I’m very open-minded, and I’ve tried soooooo many things. I know different things work for different people, but damn I just have a tough time seeing any good argument for why basic talk therapy holds a candle to IFS.

EMDR has been the shotgun tool that has helped me VASTLY with the more acute trauma, unburdening Parts that have gone through violent or traumatic experiences.

I was having a conversation with a friend about how amazing IFS is and how life-changing it’s been, and his answer was just “yeah, different things work for different people” and I was annoyed at that response.

I think different nuances are good for people, more or less direct or intense depending on them. But every time I see or think of another method or approach I’ve experienced I just see how it slightly or largely overlays on to IFS and how much better IFS is at doing the thing that another method is doing.

Idk, maybe it’s just benefited me and this isn’t the most unbiased place to discuss this but it’s hard not to see IFS, especially mixed with EMDR to be the best method out there.