🔼: [[Group Work]] (Dyad or Small), [[F5 — BeFriend the Part]] # Getting to Know a Protective Part Exercise[^1] Person A is getting to know a [[💡 Protector Parts|Protector Part]] using [[💡 Blending#Conscious Blending|conscious blending]]: 1. Find one of your protectors in your body. See, feel, hear, and get a sense of them. 2. Check in and notice [[F4 — Feel Toward|how you Feel Toward them]]. 3. Reassure any [[Concerned Parts]] that you are here to help the [[💡 Protector Parts|Protector]] – not have them take over. If you have permission, go to the next step. 4. Hold the part with an open and curious heart. 5. Allow them to speak directly ([[💡 Direct Access|Direct Access]]) to your partner. Person B asks the following questions and invites Person A's [[💡 Parts|Part]] to speak directly: - How do you protect Person A? - What's your job? - What are you afraid will happen if you stopped doing it? - What would you like us to know about you? - How old are you? Do you know the age of Person A? - How do you feel about this job you're doing? - Are there other ways you protect Person A? - What would you like to be doing instead? - How do you feel about Person A? It can be helpful to [[🕯️ Journaling|🕯️ Journal]] about what you learned from this exercise. [^1]: [[📖 🟢 Creating Healing Circles - Using the Internal Family Systems Model in Facilitating Groups]] Ch. 3