You Just Read the Book No Bad Parts. Now What?

If you just finished No Bad Parts and found yourself underlining half the book, you are not alone. Dr. Richard Schwartz has a way of describing the inner world that makes people feel deeply seen, sometimes for the first time. The concept that every part of you has a purpose, that nothing inside you is broken or bad, lands differently than most things you read in the self-help space.

And then you close the book and wonder what to do with all of it.

Reading about IFS and doing IFS are two very different experiences.

The book gives you a map. Therapy gives you a guide who can help you actually navigate the terrain, especially when the parts that most need attention are the ones most resistant to being seen.

Here is what I notice with clients who come in having read No Bad Parts. They understand the framework. They can name their managers and firefighters. They have maybe even tried the inner work on their own. And they are ready to go deeper than a book can take them.

Because here is the thing about parts work. Some parts are easy to access on your own. Others have been exiled for so long, carrying so much, that they need something more than your own curiosity to feel safe enough to come forward. That is where a trained IFS therapist comes in.

In therapy we slow down together. We notice what is happening in real time. We build relationships with the parts that have been hardest to reach. And we work with the body too, because parts don't just live in your thoughts. They live in your chest, your shoulders, your breath.

If No Bad Parts woke something up in you and you are ready to take the next step, working with an IFS therapist in California might be exactly what you are looking for. I offer online sessions throughout the state for women who are ready to go beyond the reading and into the actual work.

You can get started here.