Internal Family Systems Therapy - Spiritual Take

Name: Internal Family Systems Therapy - Spiritual Take
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Learn how to Work with Your Emotions

Created bySaskia Kalwinek

Last updated 12/2024

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What you'll learn

What is Internal Family Systems Therapy?
How to use Internal Family Systems Therapy on yourself and others?
How to handle your emotions?
Emotional Regulation
How to interact with your emotions in order to promote positive mindset
How to work with Ancestral (Transgenerational Trauma)?
How to work with Past Life Trauma?

Course content

1 section • 19 lectures • 2h 4m total length

Introduction6:40
Explore internal family systems therapy with a spiritual twist, engaging in visualizations and direct dialogue with inner parts to ease ancestral trauma and cultivate emotional regulation.
Parts Language5:42
Explore parts language to distinguish inner parts from self, and learn to ask self-led questions to harmonize conflicting parts toward a functional adult.
Firefighters aka Quick Relievers3:12
Examine firefighters as quick relievers in internal family systems therapy, using anger or substances to numb feelings, distinct from managers, and their effects on communication and daily life.
Managers aka Behavioral Modes5:13
Explore the shallow layers of the self called managers, or behavioral modes, such as perfectionist, critic, and people-pleaser, and learn to identify which manager governs you.
Exiles aka Deep Emotions9:05
Identify exiles as deep emotional parts rooted in shame and low self-esteem by addressing managers and firefighters first, then unburden these feelings through values work and affirmations.
Unattached Burdens aka Other's Energy5:39
Identify unattached burdens as not parts but other people's energy stuck to you, then expel it to the light and cleanse your space with sage, crystals, and grounding rituals.
Self-Energy aka Your Super Power6:21
Access self-energy, your functional adult, to stay courageous, curious, and purposeful, and anchor yourself with calm breathing to speak from your best self.
Spiritual Take on Internal Family Systems Therapy7:50
Explore a spiritual take on internal family systems therapy, linking it to the chakra system and ancestral and past-life trauma, and learn how to identify where such traumas sit.
Meditation and Internal Family Systems Therapy8:42
Incorporate meditation into internal family systems therapy with a guided exercise that helps acknowledge, observe, and release difficult emotions, including inner child work, fostering emotional regulation.
How to Interact with Your Emotions5:38
Name and separate your parts: anger, sadness, and worry, and give each its voice. Let self energy mediate, acknowledge polarities, and guide an unburdening dialogue that honors each part.
Facilitating Internal Conversations11:38
Learn how to facilitate internal conversations with parts using your functional adult self, naming emotions, and approaching a single part with empathy to unburden emotions.
Working with Angy Parts5:01
Learn to work with angry parts by offering respect and acknowledgement, recognize validation needs, and explore how authentic connection heals trauma and reduces internal conflict.
Working with Addictions6:12
Learn to work with addictions within an internal family systems framework by recognizing their protective intent, managing dopamine cycles, and fostering compassionate social support for lasting change.
Working with Ancestral Parts8:03
Explore ancestral parts and generational trauma, learn to release others' emotions by envisioning a compassionate package for ancestors, and reconnect with roots to heal across generations.
Working with Inner Critics10:49
Learn how internal critics affect self-esteem and stress, and how compassionate self-talk, affirmations, and seeing parts as a team support authentic progress guided by values.
Working with Numbness and Barriers5:00
Working with Past Live Parts3:07
Explore past life trauma within internal family systems, using meditation to access past lives, identify lessons, and release emotions across ancestral lines.
Working with People Pleasing Parts6:59
Interview the people pleasing parts to uncover their purpose, acknowledge emotions, and move them through the body, aligning earthly and spiritual needs across all life areas for lasting change.
Working with Suicidal Parts4:05
In Internal Family Systems Therapy, speak to suicidal parts with respect and separate them from fear.

Requirements

No requirements

Description

In this course, I'll explain to you the Internal Family Systems Therapy created by Richard Schwartz. It's a psychotherapeutic modality that assumes that we all have "Parts". Parts are explained as emotions and behavioral mechanisms that we use on a regular basis. They are usually causing dysfunctional patterns of behaviors that we want to change. With the help of this modality, you can help your clients, patients, and yourself to recognize where those patterns came from and what you need to do to change them to healthy mechanisms. It's a type of inner child work that can be compared to Schema Therapy in some ways. You use structured questions that you ask your Parts to be able to get to know them, appreciate them for their good intentions and ultimately take over for them and create new functional behavioral patterns. It's an amazing therapy that you can practice on yourself and use in daily life to create good habits, and appropriate boundaries, promote healthy self-esteem, and practice self-compassion. Your Parts think they need to keep working for you, but with Internal Family Systems Therapy you can make them realize that they don't have to be active anymore because you are the "Functional Adult" now taking over for them. I'll provide you with my personal take on this therapy and with some advice when it comes to the use of this modality. It's the main modality that I use with clients, even though I have studied multiple common therapies like Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Schema Therapy, Dialectical Behavioural Therapy, and Art Therapy. Internal Family Systems Therapy is by far the most successful for treating my clients and to use on myself to deal with emotions and difficult situations. In this expanded version of my previous course, I also talk about spirituality and working with transgenerational Parts and Past Life Parts. This approach is already very spiritual but I wanted to expand on it to give you more avenues to explore by yourself or with your clients.

Who this course is for:

For people looking for ways to self-regulate and therapists who want to find out more about Internal Family Systems Therapy