Internal Family Systems Therapy for Shame and Guilt

Psychology

IFS and Time Travel

Martha Sweezy Ph.D. on June 28, 2024

You might visit the past because it was fun or you wish it hadn't happened. If you think about, see, feel, or repeat painful experiences, there is an option for getting out.

You might visit the past because it was fun or you wish it hadn't happened. If you think about, see, feel, or repeat painful experiences, there is an option for getting out.

Identity

The Expansive Influence of Internal Family Systems Therapy

Martha Sweezy Ph.D. on February 25, 2024

Personal Perspective: What does it take to make an atheist into a pantheist? A trip inside.

Personal Perspective: What does it take to make an atheist into a pantheist? A trip inside.

Psychology

An IFS Perspective on New Year Resolutions

Martha Sweezy Ph.D. on December 30, 2023

This new year, try something new. By reframing your approach to personal change, you have a potentially more effective way to address undesirable behaviors.

This new year, try something new. By reframing your approach to personal change, you have a potentially more effective way to address undesirable behaviors.

Self-Talk

Is Shaming Effective?

Martha Sweezy Ph.D. on December 11, 2023

Most of us have inner critics who shame ourselves and others. Why? To distract from feeling shameful.

Most of us have inner critics who shame ourselves and others. Why? To distract from feeling shameful.

Empathy

Do We Really Need to Feel More Empathy?

Martha Sweezy Ph.D. on October 17, 2023

Empathy (feeling with) is more likely to produce kindness and the willingness to help when held within a larger field of compassion (feeling for).

Empathy (feeling with) is more likely to produce kindness and the willingness to help when held within a larger field of compassion (feeling for).

Attention

When Someone Treats You Badly, How Do You Treat Yourself?

Martha Sweezy Ph.D. on October 6, 2023

When we feel insulted, our common inclinations are to look outward, defensively, or inward, critically. Neither solves the problem of vulnerability. Here is a better option.

When we feel insulted, our common inclinations are to look outward, defensively, or inward, critically. Neither solves the problem of vulnerability. Here is a better option.

Self-Talk

The Inner Critic: An Internal Family Systems Perspective

Martha Sweezy Ph.D. on September 1, 2023

If you want to understand the good intentions of your inner critic, read on.

If you want to understand the good intentions of your inner critic, read on.