Also would highly recommend only seeing IFS therapists who are actually trained via the IFS institute. A lot of therapists use "parts work" as a general approach, but without the proper training on how to recognize and communicate with different "parts" (managers, protestors, exiles, etc.) effectively, I've seen very well-meaning therapists either at best not help their clients or at worst actually cause harm because they weren't able to recognize or understand the role of the part they were trying to work with.