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Augustin Kendall

What Is Phenomenological Therapy?

What Is Phenomenological Therapy?

Phenomenological therapy is about your internal truth: your perceptions of being in your own body, in your own mind, and in the world. In this type of therapy, we begin with curiosity about your lived experience. We both strive to enter into the process without...
Using the Edge of Awareness to Sense Truth

Using the Edge of Awareness to Sense Truth

What is the edge of awareness? The edge of awareness is a psychic location where something previously unknown takes shape. A body sensation becomes information about our physical state. Unsettledness resolves into a clear emotion. Some words write themselves into a...
Core Concepts in Internal Family Systems Therapy

Core Concepts in Internal Family Systems Therapy

IFS therapy is a transformative healing process based on the belief that we all have a complex system of parts within ourselves: we are many things at once. The beauty of IFS is that it helps us inhabit more of who we are. We bond more deeply to parts of us who show...
IFS and BDSM: A Radical Invitation to Hidden Parts

IFS and BDSM: A Radical Invitation to Hidden Parts

Sexuality can be a site of exploration, pleasure, and discovery—BDSM equally so. In this article, I explore the practice from an IFS perspective, identifying motivations people’s systems may have for engaging in this type of subversive sexuality as well as how such...
The Network of Attention in Brainspotting and IFS

The Network of Attention in Brainspotting and IFS

Brainspotting and IFS are both transformative ways to work with the effects of trauma and distressing experiences. Each of these modalities supports clients in attending to, rather than avoiding, the present-day pain caused by past traumas. Doing so helps liberate us...