A highly accessible introduction to a therapeutic approach that brings our inner "parts" into harmony and allows our core Self to lead
Richard C. Schwartz, PhD, is the creator of Internal Family Systems, a highly effective, evidence-based therapeutic model that de-pathologizes the multipart personality. His IFS Institute offers training for professionals and the general public. He is currently on the faculty of Harvard Medical School and has published five books, including No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model. For more, visit ifs-institute.com.
"As human beings, we are brilliant at torturing ourselves with the
multitude of our inner wrestling voices and at hiding parts of us
that, if revealed, make us more authentic. Dr. Schwartz gives us a
gift, a way of finding more spaciousness to enjoy life by getting
curious and compassionate about the different parts of us. His
stories and straightforward style on every page make this a book
you'll treasure and want to read again and again.
"In my twenty-eight years as a leadership adviser, it's rare to
come across such a gem of a book. I'd love family, friends,
colleagues, practitioners, and all the leaders I've ever worked
with to benefit from Richard's insights and the questions he
invites us to peruse--questions that left me wondering why I hadn't
asked them throughout my life. Life is much more nuanced and
fascinating for having studied our human intricacies." --Jill Ader,
leadership adviser and chair of Egon Zehnder "Rich in illuminating
case examples and written with elegant simplicity and wit, this
book is an ideal introduction for the general public to Richard
Schwartz's groundbreaking IFS therapy--a unique way of getting to
know, befriend, and learn to lead all parts of ourselves." --Gabor
Maté, MD, author of The Myth of Normal "It's all the buzz to talk
about 'self-love' these days. But how are we supposed to love the
parts of us that criticize us relentlessly, drive us to strive for
impossible perfection, plague us with self-doubt and feelings of
unworthiness, flood us with intolerable emotions, engage in
self-harming or self-sabotaging behaviors, give us health problems,
lie, cheat, indulge addictions, control others, hurt the people we
love, or even engage in criminal activities? The Internal Family
Systems model offers us the much-needed 'how' of self-love. IFS is
a total game changer, not just as a transformational spiritual path
but as treatment for every psychiatric diagnosis in the DSM-5 and
many medical diagnoses as well. Introduction to Internal Family
Systems lays the foundation for how to learn to love even the most
difficult parts of yourself, which opens you to a revolutionary
kind of love for others in need of more self-compassion at a time
when our world is in desperate need of more kindness." --Lissa
Rankin, MD, New York Times bestselling author of Mind Over Medicine
and Sacred Medicine "Internal Family Systems has helped me in my
healing process and opened me up to vast modalities of healing."
--Jonathan Van Ness, Emmy(R)-nominated television personality,
comedian, New York Times bestselling author, podcaster,
hairstylist, and hair-care innovator "In this updated Introduction
to Internal Family Systems, Dr. Richard Schwartz succinctly
introduces the reader to his paradigm-shifting model in an
accessible and readable volume. The model reframes the historical
internal dialogue between conscious intentions and bodily drives
that lead to actions often experienced as unintentional. Dr.
Schwartz provides--especially to those who have had a severe
adversity history--an intuitive road map to explore the benefits of
naturally integrative attributes of being a human. Through sharing
personal experiences and therapeutic examples, he compassionately
leads the reader through an effective strategy to solve the
monumental intrapersonal struggles that have distracted many from
experiencing safety, trust, and love." --Stephen W. Porges, PhD,
Distinguished University Scientist and founding director of the
Traumatic Stress Research Consortium, Kinsey Institute, Indiana
University, and author of Polyvagal Safety "Richard Schwartz gives
us a new framework to understand ourselves--and new strategies to
help us show up the way we want. Introduction to Internal Family
Systems is a must-have book if you're looking to build curiosity,
self-compassion, and sturdiness." --Dr. Becky Kennedy, founder of
Good Inside and author of Good Inside "A lucid introduction to a
powerful system of therapy. The IFS model has helped me, and many
others, to restore a sense of calm and inner harmony." --Tara
Westover, author of Educated "I have spent three decades studying
and experimenting with different approaches to therapy and
development, starting with Freud. Let me say this plainly: Dick
Schwartz's Internal Family Systems is far and away the most
powerful and accessible way I've come across of understanding and
working with the parts of ourselves that cause us the most pain. It
also provides the clearest path to tapping into the remarkable
goodness of our core Self.
"Introduction to Internal Family Systems is the book of Dick's that
you have to read first, and it's one to which you'll refer back
countless times. I have been a seeker for more than five decades,
and no work has made a more transformative difference in my life
than IFS." --Tony Schwartz, CEO of The Energy Project, coauthor of
The Power of Full Engagement, and author of The Way We're Working
Isn't Working
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