Parts Work Workshop

In this workshop Journey to Wellness brings you Dr Paris Williams to explore 'Parts Work'.

Similar to the way that a healthy human body is composed of many different organ systems working together harmoniously, a healthy human psyche is composed of many different psychological parts (aka ‘subpersonalities’ or simply ‘parts’) working together harmoniously. However, when a person experiences early psychological wounding (i.e., most of us to some degree), these parts can develop problematic relationships with each other and with our own essential self, which can in turn lead to chronic distress and debilitation.

Humankind’s awareness of this dynamic extends all the way back to our indigenous ancestry; and in recent times, a number of psychotherapy methods have developed different ways of repairing this disharmony that can occur between our parts when we experience trauma. Some of the most well known of these methods include Psychosynthesis, Gestalt, Hakomi, Internal Family Systems, Jungian and…