If you’ve ever said “A part of me really wants to go, but another part just wants to stay home,” or “Part of me loves her but another part just wants to end this mess,” then you’ll understand my main approach to therapy, which is something called “parts work.”

Every human is a complex being, one who has often had to “break off” and try to ignore parts of their true self in order to survive terrible abuse, neglect, and unavailable or terrifying caregivers.

We’re all pretty good at surviving! But sometimes as adults we end up acting out our trauma over and over in ways we don’t realize, even though the danger is gone and we’re safe. Parts of our mind linger in the past and control us in the present.