part One . In my work with trauma survivors, especially developmental trauma—physical and emotional ...

People often speak naturally about “parts” to describe their feelings and behavior. Someone might say, “A part of me knows better, but another part keeps going back to the same destructive type of ...

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