If you missed Part 1 of this series on the marriage of the Six Steps To Healing Yourself with Internal Family Systems (IFS), you can catch up in Getting To Know “Parts” Involved With Medical Conditions, Part 1. To go deeper, join me and Harvard-trained psychiatrist, author of 3 books about IFS, and rock star IFS master trainer Frank Anderson, MD on June 8-9, when we partner up for a weekend Zoom workshop IFS AS MEDICAL TREATMENT.
Exploring Steps 4, 5, and 6 of Healing Yourself
Just as a refresher, here are the Six Steps To Healing Yourself.
- Step 1: Believe that healing is possible.
- Step 2: Connect to and surrender to Self
- Step 3: Let Self choose your healing support
- Step 4: Diagnose the root cause of your illness
- Step 5: Write The Prescription for yourself
- Step 6: Treat your fears and resistance.
Step 4: Diagnose the root cause of your illness
The Whole Health Cairn wellness model, which I featured in two viral TEDx talks and which is the cornerstone of the Mind Over Medicine approach, is the foundation of this step.
The Whole Health Cairn is designed to give you a framework for taking inventory of parts involved with various facets of a balanced life. All of the “stones” in the Whole Health Cairn can represent medicine or poison. Healthy, securely attached relationships can be medicine for your body; toxic relationships can be poison.
Common Step 4 Parts
- Parts that can’t say no & need the body to do it for them
- Over-caregiving parts that burn out
- Parts with porous boundaries
- Protectors that mask your authenticity and won’t let you live in alignment with your truth
- Parts that are lonely and socially isolated
Step 5: Write The Prescription for yourself
Tuning into your Self energy, Step 5 is about allowing yourself to be guided to the action steps that you intuit will help you heal the root causes you diagnosed in Step Four.
Common Step 5 Parts
- Polarized parts that make resolutions & then break them
- Indecisive parts that fear making the wrong choice
- Obsessive parts that get stuck making the list
- Parts that draw a blank
- Ambitious parts that might overcommit
Step 6: Treat your fears and resistance.
If you’ve done a great job negotiating with all your parts beforehand, this step might not be necessary.
Common Step 6 Parts
- Protectors that are getting core needs met because of illness and don’t know how else to get those needs met
- Parts worried about disappointing others if other parts start saying no
- Parts scared of what others might think
- Parts who don’t want to let go of benefits received by being sick
- Parts scared of healing and/or change
IFS As Medical Treatment
In the class I’ll be co-teaching with Frank Anderson, MD about the Six Steps To Healing Yourself and IFS, we’ll be supporting you with working with your own parts through each step. If you’d like to bring more of this way of practicing medicine, psychiatry, or therapy to your clients, we welcome you! And if you’re more interested in learning this material for your personal healing journey, you’re also welcome.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is holistic medicine?
A holistic medicine doctor treats patients holistically. They might combine western medicine and traditional methods, such as acupuncture and herbs.
They aim to treat an illness rather than just treat symptoms. The patient should feel better after treatment.
The doctor should not only focus on curing the disease but also help prevent future illnesses.
Holistic refers to all aspects of someone’s life.
What is the difference between holistic medicine and alternative medicine?
Holistic medicine considers the whole person-mind, body spirit, soul and spirit. Holistic medicine examines every aspect of a person’s health. It also considers spiritual, physical, and environmental factors that may be overlooked by traditional medicine. Alternative medicine is used to treat conditions like arthritis, asthma, and allergies.
What treatments are not included in holistic medicine?
Holistic medicine is an approach to healing that looks at the whole person rather than just treating the symptoms. Holistic medicine is a way to help people heal from illness. It also promotes good health and helps prevent disease.
Holistic medicine uses natural remedies, such as herbs, homeopathy and acupuncture, instead of surgery and drugs.
Holistic medicine is a lifestyle change that includes exercise, diet, yoga, meditation, breathing exercises and massage.
Holistic medicine is sometimes called integrative medicine. This refers to the way that holistic medicine integrates all aspects (physical, mental and spiritual) into one comprehensive care plan.
Holistic medicine emphasizes prevention as well as early detection of diseases and encourages healthy lifestyles.
Holistic doctors believe that there is no single cause for any given condition. Instead, holistic doctors consider the whole picture, including genetics, environment, lifestyle choices and personal habits.
Holistic practitioners emphasize the mind and emotions more than the body.
Holistic doctors work closely with patients to find the best solution for them.
Statistics
- category.[111]Edzard Ernst characterized the evidence for many alternative techniques as weak, nonexistent, or negative and in 2011, published his estimate that about 7.4% were based on “sound evidence.” However, he believes that may be an overestimate. (en.wikipedia.org)
- The concept of regression toward the mean implies that an extreme result is more likely to be followed by a less extreme result. (en.wikipedia.org)
- The use of alternative medicine in the US has increased, with a 50 percent increase in expenditures and a 25 percent increase in the use of alternative therapies between 1990 and 1997 in America. (en.wikipedia.org)
- In the 17% in which they disagreed, a third reader agreed with one of the initial readers to set a rating. (en.wikipedia.org)
- These studies found that 38.4% concluded positive or possibly positive effects for CAM (12.4%), 4.8% concluded no effect, 0.7% concluded harmful effects, and 56.6% concluded insufficient evidence. (en.wikipedia.org)
External Links
webmd.com
cam.cancer.gov
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- PubMed: The Rise and Rise of Complementary and Alternative Medicine: A Sociological Perspective – PubMed
- PubMed – Holistic medicine
nccih.nih.gov
- Statistics on Complementary Health Approaches and Integrative Healthcare
- What’s in a Name for Complementary, Alternative or Integrative Health? NCCIH
How To
What should I look for when looking for a qualified holistic doctor
How do you find a holistic doctor?
