Parts Work Practice
Learn about your parts using IFS
Parts Work Practice is for those looking for a community to practice connecting with and learning about their parts.
In the Internal Family Systems model (IFS), parts are subpersonalities that influence how we think, feel, and react.
By getting to know our parts and building relationships with them, we begin to create a pause or space between being triggered by circumstances and reacting to them. In this space, we recognize the influence of parts which is crucial to developing Self-leadership.
In the IFS model, Self is who we are at our core. When the Self provides the lens through which we view circumstances, we are naturally resourced with wisdom, clarity, compassion, and curiosity.
As we develop Self-to-parts relationships, we increasingly find ourselves in the space between stimulus and response. For many, this space is at first foreign. But it is in this space we access choice.
Prior to the discovery of this space, we may think we are choosing. But if our parts haven’t been introduced to Self, they blend with us and influence how we interact with the world automatically and unconsciously.
Their influence is determined by the past they are burdened with. IFS unburdens parts so they can relax and permit the resources and qualities of Self to inform our responses to the world.
In Parts Work Practice, we support participants wherever they are on their IFS journey.
When you join us in practice sessions, please assess your own needs and expectations.
Before joining, please read our disclosure. If after reading the disclosure, you decide to join us, we recommend that you review the documents we created to make the experience more comfortable and helpful.
What you can expect
This group is appropriate for those new to IFS as well as those who are well-versed and practiced in the IFS model.
The practice group is designed to support individuals in a group setting who are using IFS for personal healing and development.
There is no cost or obligation for these live 90-minute Zoom video sessions.
In most sessions we practice getting to know our parts, using an exercise from a Parts Practice Book which is being written for use in this practice group.
We are committed to starting and ending on time. We open the room 2 minutes before the session starts. If you sign in a minute or two late, you are likely to join us during the meditation. Sessions are locked 10 minutes after they begin. Do all you can to ensure that you have a good internet connection. If you lose your connection, you will not be permitted back into the session.
You can find what we will be discussing or practicing by joining our private Facebook group and checking the Events section. Join that group by clicking this link. Be sure to answer all the membership questions and agree to the group rules.
We send out an email the day before each session. If you would like to receive a notification email that includes a link to the exercise and information about how to join the session, click here.
The CoLeaders are certified by the IFS Institute
If you are thinking of joining us, it’s important to understand that we are not representatives of the IFS Institute (https://IFS-Institute.com). Parts Work Practice is neither approved nor endorsed by the IFS Institute.
Both Bill and Alison, the CoLeaders of Parts Work Practice are Certified IFS Practitioners. This designation is only available through the IFS Institute. All of our Practice Assistants have been trained by the IFS Institute or have completed the IFSCA Stepping Stones program.
On this webpage and website, there are numerous references to Internal Family Systems and IFS. All content that you find here has been written by Bill Tierney and may not always represent the views or policies of the IFS Institute. Bill Tierney Coaching and Parts Work Practice are not intended as training for the IFS model. For all IFS-endorsed training, please go https://IFS-Institute.com.
This group is not meant to replace the support of a licensed mental health professional. Internal Family Systems is a therapy model that can be used by individuals for personal development with or without the help of a trained IFS therapist or practitioner. It is the opinion of the facilitators of Parts Work Practice that some aspects of the IFS model should not be attempted without the help of someone trained by the IFS Institute. In this group, we will help you discover and learn about your exiled parts but we will not facilitate or attempt to unburden them or to teach you how to do so.
Professional Services
Offered by Our IFS-Trained Team of Practice Session Volunteers
Attend a Workshop
These workshops demonstrate the use of the IFS model for specific applications. They are presented by Certified IFS Practitioner and Results Coach, Bill Tierney. Each workshop is 90 minutes long, is interactive, and is limited to 20 participants.
Attend a Parts Work Workshop
Parts Work for Recovery Workshop
Parts Work for The Authentic Man Workshop
Parts Work for Adult Children Workshop
