Willow LabsParts Work
Everything Willow Labs has written about Parts Work, drawn from CBT, ACT, IFS and other evidence-based approaches. Practical, no fluff, with the techniques therapists actually use.
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How to Talk to Your Inner Child: A Simple IFS-Style Exercise
A simple IFS-style exercise for how to talk to your inner child: find the young part, get curious, and stay with it.
What Is 'Self' in IFS? The Calm Core Underneath Your Parts
Self in IFS is the calm, curious core that isn't a part — the steady you underneath the noise. Here's how to recognize it and reach it.
What Are IFS Parts? A Beginner's Map of Managers, Firefighters, and Exiles
IFS parts are the inner voices that run your day — managers, firefighters, and exiles. Here's a plain map of what each one protects and why.
Hyperindependence Isn’t Strength—It’s a Trauma Response
You call it strength. Your body calls it survival. Hyperindependence looks heroic from the outside and feels like a trap on the inside.
10 Signs of Complex PTSD from Childhood Trauma
You don’t wake up “broken.” You wake up trained. Complex PTSD shows up in daily, ordinary moments. Here’s how to spot it and start working with it.
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