Emotional Healing through Validation and Parts Work
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Honoring and Healing Your Wounded Parts Emotional healing through the art of validation and parts work, is one of the most effective approaches to therapy. One of the biggest obstacles in emotional healing often involves conflicts between different parts of ourselves. Although that might sound strange, it’s not uncommon to use language referring to these unique parts. For example, “Part of me wants to stick to my diet, while another part of me wants to eat that whole chocolate cake.” Different parts of ourselves have different agendas. Even with the best of intentions, we may still sabotage ourselves. Sometimes these parts serve a purpose of protecting us from vulnerable feelings. We often suppress different parts of us that carry shame or pain that are otherwise too painful to fully acknowledge. What is Parts Work? There are a number of ways in which we try to avoid emotional pain. Parts of us may work to distract or numb pain through shopping, harmful substances, or even
