griffin: My T talks about parts a lot because that's what the model, Internal Family Systems, is all about. Did your T ever mention that she's doing IFS or using that model?

She has me close my eyes and then see what part feels like it needs attention. If there are parts that are interfering, she'll ask me to toss those aside. Like if the child part wants to talk about feeling safe, and wants T to hold her hand, but the adult part thinks it's embarrassing, she'll either want to talk about the adult part's feelings, or ask if I can put that part aside for now and just talk about what the child part wants.

She will ask what that part is feeling, how I feel toward that part (I am supposed to always feel compassion towards it), and if that part knows I'm there. Then she asks what that part needs from me.

So, that's the way my therapy deals with parts using the IFS model.