Internal Family Systems (IFS) is a non-pathologizing evidence-based psychotherapy model developed by psychotherapist Richard Schwartz in the 1980s. IFS asserts that everyone has a variety of different sub-personalities or Parts, that all work together, along with the core Self, to keep you, functioning and surviving.

The term Highly Sensitive Person was first used by psychologist Dr. Elaine Aron in 1996. A highly sensitive person (HSP) has what’s known as a sensory processing sensitivity (SPS). Simply put, HSPs have finely tuned nervous systems that are more responsive and emotionally attuned to internal and external stimuli. I once heard it described using bugs and their antenna. Non-HSPs typically have 2 antennae to take in information. HSPs can have 6-10+ antennae.

Have you ever started your therapy session and when your therapist asks what you want to discuss that day, you say ‘I don’t know.’ Or, ‘I’m not sure.’ Or, ‘Nothing much.’ You are not alone! In today’s Ask the Team, we are diving into some topics of conversation when you don’t know what to talk about.