How to Find a Christian Counselor in Redding (and What to Ask First)
How to find a Christian counselor in Redding, CA: what to look for, the questions to ask first, and how faith can be part of good trauma care at the level you choose.
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Articles on faith and healing, including a Christian look at parts work. From Yvette Brown, MFT Trainee in Redding. Faith is welcome, never required.
Tired of Being Fine, Part 5: Caring for the Image of Christ in You
Why self-care isn’t selfish when you see it through the eyes of faith.
Part 4 · You Do Not Have to Gather Them Alone
Part 4 of 4: Unblending, witnessing, and how to begin this week The shift starts with one sentence: “A part of me is terrified.” Not: “I am terror.” Blending and unblending Sometimes one part takes over so completely that it’s all you can see. IFS calls this blending. You’re not just feeling anxious. You are …
Part 3 · Invite the Part to Befriend Christ
Part 3 of 4: The true Self, the fruit of the Spirit, burdens, and the Healer When your protecting parts step back, even a little, something quieter shows up. You don’t feel as overwhelmed. You can look at a part without attacking it. IFS calls this Self Energy. IFS teaches that the Self was never …
Part 2 · The Parts Trauma Made | IFS parts Christians
Part 2 of 4: Exiles, managers, and firefighters. None of them is the foundation. Once you begin to notice your parts, it helps to have names for the ones that keep showing up. IFS uses three main names. You don’t have to love the labels. But it does help to stop mistaking any of these …
Part 1 · You Were Not Created Broken | Christian Internal Family Systems
Part 1 of 4: The image of God, what IFS is, and what trauma does to God’s likeness in us You can love someone and want to leave the room in the same minute. You can want to pray and not be able to sit still long enough to do it. You can believe God …
IFS from a Christian Worldview: Parts, Image, and Who Is Actually God
In short: Internal Family Systems (IFS) is a therapy model that sees the mind as made up of different parts, like the part that plans ahead to avoid pain, the part that rushes in when pain shows up, and the part that still carries old hurt. Many Christians wonder whether it fits their faith. The …