Internal Family Systems (IFS) Tips and Practice Skills Quotes

“There are instances in IFS practice when Self is not easily accessible in the client’s system. In such instances, initiating Self-Like resources can invite higher Self Energy and serve as a catalyst to the natural emergence of Self.”
― Aion Farvahar, Internal Family Systems (IFS) Tips and Practice Skills: An Unofficial Guidebook for IFS Therapists and Practitioners

“Native burdens are burdens that are caused by emotionally adverse experiences in one’s biographical life. To work with these burdens, we need to understand the nature of those experiences and the transference needs that were denied through them.”
― Aion Farvahar, Internal Family Systems (IFS) Tips and Practice Skills: An Unofficial Guidebook for IFS Therapists and Practitioners

“In any IFS session, we always work with a system, even when focusing on one part at a time. When engaging this system, everything we do or don’t do matters and sets the course for that session.”
― Aion Farvahar, Internal Family Systems (IFS) Tips and Practice Skills: An Unofficial Guidebook for IFS Therapists and Practitioners

“Self is the archetypal center of our psyche, the Archetype of Inner Order that brings peace and harmony to our parts congregating around it. Self is also the archetypal field of our heart, radiating intuitive wisdom and unconditional love. And above all, Self is the angelic aspect of our psyche, calling us to the highest manifestation of our individuated wholeness.”
― Aion Farvahar, Internal Family Systems (IFS) Tips and Practice Skills: An Unofficial Guidebook for IFS Therapists and Practitioners

“Inner work is a courageous act, and your clients are the true warriors in this act. But over time, your clients may feel inner-work fatigue and lose hope. As a practitioner, you need to notice this state, shift your clients out of it, and be a relentless agent of hope in their lives.”
― Aion Farvahar, Internal Family Systems (IFS) Tips and Practice Skills: An Unofficial Guidebook for IFS Therapists and Practitioners

“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.”
― Aion Farvahar, Internal Family Systems (IFS) Tips and Practice Skills: An Unofficial Guidebook for IFS Therapists and Practitioners

“Parts have developmental needs and become burdened when those needs are denied or unmet in their relationships with others. The psychology of healing is about understanding these unmet needs and creating space to meet them in relationship to Self.”
― Aion Farvahar, Internal Family Systems (IFS) Tips and Practice Skills: An Unofficial Guidebook for IFS Therapists and Practitioners

“Parts have become burdened not by the nature of what they experienced, but by the way they chose to interpret their experiences and give meaning to them in order to come to terms with them.”
― Aion Farvahar, Internal Family Systems (IFS) Tips and Practice Skills: An Unofficial Guidebook for IFS Therapists and Practitioners