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Overview

Today, I speak with psychotherapist, writer and teacher Bridge Kiley. We discuss Internal Family Systems, relational practice, trauma, and connection in the therapeutic process, as seen through the IFS lens of internal multiplicity.

Chapters

02:20 IFS & Multiplicity10:50 Needs & Shame17:55 Approaches to Suffering22:20 The Importance of Real Connection27:00 Polarizations30:40 Bridging the Thinking Mind and Feeling Body39:55 Holding Experience, Childhood Trauma46:00 Exiles and the Unconscious52:26 Limitations of Individualized Healing1:01:0 Self Connection & Self-Leadership

References

02:20 Internal Family Systems (IFS), IFS Institute42:04 Leslie Petruk, Psychology Today42:55 Protector Parts, Therapy With Alessio

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