Internal Family Systems Therapy (The Guilford Family Therapy)

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While IFS Therapy is a powerful approach for helping individuals, it can be equally successful with couples. According to Herbine-Blank (n.d.), “once the individuals in a couple have more access to Self, transformation is natural,” and they can find the space and capacity to choose a response rather than simply react to it, even if the other cannot at the time.

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Guided meditations are a great way to get to experience IFS. IFS therapy is essentially a self-exploration and self-discovery journey guided by the practitioner. As such we can get a glimpse of what it feels like and the kind of shift in perspective it can bring using guided meditation used alone. Classic Internal Family Systems meditations

Dr. Schwartz’s Internal Family Systems (IFS) model has been transforming psychology for decades. With No Bad Parts, you’ll learn why IFS has been so effective in areas such as trauma recovery, addiction therapy, and depression treatment―and how this new understanding of consciousness has the potential to radically change our lives. Here you’ll explore:

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The What the Self Is and Isn’t in IFS Therapy worksheet explores the eight Cs, encourages the client to notice the quality in themselves, and asks what each means to them:The aim is to recognize that each person in the group is not alone in having self-critical thoughts. We use this tool to help people cultivate self-compassion by developing an appreciation for common humanity in a group setting. Each partner is encouraged to bring compassion to their wounded inner parts and heal their past, gaining control over their present (Herbine-Blank, n.d.).

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Experienced practitioners can use the Six Fs Internal Family Systems worksheet to successfully differentiate the protective parts from the self and form vital alliances. Understanding Our Relationship With a PartThe book is accessible for folks like me who aren’t therapists or psychologists. Schwartz explains how he began to apply his knowledge of family systems to what he identifies as different parts we have within us that relate to 1 another much like our external families do. We have parts that, often at a young age, were traumatized & become frozen in that time period. Protector parts developed, sending vulnerable parts into exile, & may become triggered by anything that threatens the safety of our exiles. When we become aware of, listen to, & work with our protectors, we can gain their trust so they will stand down &allow us to find & heal our exiles. Then the protector parts are freed up to serve healthier functions.