Internal Family Systems Therapy - burdens

'A burden is an extreme belief, emotion or energy that comes from some trauma or, bad event in our lives and attaches almost like a virus.'

In Internal Family Systems therapy, there are parts of us who carry ‘burdens’, which are painful emotions or negative beliefs that they have taken on as a consequence of past harmful experiences, often in childhood.

These burdens are not originally a characteristic of the part, and they can therefore be released, ‘unburdened’ and ultimately healed through IFS therapy, allowing the part to resume its natural, healthy role.