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Richard Schwartz, "No Bad Parts: How the Internal Family Systems Model Changes Everything" (Sounds True, 2021)

New Books in Psychology

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How to Get Rid of an Attic Part

When you get a chance to understand what a particular part is doing that registers to you, you suddenly understand that the part believes that they are doing something beneficial for the system. Most people with an attic part say, i hate it becausei's, it's its ruining my body or my relationships. But let's get the part who hates it to give us a little space so we can just get curious about it and learn more about why it does this. And there are bout five steps to actually unburdening that pain and helping the part. It's like a curse has been lifted. The child suddenly becomes happy all the time. We don't do anything without permission from these protectors

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