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Now extensively updated with over 70% new content, this edition offers the definitive presentation of Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy, a model practiced and taught worldwide. IFS explores how the sub personalities, or “parts”, within each individual interact like members of a family — and how, much like external families, polarization between these parts can contribute to emotional distress.
IFS founder Richard Schwartz and master clinician Martha Sweezy clearly explain the model’s foundational concepts and provide practical guidance for applying IFS in clinical work with clients experiencing trauma, anxiety, depression, eating disorders, addiction, and other behavioral challenges. They also outline effective strategies for working families and couples.
New to This Edition:
Thoroughly revised to reflect 25 years of theoretical development, expanded clinical techniques, and growing research base
Expanded chapters on the Self, the body and physical health, the therapist’s role, targeted clinical strategies, and couple therapy
Increased clinical usefulness, with added step-by-step guidance, case examples, and sample dialogues
Convenient quick-reference boxes highlighting key concepts, along with concise chapter summaries
Now extensively updated with over 70% new content, this edition offers the definitive presentation of Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy, a model practiced and taught worldwide. IFS explores how the sub personalities, or “parts”, within each individual interact like members of a family — and how, much like external families, polarization between these parts can contribute to emotional distress.
IFS founder Richard Schwartz and master clinician Martha Sweezy clearly explain the model’s foundational concepts and provide practical guidance for applying IFS in clinical work with clients experiencing trauma, anxiety, depression, eating disorders, addiction, and other behavioral challenges. They also outline effective strategies for working families and couples.
New to This Edition:
Thoroughly revised to reflect 25 years of theoretical development, expanded clinical techniques, and growing research base
Expanded chapters on the Self, the body and physical health, the therapist’s role, targeted clinical strategies, and couple therapy
Increased clinical usefulness, with added step-by-step guidance, case examples, and sample dialogues
Convenient quick-reference boxes highlighting key concepts, along with concise chapter summaries