Internal Family Systems (IFS®)

Internal Family Systems (IFS®) is a transformative tool that approaches each human being as a system of protective and wounded inner parts led by a core Self. We believe the mind is naturally multiple and that is a good thing. Just like members of an actual family, inner parts are forced from their natural states into extreme roles within us. Self is in everyone. It can’t be damaged. It knows how to heal. 
 

IFS® is frequently used as an evidence-based psychotherapy, helping people heal by accessing and healing their protective and wounded inner parts. IFS® creates inner and outer connectedness by helping people first access their Self and, from that core, come to understand and heal their parts. IFS provides a dynamic therapeutic approach that is also  distinctly synergistic with psychedelic medicines.
 

But IFS®  is much more than a non-pathologizing evidence-based psychotherapy to be used in a clinical setting. It is also a way of understanding personal and intimate relationships and stepping into life with the 8 Cs: confidence, calm, compassion, courage, creativity, clarity, curiosity, care, cura and connectedness.   

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An Overview of Internal Family Systems (IFS®) by Dr. Richard Schwartz

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