How Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy Helps You Heal from Childhood Abuse

In therapy, you might:

1. Notice your internal voices or reactions without judgment

2. Identify which part is activated (“That’s my inner critic” or “That’s the shutdown part”)

3. Build relationships with those parts from your core Self—the calm, wise part of you that’s not burdened by trauma

4. Unburden the pain those parts have been carrying—often pain that started in childhood but never got healed