WORKING WITH PARTS
Working with parts is a powerful method to safely address patterns that have endured for a long time, and often seem immovable. In this work we understand that our identities are multifaceted, or that we are made up of many different parts. We can recognize these parts when we have an inner debate or conflict around making tough decisions. Sometimes we wonder why we acted a certain way when it seems contradictory to opposing beliefs we hold. We may yearn for more intimacy in relationships but always seem to hit a wall. These parts determine our reality, how we see the world, how we behave, and how we express ourselves.This variety in the selves is natural and healthy, but whenever we identify strongly with a self, it's easy for us to think that is the totality of who we are. Through the work of dialoguing with the parts, we begin to see how the selves serve us, why they came to be, and how they can be limiting. In facilitation, we talk with the parts directly and develop awareness in relationship to them. We become creative participants in caring for vulnerability, making room for repressed or disowned energies, and utilizing the full gifts of the self.