In this leading-edge dialogue, Alef Trust PhD students Dr David Furlong and Jevon Dängeli explore a holistic approach to parts work in psychology including the integration of ‘intruder’ parts and ‘past life’ aspects, and how this process can help to foster post-traumatic growth.
The concepts and questions that they discuss include:
- David’s ‘Ontology of the Self’ and how this understanding can be beneficial for trauma healing.
- What are parts of the psyche and how does trauma cause parts to split/fragment?
- What are ‘intruder’ parts and how do you identify when the client’s issue is due to an intruder part?
- David’s process of facilitating parts integration, including releasing intruders.
- What is your view on ‘emotional release’ techniques that don’t acknowledge the parts who are responsible for those emotions?
- How can parts integration support the possibility of post-traumatic growth?
- How might an individual’s parts integration work support positive changes in society, geopolitically, and for environmental sustainability?
The ideas and interventions described in this conversation reach beyond conventional approaches in therapy and coaching, offering promising avenues for healing and post-traumatic growth.
Jevon Dängeli completed the MSc programme in transpersonal psychology at Alef Trust, where he is the Transpersonal Coaching Psychology course leader. He has several coach related certifications and has been coaching professionally since 2002, as well as providing training and supervision for coaches. He is the author of nine training manuals in the field of coaching, Editor of the Transpersonal Coaching Psychology Journal, developer of the Jumi (judo mind) practice and co-founder of the Live Foundation, a non-profit whose mission is to create opportunities for positive change by providing free education and empowering resources to those who contribute their time and energy to humanitarian aid or environmental sustainability. Jevon is currently a PhD student with Alef Trust, researching how transpersonal coaching can be of value for post-traumatic growth. https://aleffield.org/my-profile/jevon-dangeli David Furlong has been ‘psychic’ from a child, growing up in a family that believed in ‘spiritual healing’. Trained originally, in architecture and town planning, he became interested in spiritual seeking and development in his early twenties. He eventually met up with a group of like-minded individuals, and together they went on to establish The College of Healing in the early 1980s. He is the author of several books, including The Healer Within, Healing Your Family Patterns, Develop Your Intuition and Psychic Power and Working With Earth Energies. He has a Doctoral degree with the University of Sedona, USA, for his study on the ‘Shadow’ which formed the basis of his latest book Illuminating the Shadow (2016). For the past twenty-five years, he has been developing a system of therapy that uses a form of guided imagery and inner ‘voice’ dialogue to work collaboratively with the clients ‘Higher-Self’ in healing past trauma. He is currently a PhD student with Alef Trust. https://aleffield.org/my-profile/david-furlong Do you like David Furlong's articles? Follow on social!
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