Self-Therapy Workbook Quotes

“Parts take on these dysfunctional roles because of what has happened to them in the past. Exiles take on pain and burdens from what they experienced as children. Protectors take on their roles in order to protect Exiles or to protect you from the pain of Exiles.”
― Bonnie J. Weiss, Self-Therapy Workbook: An Exercise Book For The IFS Process

“every part has a positive intent for you,”
― Bonnie J. Weiss, Self-Therapy Workbook: An Exercise Book For The IFS Process

“Parts have motivations for everything they do. Nothing is done just out of habit. Nothing is just a pattern of thinking or behavior that you learned.”
― Bonnie J. Weiss, Self-Therapy Workbook: An Exercise Book For The IFS Process

“IFS recognizes that our psyches are made up of different parts, sometimes called subpersonalities. You can think of them as little people inside us. Each part has its own perspective, feelings, memories, goals, and motivations.”
― Bonnie J. Weiss, Self-Therapy Workbook: An Exercise Book For The IFS Process

“Internal Family Systems (IFS) is a relatively new form of therapy that is compassionate, inclusive, spiritual, powerfully healing, and deeply respectful of our inner life.”
― Bonnie J. Weiss, Self-Therapy Workbook: An Exercise Book For The IFS Process

“The concept of Self brings into the therapeutic arena the power of higher consciousness as a healing tool.”
― Bonnie J. Weiss, Self-Therapy Workbook: An Exercise Book For The IFS Process