Internal Family Systems is a treatment modality that is a complex but useful way to understand the parts of self, and for accessing the positive energy of the self. Here are a sample of the questions that can be explored:
- Is there a part of you that wants to change?
- Identify a part’s positive intention for the future?
- What does it fear?
- What do you feel about it?
- Find the part that is willing to change to find Self-energy. Self-energy is often found in acceptance, curiosity and compassion.
- The Self can witness the past feelings, thoughts, and sensations of a traumatic incident that an exiled and protected part has experienced.
- The Self meets the needs of the exiled part.
- The Self and part leave the scene when ready to find safety in the present.
- How does the protected part feel now?
- Do the protective parts notice?
