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Working with Protective Parts in Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy
In Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy, working with protective parts is key, as these parts have survival strategies from early life.
Sean Cuthbert
Feb 25, 20223 min read


The Self in Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy
The Internal Family Systems (IFS) model holds that each of us has a Self - who each of us is at our core with our parts separate.
Sean Cuthbert
Jul 11, 20212 min read


The Soul Nerve and Trauma Recovery
How do polyvagal-informed therapies like Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy allow the full mind-body system to be the focus of therapy.
Sean Cuthbert
Nov 2, 20204 min read


Connecting to your "Inner Critic" using Internal Family Systems (IFS)
The COVID-19 Pandemic stay-at-home orders and lockdowns meant that most venues were shut and people couldn't go anywhere or have their...
Sean Cuthbert
Aug 16, 20204 min read


Increased alcohol consumption during COVID-19 lockdown?
We all saw those pictures in the media during the early panic buying days of COVID-19, where people crowded the aisles of Dan Murphy’s...
Sean Cuthbert
May 9, 20203 min read


Managing anxiety related to COVID-19
As COVID-19 turns day-to-day life into something unrecognisable, managing your reaction to the pandemic is going to be key in staying...
Sean Cuthbert
Mar 22, 20202 min read


Mental Health for Tradies and Construction Workers
On the back on International Women’s Day, it’s a good time to look at the expectations put on men in this changing world in terms of...
Sean Cuthbert
Mar 10, 20203 min read


Why trauma and anxiety treatment needs to be different...
Much of my career has been spent with clients who have had strictly talk therapy where they have gained benefits, but there has...
Sean Cuthbert
Oct 13, 20193 min read


Harden Up Princess
Harden up. Suck it up. Man up. Push through. We’ve been telling men this message for years when faced with life’s challenges, but is...
Sean Cuthbert
Jun 23, 20193 min read


Soul Retrieval: Overcoming and healing complex trauma
An unspoken split in the field of trauma psychotherapy is between professionals who will focus on the treatment of trauma as processing...
Sean Cuthbert
May 26, 20194 min read


"Non-Realisation"- Disconnection from Childhood Trauma
In his astonishing book, "Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression, and the Unexpected Solutions", Johann Hari tears...
Sean Cuthbert
Mar 10, 20194 min read


Losing Strategies for Couples in Conflict
Most of my clients are men so I'm uniquely positioned through my clinical experience to hear common losing strategies men (and their...
Sean Cuthbert
Feb 16, 20194 min read


Empathy for perpetrators of family violence
Over the past five years, family violence has rightly become front and centre as a legal and societal issue, particularly since the death...
Sean Cuthbert
Jan 28, 20193 min read


Male suicide: the silent killer
The world is in a time of great transition. Men have never had it better. We've been freed from those "real man", confining gender...
Sean Cuthbert
Nov 10, 20183 min read


How should you choose a therapist?
When you set out in search of a counsellor or therapist, you face an endless array of options. Should you see a counsellor, a...
Sean Cuthbert
Oct 13, 20183 min read


Trailheads in Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy
In Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy when something comes up that throws you out of Self or Self-energy, we call that a Trailhead. ...
Sean Cuthbert
Oct 13, 20183 min read


Shame and Exiles in Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy
Clients often ask me, "How am I the same as all of the other clients you see?" People want to know that there are commonalities in their...
Sean Cuthbert
Oct 13, 20183 min read


Men and their angry parts
A lot of men come to therapy - or are told to come to therapy - to deal with their angry parts. Here's what that looks like practically...
Sean Cuthbert
Oct 12, 20182 min read


Why should you practice mindfulness?
Unless you're literally living in a cave (like a monk), you would have noticed the practice of mindfulness booming in all areas of modern...
Sean Cuthbert
Oct 12, 20182 min read
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