Experiential approaches to therapy have been emerging since the 1940s, originating from the humanistic movement. Since the 1980s, Dr. Richard Schwartz has popularized Parts Work as an experiential approach to healing with the development of Internal Family Systems.
This presentation will explore the clinical application of experiential Parts Work with trauma, depression, anxiety and attachment wounds. The underlying mechanism of memory reconsolidation as a path to transformational change will be discussed, as well as ways to promote safety in the therapeutic alliance. The presentation will equip attendees with the basic skills to start listening for and befriending their clients’ – as well as their own – Parts.
Objectives Participants will be able to:
Identify the role of Parts in a client’s functioning and explore how they are generally organized in the nervous system.
Explore strategies for identifying Parts and ways to work with them in session.
Review breakthroughs in neuroscience that support Parts Work as an approach to transformational change that go beyond symptom management.
Identify opportunities for advanced training in Parts Work.
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