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Jul 2023
10m 27s

Taking a Look at Internal Family Systems

Mastin Kipp
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Welcome to this week’s episode of the Mastin Kipp Podcast! In this episode, you’ll learn: What Internal Family Systems is, and how it it connects to other modalities.How Internal Family Systems can help us understand and work with our inner partsThe concept of Self and how it relates to our parts.How to use IFS to heal trauma and emotional woundsAnd much mor ... Show More
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