“Dissociation is a healthy response to trauma.”

New Thinking Allowed with Jeffrey Mishlove • Apr 18, 2024 Robert Falconer, MA, is a skilled practitioner of Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy. He is coauthor with Richard Schwartz (founder of IFS) of Many Minds One Self: Evidence for a Radical Shift in Paradigm. He is author of The Others Within Us: Internal Family Systems, Porous Mind and Spirit Possession. His website is https://robertfalconer.us/ Here he describes his evolution as a therapist and spiritual advisor. He focuses on the removal of unwanted, external spiritual attachments. He shares how psychotherapy can be beneficial, and even essential, in dealing with cases of negative spirit possession. 00:00:00 Introduction 00:03:15 Robert’s background 00:08:24 The mind has “parts” 00:11:26 Consciousness is primary, not matter 00:18:05 Unattached burdens 00:27:41 Multiple personalities and the true Self 00:32:02 Shamanic work 00:41:11 Spirit possession 00:45:56 Healing principles 01:04:35 Conclusion Edited subtitles for this video are available in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, and Swedish. New Thinking Allowed host, Jeffrey Mishlove, PhD, is author of The Roots of Consciousness, Psi Development Systems, and The PK Man. Between 1986 and 2002 he hosted and co-produced the original Thinking Allowed public television series. He is the recipient of the only doctoral diploma in “parapsychology” ever awarded by an accredited university (University of California, Berkeley, 1980). He is also the Grand Prize winner of the 2021 Bigelow Institute essay competition regarding the best evidence for survival of human consciousness after permanent bodily death. (Recorded on March 24, 2024)