I saw T again today and we talked about the numbing out that happened for me last session.

We talked about the flight response I learned as a kid and she said she believes we all have parts, and last week my child part was coming out and did not feel safe and her freeze response was overriding my adult, higher-reasoning part that knew intellectually that I am safe now.

She talked about wanting to give that child part space and giving her the compassion she deserves.

I get what she's saying, I think, about having parts. She's not saying I'm DID or anything...she said we all have parts. But she wants to give the parts space and a voice, and that confuses me.

For those of you who work with parts in therapy, what does that mean? How do you give different parts space and a voice? What does that look like?

Like, do you walk in the room and say "I want my child part to talk today?" Or does that part just emerge as you are talking?

She said she also wants me to get in touch with what my parts need and she will help meet those needs. That sounds nice, but how do I do that??