Frank Anderson – Internal Family Systems Therapy and Parenting

Frank Anderson – Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS) and Parenting

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Get to the real root of parenting challenges.

Even when parents are at the top of their game, the most routine curveballs—quarreling siblings, a child’s public meltdown, or a phone call from a teacher—can trigger unresolved shame, guilt, anger or disconnection in parents.

The Internal Family Systems (IFS) approach can help parents more fully:

• Understand and heal their own wounds that their children inevitably evoke
• Allow the parent to better set healthy, non-controlling limits
• Create a more nurturing family environment
• Talk to their children about difficult subjects by using “part of me language”
• Explore their reactive moments compassionately
• Co-parent in a way that’s supportive and collaborative that leads to greater maturity
• Recover from the inevitable moments when they “lose it”
• Take the necessary steps to repair with the child

Through exploring both attachment and parenting styles, as well as IFS interventions that work, you can help parents avoid triggered responses to their children.