New Tool and New opportunities

Last post I promised to review a computer program, "IFS Insight", published by the Center for Self Leadership. I will do that, as well as to share different opportunities for learning about parts and being supported in your work.

I am a parts educator and coach, helping people to learn about and work with their own parts. I am beginning to offer information and support to the wider community, while also gathering wonderful progress stories from you all; eventually I want to write a book about the many benefits of parts work. Here are some ways we could interact:
1. This blog- you can subscribe by "following " the blog, and also write comments at the bottom.
2. Partsarecool- There is a group on Yahoo groups in which people can find useful tools and dialogue about working with parts. The website is http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/partsarecool/ , and you need to join Yahoo groups to belong to this group.
3. 14 principles- I can send you these or you can download. It contains ome suggested goals in working with parts. E-mail wsdmnature@gmail.com if you want a copy.
4. Parts game- I have developed a board game. A paper version is available now for $10. We are working on ideas for publishing.
5. Survey- This is for people who have benefitted from parts work. What areas have you benefitted from? I'm collecting stories and data. The website is here: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=P5gnIAI89i0sVyOmZE0t4A%3d%3d
6. Other cool websites:
http://www.selfleadership.org/ center for self leadership home site- training, etc especially for therapists.
http://www.personal-growth-programs.com/ Jay Earley offers IFS classes and groups for the general public. He also wrote the book "Self Therapy".
http://innerkids.net/index.html - Jacui Bishop and Mary Grunte wrote a book which will be reissued this winter - "How to Love Yourself When You Don't Know How" about parts.


Finally, I love the program IFS Insight. I can write down notes from journals and inner work sessions. I can also hold "conferences" with different parts, trying to make major decisions about my life by asking all my parts what they need in that particular area. And I can even choose pictures to represent these parts. The program has different sections, including notes, diagrams of parts, parts lists (with characteristics), and a conference section where you import the parts and then carry out a dialogue with them around a certain topic. The notes sections have places for dreams and trailheads also. For therapists (if you choose the therapist version) you can keep track of many different clients (billing, sessions, etc) as well as e-mailing notes securely back and forth. You can download a 30 day free trial at http://www.peartreesoftware.com/ . The client version is $69, the therapist version is $149.