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Self
to Self
Newsletter of the Internal Family
Systems Association
Creating Community Through
Timely Communication
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Self to Self is the newsletter of the Internal Family Systems
Association. Editor Jan Mullen.
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These are excerpts of the feature articles
from the past issues of Self to Self:
Excerpts from the
articles:
Working
over the Horizon by Michi Rose Ph.D.
The horizon technique is an effective
tool for personal transformation. Clients send Parts that need healing
over the horizon where they are transformed. A fearful, wounded two year
old Part might go to the horizon and come back a happy, playful four year
old child with a lighter more luminous quality. In short, the Part comes
back healed
Trauma
to Body-Mind (psychoneuro) Immunological Reactions
by Elizabeth H.
Fisher Ph.D.
The immune system is a sensory system.
Its mission - to discern the presence of threat and danger, to discern
the presence of Self vs. Not-self. Its methods - massive, instantaneous
defensive mobilization, sometimes local, sometimes systemic, sometimes
cellular, sometimes involving activation of CNS and metabolic systems.
IFS
and Mindfulness Meditation by Paul Ginter Ed.D.
Although the IFS model of psychotherapy
and the tradition of Mindfulness Meditation (more traditionally called
Vipassana) have strikingly different origins, these two practices possess
several dimensions that are particularly complementary. Whether seen as
separate vehicles for creating many of the same outcomes, or as ways to
facilitate the work of the other, both can serve as powerful tools for
healing and self growth. Mindfulness meditation is a very effective tool
for facilitating what are two important goals of IFS work - namely, creating
balance within the internal system, and promoting Self leadership. At the
same time, IFS work can serve an essential function in the path toward
mindfulness by providing a mechanism for dealing with parts that prevent
some people from being able to be present in the moment.
Self-Leadership
and the Fire Drill Exercise by Richard C. Schwartz Ph.D.
Over the years, the Self and the concept
of Self-leadership has become increasingly central to the IFS model. Effective
therapists have learned to maintain Self-leadership in the face of provocation
from their clients' parts. More generally, however, the more one's life
is Self-led, the more one is able to relax and enjoy it and the more harmony
one has
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