Listening When Parts Speak

A Practical Guide to Healing with Internal Family Systems Therapy and Ancestor Wisdom

By: Tamala Floyd LCSW

Narrated by: Tamala Floyd LCSW

An expert therapist and teacher leads you on a transformative journey of self-discovery and healing from collective and intergenerational trauma, based in the powerful practice of Internal Family Systems therapy.

The Internal Family Systems (IFS) model of psychotherapy is acclaimed for its power to help us recognize and integrate disparate parts of ourselves—a revolutionary course of treatment that can yield extraordinary results. But not all the work of IFS takes place in the confines of traditional therapy sessions. In this thoughtful and compassionate guide, Tamala Floyd, LCSW, gives readers the resources to expand their "parts work" beyond the therapist's office and into daily life—where the real healing happens.

To write Listening When Parts Speak, Floyd draws on 20-plus years of experience as a psychotherapist, teacher, consultant, and coach specializing in healing trauma, and in particular, intergenerational trauma. Each chapter offers lucid explanations of key concepts, illustrative stories from patients (as well as Floyd's own experience), and a guided meditation that can be used either in between therapy appointments to support and reinforce the work or as a way to begin an IFS therapy journey.

In these pages, readers will:
· Explore the healing principles of IFS therapy
· Get to know their own parts—including wounded "exiles" and dedicated "protectors"
· Foster a trusting connection between the parts and the secure Self that connects them all
· Start to free themselves from beliefs that no longer serve them
· Connect with the wisdom and guidance of ancestors for deeper understanding and healing

Practitioners, too, will find Listening When Parts Speak an invaluable resource for supporting their patients and enhancing their own practice.

This audio product contains a PDF with supporting material, and the PDF is available to download.

Just ok

Just ok. Nothing about it stood out for me. Probably because I have read too many other books on IFS.

the vignettes that help understand the work.

This is a great book, for those who want to understand how parts work in your body. it's also helpful that their are cultural references that connected with who I am as a black woman.

The best IFS book!

I highly recommend this book as it is powerful, and it has helped me as an IFS clinician, and individual with my own personal internal family systems healing. This should be a recommended book for all IFS clinicians and mental health therapist. Thank you for your courage, Tamala!

Clear, step by step, impactful!

I’ve been trying to find my internal family system for a few years, and Tamala helps walk me step-by-step through the process. While I’m sure I’ll end up needing a counselor at some point, her examples, process steps, and meditations are exactly what I needed.

Clarity of concepts

This material is so important to understand. Tamala makes it understandable with compassion and kindness.