I created [IFS Chat](https://chatgpt.com/g/g-HDXRaiOI3-ifs-chat) before becoming and IFS coach and psychotherapist trainee. And at the time, I thought IFS Chat was a better IFS practitioner (someone who uses IFS in their work with others) than I could be. But I greatly underestimated the role an IFS practitioner's [[Self]] plays in facilitating the healing process: [[Sharing Self-energy with parts is the secret to healing]]. I figured that because IFS Chat can help the user access Self, the [[Self-energy]] of an IFS practitioner may not be needed. And for some it may not be absolutely necessary. Part of why I may have been so impressed by what AI chatbots could do with some simple instructions about IFS was that I could access Self reliably without the help another, as I'd been sincere about [[Awakening]] for almost a decade. That won't be the case for most users of an AI IFS chatbot. My guess is that most IFS Chat users are getting partial access to [[Self]] Or they're getting access to a Self-like part, and they and IFS Chat can't tell the difference and proceed as if they have access to Self. A great IFS practitioner can recognize the subtitles in their clients facial expressions, tone, communication, and energy to notice when they only have partial access to Self or they're blended with a Self-like part. This is one area where an IFS practitioner can be more dynamic than a chatbot. An IFS practitioner can also share their [[Self-energy]] with the client's [[Parts]], so a client only having partial access to Self is not as problematic. A great IFS practitioner can also have the confidence to use their creativity and their knowledge of [[The principles of IFS]] to be dynamic and intuitive in their guidance instead of statically following [[The IFS process]]. See: [[Truly knowing the principles of IFS is more important than knowing the methods]].