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Approaching Parts with Compassion: Compassion-Focused Parts Work
Central to the counseling I provide, is my work with clients to develop their capacity for compassion. I guide them in taking a compassionate stance as they make contact with their whole selves including their internalized shame. Most clients find giving compassion to others far easier and more natural than offering the same compassion to ourselves. Clinically, I have found that parts work can be an effective means of developing a compassionate relationship with oneself. Through compassionate contact with parts of themselves, I have witnessed clients grow and heal. This post describes some of the key principles that guide the parts work interventions I do with clients.