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03/16/2026

Meeting Your Inner Parts: How Internal Family Systems Therapy Works

Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy can help with challenges like trauma, anxiety, depression, addiction, eating disorders, relationship struggles, and harsh self-criticism. By understanding the different “parts” of ourselves and the roles they play in protecting us, IFS helps uncover the roots of emotional pain and create healthier ways to cope and heal.

IFS Cheat Sheet:
Managers: prevent the pain
Exiles: carry the pain
Firefighters: extinguish the pain
https://mindworthytherapy.com/meeting-your-inner-parts-how-internal-family-systems-therapy-works/

02/14/2025

How Self-Criticism Contributes to Depression and What You Can Do About It🪞

Have you ever experienced a tiny voice inside your head that points out your flaws, failures, and mistakes? Does this little voice sometimes feel so overwhelming that you can’t help but listen to every word it says? You aren’t alone in this. In fact, many people have an inner voice that self-criticizes. While engaging in self-reflection can be positive, too much of it can be destructive to our self-image and can even lead to depression. How do you find a balance between self-criticism and self-reflection?

Check out our blog and learn more about how self criticism feeds depression and strategies you can use to overcome self criticism: https://mindworthytherapy.com/how-self-criticism-contributes-to-depression-and-what-you-can-do-about-it/

12/11/2024

Understanding Emotional Regulation🌡️

Emotional regulation is the ability to understand, manage, and respond to emotional experiences. For children, this means recognizing their feelings and knowing how to express them appropriately. Emotional regulation helps kids cope with challenges, build relationships, and improve their overall mental health.

Children may not naturally know how to regulate their emotions. Just like learning to ride a bike or tie their shoes, it takes practice and guidance. As parents, you play a key role in teaching these skills.

The following article offers tools for parents to support their children in developing emotional regulation skills.
https://mindworthytherapy.com/children-and-emotional-regulation-tools-for-parents/

Mindworthy Therapy is a counseling practice that helps kids & teens, adults, couples and families heal, learn and grow so that you can build a life worthy of you!