IFS Therapy session May 9, 2011 Loneliness becomes Worthlessness Barbara: And now, I go to the sad part. That’s always the part that says: “I wanted a different life for you.” I mean, we have met it quite a few times. So my first question would be: what kind of a life? Well, the part…
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IFS Therapy session: quiet resignation versus the passion to have a voice
IFS Therapy session January 31, 2011 quiet resignation versus the passion to have a voice Barbara: I will work with the part that I worked with last time. Therapist: Yeah, sounds good. Barbara: I think I will start just by listening to my arm and go from there because I am not sure how…
IFS Therapy session: getting to know my self-hatred
Getting to know my self-hatred – a moving inner conversationby Barbara Rogers Introduction I wrote this therapy when I struggled, for months, with a severe depression, marked by anxiety and sleeplessness. These well known symptoms had erupted for different reasons and were not silenced by drugs. I had invested my money into the stock market,…
IFS Therapy session: the origins of idealization
IFS Therapy session, December 24, 2009 the origins of idealization never in a million years Barbara to therapist (whose responses were not recorded while I taped this session over the phone): How are you? You have been traveling and going for a long time… Well, I have been a lot better. I have really been…
IFS Therapy session: the robots, the cocoon part, the essence and the scream of justice
IFS therapy session, February 19, 2009 the robots, the cocoon part, the essence and the scream of justice (The therapist’s responses were not recorded because I taped this session over the phone; I just put in what I remembered clearly.) Barbara: I am not well. I don’t know how I manage to sleep. I wake…
IFS Therapy session: I need to belong home
IFS session of January 22, 2009 I need to belong home (As this session was by phone, the words of the therapist were not recorded.) Barbara: Did you have a good trip? You were in California. What did you accomplish at this conference. How was that? Yes. Yes. I am sure that was fascinating. Yes….
IFS Therapy session: I will go crazy if I see the truth
IFS Therapy session December 18, 2008 I will go crazy if I see the truth Barbara to therapist (whose responses were not recorded while I taped this session over the phone): Barbara: These days, I don’t know how I am. I wake up almost every morning at 4 or 5 and then I have to…