Presenter: Rev. Matt Alspaugh; Service Associate: Michael Swords

Walt Whitman once said, “Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes.” The Internal Family Systems model suggests that we all contain multitudes of personalities, parts, in our psyches, and further, that some parts may be suppressed or exiled as a result of past harmful experiences. We’ll explore the implications of thinking of ourselves as internally diverse, and how we might integrate our parts, including the exiled ones, to become whole people.

Topics: Personal Growth, Psychology and Emotions