- This intervention explores what roles a client sees themselves as occupying and how these roles conflict or complement one another.
- It also explores how they manifest in or are influenced by the wider world of the client.
- While Internal Family Systems restricts roles to two types, exiles and protectors, this intervention widens the scope to utilize the client's understanding and definition of themselves.
As the client comes to know the real self, they learn how to manage these other internal types and self-competency and mindfulness increase. This exercise, used to uncover the roles a client identifies with, is appropriate for children and adults and is especially helpful with multicultural clients.
