Healing Trauma in IFS Therapy: Unblending from Exiles

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Parts work, trauma and IFS therapy, for an in depth discussion of these topics check out the Q&A livestream for this video here: https://youtu.be/8dSHP4-0kj0 Welcome to Part 4 of my series: What is IFS? Internal Family Systems Therapy, Explained. In this video I share how IFS Therapy understands trauma through the frame of parts work and uses the techniques of unblending from parts to help heal trauma and gain freedom from "emotional flashbacks." I also discuss the IFS concept of exile parts and describe the relationship between protectors and exiles. I also provide a brief description of the neuroscience of trauma, trauma flashbacks and why traumatic experiences can still feel so present in our bodies, years after the traumatic event. Finally, I explain how once we have been able to connect with our "big S self," our "true self" is able to go beyond managing our emotional reactions to actually healing our trauma by caring for our traumatized exile parts. #toriolds #partswork #ifs #trauma 00:00 Understanding Trauma Responses From a “Parts” Perspective 02:01 What are Exiles? 03:00 The Relationship Between Protectors and Exiles 03:31 The Neuroscience of Traumatic Memories 05:54 What are Trauma Flashbacks? 10:14 A Parts Work Approach to Trauma 15:07 IFS Techniques for Unblending From Parts and Healing Trauma 18:24 Discriminating Between Protector Parts and the True Self For information about my "Minding the Heart" training groups or to sign up for my video courses and earn mental health education CEUs, check out toriolds.com