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Not all the burdens parts carry are caused by direct personal experiences. Some are inherited through cultural or ancestral lineage, and others are caused by impersonal or archetypal influences.
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― Internal Family Systems (IFS) Tips and Practice Skills: An Unofficial Guidebook for IFS Therapists and Practitioners
― Internal Family Systems (IFS) Tips and Practice Skills: An Unofficial Guidebook for IFS Therapists and Practitioners
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IFS can be seen as attachment theory
taken inside, in the sense that the client’s Self becomes the good
attachment figure to their insecure or avoidant parts. I was ini-
tially amazed to discover that when I was able to help clients ac-
cess their Self, they would spontaneously begin to relate to their
parts in the loving way that the textbooks on attachment theory
prescribed. This was true even for people who had never had
good parenting in the first place. Not only would they listen to
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