This might be a stretch, but I am kinda seeing parallels between IFS and New Liberalism. Ironically.
Neoliberalism vs IFS
I’ve finally made it to the introduction of No Bad Parts, the Internal Family Systems Bible. It talks about how the author, a psychotherapist, wanted to help keep “the striving, materialistic, competitive parts of them” from continuing to dominate his patients’ lives. He defines the Self as “an essence of calm, clarity, compassion, and connectedness.”
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