2023-01-11 Wed 13:58 PM Two important [[Internal Family Systems (IFS)|IFS]] techniques are [[In-sight]] (when the client’s [[Self_ifs|Self]] communicates with [[Part_IFS|parts]] internally) and [[direct access]] (when the therapist’s Self communicates with the client’s [[Part_IFS|parts]]).^[[[Ref. Richard Schwartz and Martha Sweezy 2019 - Internal Family Systems therapy, 2nd edition]] (p. 97)] > As long as the client is curious about his parts, we can use the communication method called in-sight. In-sight involves the client’s Self communicating internally with the client’s parts. But if the client is jittery, tearful, self-critical, angry, confused, sleepy, dissociative, or in some other way extreme, we can expect to use a good deal of direct access, in which the therapist’s Self talks with the client’s parts. In this case the therapy will probably take longer. > - [[Ref. Richard Schwartz and Martha Sweezy 2019 - Internal Family Systems therapy, 2nd edition]](p. 104)