Inner Conflict: Internal Family Systems Informed Communication for Serious Illness Care.
Mike Polisso, Danielle Chammas, Brianna Williamson et al.
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From the abstract
Internal Family Systems (IFS) is a psychotherapeutic model that conceptualizes human experience as shaped by different internal "parts" that respond to stress, threat, and vulnerability in patterned ways. In the setting of serious illness, these parts may become increasingly polarized or extreme, contributing to rigidity, ambivalence, emotional narrowing, or disengagement.