At times, do you feel afraid, overwhelmed, or anxious when you experience intense, uncomfortable emotions?
Do you feel that emotions from your past are unresolved, and you’d like to confidently talk about them?
Feeling overwhelming anxiety, yell, or feel guilty? Or, feel like you have multiple parts of your personality that cause extreme behaviors?
Are you looking for holistic trauma therapy in Old Saybrook, Ct to feel stronger, healthier, and emotionally confident?
By chance, do you who drink, drug, starve, binge, restrict, purge, or engage in other behaviors of the like?
First, do you struggle to get through the day? Maybe, emotional parts of yourself come out to play depending on what is going on around you. At work, you are professional and put together. But, at home, you are playful and relaxing. The same is true for the emotional parts of you after a traumatic event. As well, after a traumatic event, you may feel anxious, worry, and happy all in one moment. The next moment, you feel angry and irritation. Then, you feel joyful and happy. Essentially, these emotions are each a separate part of you. But, it can be confusing when all these feelings yell at once. Overall, trauma therapy in Old Saybrook helps you slow down and build emotional confidence. And, therapy gives you tools to overcome the negative thoughts that you have swirling in your brain.
Right now, does it feel like these emotional parts are shouting at you and yelling?
In holistic trauma therapy in Old Saybrook, Ct, what is an internal family system?
Well, trauma therapy in Old Saybrook, Ct focuses on your mind, body, and spirit. Over time, you can gain skills to unbend and nurture your parts. You can learn to stay calm in emotional challenging situations through trauma therapy. For one, your fun party gal part and your teen angst part are there talking. As well, your kind and fun-loving part that exudes warmth when you walk into a room is there. You have your motherly “Yes, I will clean that for you, dear” part. To add, you have a driven, motivated queen part. Sometimes, you fall into your “I don’t want to do anything” part. Or, the notorious “I want to break things” angry part.
Trauma therapy in Old Saybrook, Ct will assist you in creating a nurturing relationship with yourself.
Through therapy, you can choose to converse in a healthy way with your parts. With counseling, decisions don’t have to feel so hard. You can learn to let go of some pressure and anxiety through therapy.
Internal Family Systems is a marriage and family therapy specialty at Wisdom Within Counseling. To begin, click the pink button below to book a phone consult for trauma counseling.
How do parts in IFS develop?
To continue, Internal Family Systems (IFS) states that you have many parts of yourself. And, these highly emotional parts evolve from situations where you did not feel safe or secure. On that note, a trauma is an event that makes you feel unsafe. After trauma, anxiety is often very high. So, your parts develop from your past. Each part of you has desires, needs, feelings, and triggers. As well, each emotional part of you may also have an age, cartoon character, and name. Positive self-talk with your IFS parts plays a big role in emotional confidence skills. From trauma therapy in Old Saybrook, Ct, you can learn to feel powerful over anxiety.
How can trauma therapy in Old Saybrook, Ct using internal family systems help me talk to my parts?
For example, you may have a conversation with anger. “Hello, anger. There you are again. Thank you for protecting me, but you can step down.” Essentially, trauma therapy in Old Saybrook, Ct helps you separate your parts from your true self.
How do we nurture parts of us and negative behaviors in trauma therapy in Old Saybrook, Ct?
When divorce happens, it can leave lingering abandonment. So, your the innocent five-year-old self that felt abandoned when your parents divorced is a part of you. And, anytime your abandonment is hurt as an adult, this inner child part takes over. Marriage challenges, relationships ending, and fights all play into your inner child. And, it doesn’t want to feel pain. Essentially, when this part of you is in charge, it doesn’t make healthy choices. Maybe, it drags your teen angst part too, so you binge-drink alcohol. Or, you gamble, or seek pleasure in some way.
Where do adolescent parts come from? How does trauma therapy in Old Saybrook, Ct help?