Specialists are the best doctors. We are referring to holistic medicine in this instance. Doctors must be able to treat patients holistically. This includes treating the whole person and not just the symptoms. It is important for doctors to understand holistic health. This is why holistic doctors are so valuable.
The doctor should be able to understand holistic health as well as complementary and alternative therapies (CAM), such chiropractic care, massage therapy, and acupuncture.
Holistic health practitioners will also be able, in most cases, to diagnose and discuss your condition.
You should also inquire if the doctor is certified through professional organizations like The National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork, or the American Holistic Medical Association. NBOHMCA is a certification body that offers certifications in many areas of medicine, including naturopathic and acupuncture as well homeopathy, clinical nutrition, herbs, and aromatherapy.
Look through our directory to find a holistic doctor in your region. If there isn’t one, you may be capable of searching online for a holistic practitioner near you.
Check with your local hospital to see if they offer holistic health care.
Your local library has books and resources that can help you with holistic health.
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Title: The Six Steps to Healing Yourself with Internal Family Systems (IFS) – Part 2
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is holistic medicine?
A holistic medicine doctor treats patients holistically. They might combine western medicine and traditional methods, such as acupuncture and herbs.
They aim to treat an illness rather than just treat symptoms. The patient should feel better after treatment.
The doctor should not only focus on curing the disease but also help prevent future illnesses.
Holistic refers to all aspects of someone’s life.
What is the difference between holistic medicine and alternative medicine?
Holistic medicine considers the whole person-mind, body spirit, soul and spirit. Holistic medicine examines every aspect of a person’s health. It also considers spiritual, physical, and environmental factors that may be overlooked by traditional medicine. Alternative medicine is used to treat conditions like arthritis, asthma, and allergies.
What treatments are not included in holistic medicine?
Holistic medicine is an approach to healing that looks at the whole person rather than just treating the symptoms. Holistic medicine is a way to help people heal from illness. It also promotes good health and helps prevent disease.
Holistic medicine uses natural remedies, such as herbs, homeopathy and acupuncture, instead of surgery and drugs.
Holistic medicine is a lifestyle change that includes exercise, diet, yoga, meditation, breathing exercises and massage.
Holistic medicine is sometimes called integrative medicine. This refers to the way that holistic medicine integrates all aspects (physical, mental and spiritual) into one comprehensive care plan.
Holistic medicine emphasizes prevention as well as early detection of diseases and encourages healthy lifestyles.
Holistic doctors believe that there is no single cause for any given condition. Instead, holistic doctors consider the whole picture, including genetics, environment, lifestyle choices and personal habits.
Holistic practitioners emphasize the mind and emotions more than the body.
Holistic doctors work closely with patients to find the best solution for them.
Statistics
- category.[111]Edzard Ernst characterized the evidence for many alternative techniques as weak, nonexistent, or negative and in 2011, published his estimate that about 7.4% were based on “sound evidence.” However, he believes that may be an overestimate. (en.wikipedia.org)
- The concept of regression toward the mean implies that an extreme result is more likely to be followed by a less extreme result. (en.wikipedia.org)
- The use of alternative medicine in the US has increased, with a 50 percent increase in expenditures and a 25 percent increase in the use of alternative therapies between 1990 and 1997 in America. (en.wikipedia.org)
- In the 17% in which they disagreed, a third reader agreed with one of the initial readers to set a rating. (en.wikipedia.org)
- These studies found that 38.4% concluded positive or possibly positive effects for CAM (12.4%), 4.8% concluded no effect, 0.7% concluded harmful effects, and 56.6% concluded insufficient evidence. (en.wikipedia.org)
External Links
webmd.com
cam.cancer.gov
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- PubMed: The Rise and Rise of Complementary and Alternative Medicine: A Sociological Perspective – PubMed
- PubMed – Holistic medicine
nccih.nih.gov
- Statistics on Complementary Health Approaches and Integrative Healthcare
- What’s in a Name for Complementary, Alternative or Integrative Health? NCCIH
How To
What should I look for when looking for a qualified holistic doctor
How do you find a holistic doctor?
Specialists are the best doctors. We are referring to holistic medicine in this instance. Doctors must be able to treat patients holistically. This includes treating the whole person and not just the symptoms. It is important for doctors to understand holistic health. This is why holistic doctors are so valuable.
The doctor should be able to understand holistic health as well as complementary and alternative therapies (CAM), such chiropractic care, massage therapy, and acupuncture.
Holistic health practitioners will also be able, in most cases, to diagnose and discuss your condition.
You should also inquire if the doctor is certified through professional organizations like The National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork, or the American Holistic Medical Association. NBOHMCA is a certification body that offers certifications in many areas of medicine, including naturopathic and acupuncture as well homeopathy, clinical nutrition, herbs, and aromatherapy.
Look through our directory to find a holistic doctor in your region. If there isn’t one, you may be capable of searching online for a holistic practitioner near you.
Check with your local hospital to see if they offer holistic health care.
Your local library has books and resources that can help you with holistic health.
