Internal Family Systems – Muslimah Therapy

What’s Your Resentment Trying to Tell You?

by zaynabExpressive Arts Therapy, Healing Trauma, Internal Family Systems, Purposeful Play, Zaynab's Reflections July 6, 2023July 20, 2023Comments are Disabled

Can you see the light? Not quite, right? That’s because the web of unhealed resentment is creating a barrier. This was a piece of art I made in session with a client who showed up ready to face her resentment from a place of curiosity. She made the intention to get to know it a …

Playdate with Stress

by zaynabExpressive Arts Therapy, Inner Child Work, Internal Family Systems, Zaynab's Reflections August 26, 2022July 20, 2023Comments are Disabled

Today, a client asked for a play date with stress. Here’s what arrived for me. Pushing my graphic stick through the thick lump of clay and trying to stitch with a needle and thread as that lump quickly dried and hardened brought on some interesting feelings. Stress was totally at the party! I don’t think …