Summary of Jay Earley 's Self-Therapy

By IRB Media

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.

#1 The human mind is made up of subpersonalities, or parts, that exist inside of us and struggle with irrational emotions and desires. These parts are like little people who are doing the best they can to cope with discomfort and pain.

#2 IFS is not the first system of therapy to recognize this. Carl Jung saw it a century ago, and other therapy approaches have been built around this notion. In fact, there has been a surge of therapies that work with subpersonalities recently.

#3 The Busy Part is the part of Sandy that is unconscious, and it has the power to stop her from succeeding. It is trying to protect the Embarrassed Child, who was ridiculed by her peers when she did something that made her publically visible.

#4 IFS is a form of therapy that helps you find your center, pinpoint the parts of you that are causing difficulties, heal them, and unify them. It is not only a powerful form of therapy, but it also lends itself well to self-therapy and peer counseling.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Apr 15, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669386155

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 16

Insights from Chapter 17

Insights from Chapter 18

Insights from Chapter 19

Insights from Chapter 20

Insights from Chapter 21

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The human mind is made up of subpersonalities, or parts, that exist inside of us and struggle with irrational emotions and desires. These parts are like little people who are doing the best they can to cope with discomfort and pain.

#2

IFS is not the first system of therapy to recognize this. Carl Jung saw it a century ago, and other therapy approaches have been built around this notion. In fact, there has been a surge of therapies that work with subpersonalities recently.

#3

The Busy Part is the part of Sandy that is unconscious, and it has the power to stop her from succeeding. It is trying to protect the Embarrassed Child, who was ridiculed by her peers when she did something that made her publically visible.

#4

IFS is a form of therapy that helps you find your center, pinpoint the parts of you that are causing difficulties, heal them, and unify them. It is not only a powerful form of therapy, but it also lends itself well to self-therapy and peer counseling.

#5

IFS believes that humans are complex systems of interacting parts, which are natural divisions of the personality. Each part has reasons why it feels the need to have something, and it may have memories that drive these needs.

#6

When you truly understand the IFS view of the psyche, you see yourself in a new light. You perceive your depth and beauty, and you realize that everyone has a loving Self, even if it is deeply buried.

#7

Every part of you has a positive intent for you. It may want to protect you from harm or help you feel good about yourself. It may want to keep you from feeling pain or make other people like you. Every part is trying to help you feel good and avoid pain.

#8

IFS is fundamentally different from how we normally approach our parts. We welcome all our parts with curiosity and compassion, and we seek to understand them and appreciate their efforts to help us, without losing sight of the ways they are causing problems.

#9

IFS is effective and efficient in helping people change. It can help with issues such as depression over aging and being alone, anxiety about meeting new people, and difficulty in asserting yourself at work.

#10

This book will help you learn how to: understand your psyche from the IFS perspective, work with and relate to your parts on a daily basis, and be a more effective client when working with an IFS therapist or when doing IFS peer counseling with a friend.

#11

The IFS method is a deep and transforming way of understanding yourself and other people. It is a process that requires you to do self-therapy on a regular basis, and this book can help you get started with that.

#12

If you fit one of the following groups, Self-Therapy may be helpful to you: people who want to work through a wide variety of troubling personal issues, people who are considering entering therapy, and people who have had bad experiences in psychotherapy.

#13

IFS is a safe method of dealing with your parts,