🔼: [[⭐️ Internal Family Systems]] #### Direct Access > Many therapists believe they are only doing IFS when the client is focused internally but I believe anytime you relate to the client from Self, and you keep in mind her system of parts, with or without using parts language, you are doing IFS. > — [[👤 Richard Schwartz]], [[📖 Internal Family Systems Therapy - New Dimensions]] During Direct Access, an [[💡 The IFS Practitioner|IFS Practitioner]]'s [[💡 Presence]] speaks directly to a client's [[💡 Parts|Parts]] — often because a part will not [[🕯️ Unblending|unblend]]. There are two types of Direct Access in a [[💡 The IFS Session|1-on-1 IFS Session]]: - [[💡 Implicit Direct Access]] - [[💡 Explicit Direct Access]] There are two other types of Direct Access in IFS [[Group Work]]: - [[💡 Informal Direct Access]] - [[💡 Formal Direct Access]] ###### Keys - Direct Access is the usual method with children, although some children are able to use [[💡 Direct Access#In-Sight|In-Sight]].[^1] - Direct Access is no better or worse than [[💡 In-sight|In-Sight]] – most of the time it doesn't matter which is used. - [[🔑 Direct Access requires a therapist to be Self-led]]. ###### Benefits of Direct Access[^2] - Allows our [[💡 Parts]] to have a personal relationship with the [[💡 Parts|Parts]] and [[💡 Presence|Presence]] of an [[💡 The IFS Practitioner|IFS Therapist]]. - [[💡 Parts|Parts]] can experience that [[🔑 All Parts are welcome exactly as they are]]. - Some nonverbal [[💡 Parts|Parts]] become verbal, such as [[💡 ADHD|ADHD]] and [[🛡️ Dissociation]]. ###### Related - [[🦮 How to use Direct Access]] [^1]: [[📖 Internal Family Systems Therapy, Second Edition]] [^2]: [[📖 ✅ IFS Online Circle]] Month 4 - Conflicting but Complimentary & Direct Access and In-Sight: A Decision - Focus on Direct Access