The Internal Family Systems (IFS) Approach to Borderline Personality Disorder (Mini Training Clip)

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Description: Internal Family Systems (IFS) offers a non-pathologizing approach to treating Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD).

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[GwendolynFilipski]

As someone who was recently diagnosed with BPD, I really appreciate this post. 😊

[WhitePelicansareReal]

Thank you, groundbreaking information! I wish more people understood The Parts of someone with BPD like you just described. ❤😊

[fightington]

and of course the therapist will have to be acting from Self and have done the work to make it possible and naturally effortless to allow then to remain unwavered - neither of which is a given from my experience - because they haven't found IFS.

The system is utterly world changing and if it hasn't yet helped you, give it a few goes because it might not work/be understood immediately and anyway, it's better than 2nd place by miles.

I had accessed Self a lot prior to being shown the model, it went a long way in speeding up the time it would have taken otherwise but that was a bonus but you might find it easier if have had an effective spiritual practice for some time

it's one of the fastest paths to the Self available and more importantly since healing usually takes a little time, it is availble in a much more stable and less distracted way than the usual routes of meditation

[luciamixon]

If it's difficult for therapist then imagine forfamily members and siblings trying to make sense of it all. Then feeling guilty because we trigger them and make it worse. Vicious circle of hell.

[kichakra]

I've had first hand experience of this dynamic in psychoanalysis. Just last session started with me hating her, to feeling like she was getting withdrawn and the hate turned against myself then. I have no idea if she really withdrew, this was just the feeling I got. Could be my own projection. Never know. I hope this suffering would end or even lessens. I hate the therapy and just want to quit, but I think I have to stay strong so I don't do bad mistake.

[BushyHairedStranger]

Many BPD’s abandon therapy all together and exit life out of wanting to end their abject suffering. Suicide is a solution to this issue, a permanent and heart breaking one..

[karenbird]

This interview is only explaining what the therapist should do, but as the client with these potential explosive parts, what the hell are we supposed to do??

[gitasong]

What about a hypercritical client for whom nothing you do is right, or who imposes a series of double-binds: "Do this—no, don't do that; do this other thing over there—no don't do that, " and back and forth and back and forth? You try to do what they ask, and then the next minute it's wrong. It leaves no room for you to do anything.