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I want to say upfront that I love Internal Family Systems. I'm IFS Level 2 certified, I use it as the primary lens in my clinical work, and I believe deeply in the model's capacity to facilitate real, lasting healing. What follows isn't a critique of IFS - it's a question I've been sitting with as I train in Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR), a neurobiologically-informed trauma approach developed by psychiatrist Frank Corrigan. The question is this: is there a layer of physiologic

In the midst of turbulent waves and stormy skies, a hand reaches out desperately, symbolizing the struggle of feeling one moment away from being overwhelmed. A certain kind of person shows up to therapy and does everything right. They've read the books. They understand their patterns. They can articulate exactly where their anxiety comes from, exactly how their avoidant attachment formed, exactly which part is running the show. They feel genuine compassion toward their protec

A vast field under an expansive sky symbolizes the openness and freedom found in self-exploration and connection to one's inner self. In Internal Family Systems therapy, one of the foundational premises is this: everyone has Self. Richard Schwartz describes Self as the seat of qualities like calm, curiosity, clarity, compassion, and connectedness - an undamaged core that exists in every person regardless of their history (Schwartz, 2021). For many people, hearing this is ge