Have you ever felt so anxious in a tough situation that you didn’t know what to do next? That’s how Seth Kopald felt during his divorce. He worried that he’d lose connection with his kids. “How much ...

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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