The Missing Bridge: Where Somatic Psychology Meets Parts Work

Eleven questions. Nine of eleven passes, and you can take it again as often as you like.

Which two traditions does Somatic-Parts Integration bridge?

Mindfulness meditation and positive psychology Somatic psychology and Internal Family Systems Cognitive behavioural therapy and psychoanalysis Spiral Dynamics and Kegan's orders of mind
Which lineage does the course name for somatic psychology?

Freud, Jung, Adler and Klein Reich, Lowen, Keleman and Levine Kegan, Loevinger, Wilber and Graves Rogers, Maslow, May and Perls
What fundamental question does the course say remained inadequately answered before this integration?

Where do the parts live? How many parts does a person have? Can parts be removed permanently? Which part is the true self?
In IFS, which parts carry the burden of the original injury?

Firefighters The Self Managers Exiles
Which parts does IFS group together as protectors?

Managers and exiles Firefighters and the Self Managers and firefighters Exiles and the Self
How does the module describe the Self in IFS?

The oldest exile, which holds the very first wound A social performance the person gives in public The strongest protector of all, which controls and directs the others The wise, compassionate, curious presence that can hold all parts
What limitation of somatic practitioners does the module identify?

They focus far too much on recovering specific childhood memories They rely only on talking and so ignore the body altogether They can describe the armour but may not know how to talk with the part behind it They cannot read posture, breath or muscular tension with any real accuracy or reliability
What limitation of IFS practitioners does the module identify?

They refuse to work with the Self in their clients at all They ignore the beliefs and fears that parts carry with them They lack a systematic map of why parts inhabit particular body regions They cannot reliably tell protectors apart from exiles when working in practice
What is the central thesis of Somatic-Parts Integration?

Each character structure is a set of parts living in specific body regions Each part is a separate personality with a body entirely of its own Character structures are purely muscular habits and contain no parts of any kind Parts exist only in thought and never take up residence in the body
A client says, 'I feel a tightness in my chest when that protector activates.' How would this integrated approach treat that remark?

As irrelevant physical detail to be politely set aside As a clue to the protector's somatic address, read on both maps As proof that the client is merely imagining the part As a medical symptom that should bring the session to an end at once
What does the course claim reading both maps simultaneously provides?

A precision and depth neither tradition can achieve alone A way to diagnose clients without asking them A replacement for every other form of therapy A faster route to results that allows consent to be skipped