Parts Work: An Illustrated Guide to Your Inner Life by Tom Holmes (2007-10-04)

Tom Holmes

ISBN 10: 0979889707 / ISBN 13: 9780979889707

Published by Winged Heart Press, 2007

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Parts Work: An Illustrated Guide to Your Inner Life by Tom Holmes (2007-10-04)
• Publisher: Winged Heart Press
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0979889707
• ISBN 13: 9780979889707
• Binding: paperback
• Illustrator: Sharon Eckstein
• Edition: 2nd.
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

The book, Parts Work, describes our inner psychological world with drawings which are moving, thought-provoking, sometimes humorous and often poignant. The book shows how we can disentangle ourselves from the problematic habitual patterns in which we get stuck, and offers ways of positively using our particular talents and style for a fuller life. Through practical examples as well as clinical illustrations, the book helps us to understand ourselves and others better.

About the Author

Tom Holmes, PhD, is Professor Emeritus at Western Michigan University, where he was awarded the State of Michigan Teaching Excellence Award. He has been training graduate students in psychotherapy since 1985 and since 1996 he has been teaching in the Holistic Health Care Program. His specialty area is spirituality and the therapeutic process. Tom received training in Internal Family System therapy from Richard Schwartz in the late 1980 s and has been teaching, training and practicing IFS since that time. In recent years his focus has been on burnout prevention: Healing the Healer and Tuning the Heart of the Healer. His workshops integrate Western psychology with Buddhist psychology and the Sufi path of the heart as well as spiritual teachings from Christianity, Judaism, and Taoism. He specializes in integrating spirituality with internal system therapy.