11/05/2025
PSA:
There is a reason I never cared for IFS, apart from the fact it's just another talk therapy. For me, healing means I integrate. I was dis-integrated by trauma, so healing doesn't mean a bunch of parts. I would have to agree there is no scientific basis for his view. Anyway, the same with "inner child" perspectives. Integrating meant I became the one elderly man I am today.
Internal Family Systems is a widely popular trauma treatment. Some patients say it’s destroyed their lives.