RESOURCES

IFS (INTERNAL FAMILY SYSTEMS) MODEL OF THERAPY

YouTube VIDEOS:

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• Conversation with a mini session demonstration. Richard Schwartz, Ph. D, IFS Founder meets Soren Gordhamer during Wisdom 2.0 Conference in 2020. 32 min play time.

“Becoming Whole: Healing the Exiled and Rejected Parts of Ourselves” - 32 min

• Richard Schwartz, Ph.D, founding developer of IFS, speaks about Parts & Voices, the Self, Healing and how Internal Family Systems got its name. 17 min play time.

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• Founding developer , Richard Schwartz, gives an overview of the Internal Family Systems model. 8 min play time.

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PODCASTS:

• Sounds True Tami Simons talks with Richard Schwartz on history and development of the IFS therapy

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• Dr Chatterjee podcast “Feel Better, Live More” episode 244 “This Therapy Changed My Life and It Can Do the Same For You:Internal Family Systems With Dr Richard Schwartz” 

video version of the same episode

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BOOKS:

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• No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with The Internal Family Systems Model by Richard Schwartz - an introduction to IFS model aimed at general public with guided exercises.

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• You Are The One You Have Been Waiting For by Richard Schwartz - great to explore expectations we hold towards our relationships in life.

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• Self-Therapy: A Step-By-Step Guide to Creating Wholeness and Healing Your Inner Child Using IFS, A New, Cutting-Edge Psychotherapy Vol 1 by Jay Earley - for those wanting to explore how IFS can be used as a self-directed approach to life.

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• Internal Family Systems Therapy , The Guildford Family Therapy by Richard Schwartz and Martha Sweezy - the most comprehensive IFS book with depth of information for serious readers and practitioners

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RESEARCH:

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•  The Journal of Rheumatology – A Randomized Controlled Trial of an Internal Family Systems-based Psychotherapeutic Intervention on Outcomes in Rheumatoid Arthritis

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• Summary of the arthritis study – IFS Shown to Reduce Pain and Depression, and Improve Physical Function for Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

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