Please Don’t Be Fine: The Hidden Cost of Childhood Stress
You’ve optimized your sleep, your diet, your labs. Here’s the one risk factor almost nobody is screening for, and it starts long before adulthood.
Trauma Therapy
Articles on trauma and how healing works, in plain language: Brainspotting, intensives, and what to expect. From Yvette Brown, MFT Trainee in Redding.
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 …
Finding the Right Trauma Therapist
Here’s a clear, practical guide to choosing a trauma therapist. What to prioritize Helpful details to check Red flags Good questions to ask during a free consult or first session How to find and vet candidates What early progress can look like If you’re currently in crisis in the U.S. Bottom lineLook for a clinician …
How I Met My Parts (and why this page exists)
I did not come to Internal Family Systems because it was trendy. I came because insight was not enough. I could name the patterns. I could explain the family system. I could even coach other people toward change. Inside, parts of me were still braced, still scanning, still trying to keep the old pain from …