2023-01-29 Sun 23:28 PM ![[DALL·E 2023-10-31 18.57.48 - Illustration_ A Pixar-style depiction of a girl's internal world. Various characters represent her emotions and roles. There's a diligent character wi.png]] In the [[Internal Family Systems (IFS)]] model: > A [[Part_IFS|part]] with a job is either a [[Manager part|manager]] or a [[Firefighter part|firefighter]]. If it is a manager, it will focus on inhibiting the feelings it believes are dangerous, especially shame, fear, sadness, guilt, pain, and anger; if it is a firefighter, it will focus on distracting from negative feelings. > -[[Ref. Richard Schwartz and Martha Sweezy 2019 - Internal Family Systems therapy, 2nd edition]] (p. 102) [[A part without a job is an exile]].