Exiles — psychotherapy techniques

After witnessing, the Self offers the Exile what was missing back then: protection, comfort, love, fairness. This is not a change of the mem…

IFS

Retrieval of the Exile

After the reparenting, the Self invites the Exile to leave the past and come into a safe place in the present. This is a "territorial" shift…

IFS

Unburdening

The central transforming technique of IFS. After the Exile has been seen, given a corrective experience, and retrieved into the present, it …

IFS

Witnessing the Exile

Witnessing is the first and most important step of work with an Exile, after permission has been granted by the Protectors. The client's Sel…

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