Testimonial from therapist Mercedes Schaffter.<\/p>\n
My name is Mercedes Schaffter and I've been running a therapeutic practice for a dozen years.<\/p>\n
I have used different tools in my practice:<\/p>\n
Cellular Analysis and Reinformation, which is an energetic medicine, homeopathy and nutrition (Kousmine).<\/p>\n
I trained as a coach 4 years ago, and that's when my vision of the therapist-patient relationship began to change.<\/p>\n
Indeed, I realized that I was sometimes tired after only one or two consultations; that I would get discouraged if a homeopathic remedy didn't work; or that, on the contrary, I would exult if, thanks to what I had advised or prescribed, the person got better. Something deep inside me told me I was taking my work too personally.<\/p>\n
In 2012 I discovered the IFS and it radically transformed my practice.<\/p>\n
During my training, I met my inner system and some of my parts.<\/p>\n
Then the work on myself continued, there was more and more clarity and I discovered something extremely important as a therapist, I realized that I had been accompanying people for parts.<\/p>\n
Especially since one in particular, the Rescuer part, the part that wants to help and save. In fact, I think it's probably the reason I became a therapist in the first place!<\/p>\n
She always felt she had a mission and wanted to do something to help others.<\/p>\n
In fact, she wasn't the only one involved in my practice, with several of her girlfriends lending a hand:<\/p>\n
- the one who thought she was responsible for the other (his health, well-being, etc.)<\/p>\n
- the one who never wanted to disappoint<\/p>\n
- the one who was afraid of betraying the trust the patient had placed in me, if the results didn't follow.<\/p>\n
It was a revelation, especially when I understood their intention.<\/p>\n
For these parts, helping, carrying, being there for others, gave meaning to my life. I EXISTED!<\/p>\n
When I was able to go and meet them, from my Self, let them experience my presence, let them discover that I existed even without helping the other person, it was a liberation.<\/p>\n
A liberation for them, as they were tired of doing this work for so many years, and a liberation for me.<\/p>\n
Since this awareness and the work I've done with these parts, my relationship with others has changed. In my private life, but above all in my professional accompaniment.<\/p>\n
Today, my relationship with customers is based on a state of calm and trust.<\/p>\n
Of course, it would be presumptuous to say that these saving parts are no longer present in my work (with my clients), but when they are there, I become aware of them and this allows me to talk to them, put them aside during the session and take a moment with them afterwards, if necessary.<\/p>\n
From this state, known as Self, I look at the other person and see all the resources they have. I realize that the greatest gift I can give him is to leave him in charge of his own life!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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