Your spunky 13-year-old self that felt lost and undeserving of love from peers is a part. Your independent 17-year-old self that experienced an event that was like a hurricane whipping through a city while you were preparing to leave the nest is a part. Trauma therapy in Old Saybrook will allow you to meet all of these parts through the Internal Family Systems model. Working with an IFS therapist, who specializes in trauma therapy, can help you build emotional coping tools. From there, trauma therapy in Old Saybrook, Ct allows you to attract positive connections. As well, as you connect to your body, mind, and spirit, you attract healthy friendships.
Anxiety and trauma therapy in Old Saybrook, Ct teach positive coping skills for mental clarity.
Sometimes those parts are put in a shoebox and placed at the bottom of the closet, left unopened for years.
You may not see them, but they come out and react when they are excited, happy, upset, and scared. Maybe, your five year old self screams when you have your first breakup because of the fear of abandonment that sits in that shoebox. Also, our 13-year-old self became cold and distanced themselves to protect themselves from feeling undeserving of love during your divorce. In addition, your 17-year-old self panics and grasps onto the closest comfort when they feel like their life is an out of control hurricane. Trauma therapy in Old Saybrook will help you calm your parts and meet their needs.
The Wisdom Within Counseling therapists can help you voice your opinion and speak up confidently.
Essentially, when you have been through trauma, it can be hard to voice your needs. Right now, you may just feel “gross.” Wisdom Within Counseling offers options besides talk therapy. In addition to talking, you can use art therapy, yoga therapy, music therapy, and walking. You get a chance to learn positive coping skills for self-esteem. So, in trauma therapy in Old Saybrook, Ct, you can identify each feeling as it arises.
From anxiety, to anger, to jealousy, to betrayal, let’s talk about it. Click the pink button below to begin with a phone consult for trauma therapy.
The longer those parts are left in the bottom of the closet, the stronger they react and yell for your attention.
If you find yourself numbing out, seek trauma therapy in Old Saybrook, Ct today. Or, if you find yourself avoiding certain emotions that feel difficult, we can help. The longer you push away feelings, the more out of control you may feel in stressful situations. Over time, IFS allows you to attend to and love your parts. So, that way, you may walk along the path of healing with them. Essentially, trauma therapy in Old Saybrook, Ct teaches you how to love yourself.
As well, in trauma therapy in Old Saybrook, Ct, you can choose from art therapy, yoga therapy, music therapy and walking therapies.
Also, IFS allows us to heal from past traumatic experiences and consciously respond to, instead of react to, situations. By doing trauma therapy in Old Saybrook with one of our therapists you will connect with your parts through a creative medium such as paint, clay, watercolors, and/or yoga. Finally, IFS allows us to take control of our relationships, maintain a balance, and flourish. Trauma therapy in Old Saybrook will support you in forming a bond with your mind, body, and spirit. And, you can grow with them through art therapy and talk therapy.
Your parts are beautiful and not something to fight with or suppress.
They are you, after all. Accepting and embracing all of them is the ultimate act of self-love. Overall, all parts of you deserve love and care! Our holistic trauma therapists in Old Saybrook, Ct walk down your path of healing with all your IFS parts. Trauma therapy in Old Saybrook, Ct can assist you in creating a holding space for all of your parts and provide them with the love they deserve.
Wisdom Within Counseling offers holistic trauma therapy in Old Saybrook, Ct
The Wisdom Within Counseling team is here to walk along your path of healing with you
To add, at Wisdom Within Counseling we will create a fulfilling holding space for you and your parts to connect through creative art, music, and yoga. Each counseling sessions supports a positive experience and lifelong coping tools. Our holistic marriage and family therapists fuse holistic interventions. And, these creative therapies are based off of models like Internal Systems theory and art therapy.
Our trauma therapists in Old Saybrook, Ct specialize in going beyond talk counseling after trauma, divorce, or grief.
At Wisdom Within Counseling you can learn to love your parts through intense emotions like anger and jealousy. You can learn to love and accept yourself, no matter your past. From there, self-worth naturally improves. In counseling, you can go for a walk on the Niantic Bay Boardwalk with your therapist. Or, you can relax on a cozy couch. Lastly, if you are looking for a creative approach for couples or family counseling, we would love to connect with you!
