ABSTRACT
This chapter addresses the reality that it is important to help clinicians work with parts in their clients that hold biased beliefs as well as help the clinicians to work with their own parts holding biased beliefs. The author outlines the responsibilities of the consultant and supervisor, which include knowing and accepting their own identity; understanding and engaging with the key terms and processes, which include explicit and implicit bias and microaggressions; and holding presence in the face of shame. Lingren includes autobiographical material, real-life examples, and a range of fictionalized clinical vignettes to illustrate the work. She offers an IFS-based framework BFOI (Bigotry From the Outside In) for understanding the role of biased beliefs in our internal systems and for accessing, witnessing, and unburdening parts for healing and greater Self-leadership. The author makes a case for the importance of openly contracting for such work early in consultation and supervisory relationships.
