The Somatic Internal Family Systems Therapy Workbook: Embodied Healing Practices to Transform Trauma--For therapists, students, clients, and groups

A practical workbook on Somatic Internal Family Systems Therapy, presenting the five core practices for trauma healing: somatic awareness, conscious breathing, radical resonance, mindful movement, and attuned touch. The workbook is designed for therapists, students, clients, and groups. The opening section invites therapists to explore their own Internal System through an embodied approach. Chapter 1 covers foundational concepts including somatics, embodiment, Parts, Self, and cultural influences on embodied experience. Chapters 2–6 provide theoretical grounding, clinical applications, and practical exercises for each of the five practices. Tools and exercises address developing clients' ability to describe sensations, recognizing signs of overwhelm, working with Parts that fear body awareness, understanding the benefits of conscious breathing, restoring the Embodied Self, shifting from doing to being with clients, healing attachment wounds, integrating mindful movement for developmental trauma, and practicing attuned touch. The practices are non-linear and adaptable, not bound by a fixed sequence. The workbook also explores connections between contemporary psychotherapeutic practice and ancient healing modalities, situating Somatic IFS within a broader context of somatic trauma healing and embodiment approaches.