“There are many reasons that we have physical pain that are not related to our parts, but particularly when our pain is chronic, seemingly intractable, and doesn’t respond to other treatments, it is often being used by parts to get a message to us. The harder we try to kill the pain, the more of it they give us because, often, their message is a crucial one. IFS provides a way to not only listen to that message but also get all our parts on board for making changes that eliminate the need for that message."
Click Here to read the Psychotherapy Networker article: "IFS and Chronic Pain, listening to inner parts that hold the hurt" by Howard Schubiner, Richard Scwartz, Ronald Siegel
“It turns out that most chronic pain, and an astonishing variety of other medical maladies, have little to do with damaged tissues or untreated infections. They’re maintained by complex mind–body interactions, in which our brain’s natural proclivity to avoid pain traps us.”
“For some clients, pain became a window into a fascinating inner world of parts. When parts trust us to listen to them, they no longer need to use pain to communicate with us…In many cases, allowing these parts to speak transforms the pain and often resolves the disorder entirely.”
Please Join Dick Schwartz, Founder of the IFS Model for this rich exploration of how to work with parts connected to chronic pain.
IFS Shown to Reduce Pain and Depression, and Improve Physical Function for Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Results of Randomized Controlled Study Published in the Journal of Rheumatology (Click to View)
This Workshop will be recorded and the recording sent to registrants the next day. It will be available for 1 week.