No Bad Parts

Been recommended a few times by Gabor Mate and Peter Ferris. Recommended for CPTSD. I can see how this could tie into some Rabbinic videos I've been watching too

I've decided not to finish this book because it's not useful. The way he lays out his own concepts is a little too vague and the therapy is a little too magical. The first IFS book laid a better groundwork for the general concepts, and this book is too much nomenclature without enough explanation. If this were a useful book, I'd recommend it to everyone. Have to find a better general book about IFS.

4.5 stars. Had a hard time reading this book because I found it very triggering which means there's probably lots of parts inside me that need healing. Has inspired me to find an IFS therapist.

The key to polyself & identity-based therapies is building relationship with one's selves or what IFS calls “parts”. This is a non-trivial process because you have to reify them into existence. This book bizarrely bypasses the nuances of this critical step.

This books contains many valuable insights that have genuinely helped me in therapy to “unburden” and examine where particular beliefs or feelings originate from.

The book also contains a fair helping of New Age-y pseudoscience and grandiose proclamations, including a regrettable section on how IFS can heal all your bodily problems and get you off all your meds.

IFS is a great tool but this isn't a great book.

A bit long and too much politics but very interesting characterization of inner turmoil.