Negotiating With Protectors in Safety: Building Trust Across Differences
Abstract
Chapter 6 centers around the techniques of negotiating with protective parts to allow healing to take place. Esther is a 12-year-old Hasidic girl who worries about dying and ultimately sees the positive intention of her parts to help her. Stacey is a composite client who is working on issues around her gender identity, and her therapist Kai Thigpen helps their parts to negotiate with protectors to give access and understanding to her vulnerable parts. Thea Dorsey contributes about her work with protectors of teens in the criminal justice system.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research
Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
Counseling
Therapy
and Family Dynamics
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Routledge eBooks
- Pages
- 80–93
- Publication date
- 14 January 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter