IFS THERAPY
Want to learn more about IFS therapy and how it can help you?What is it?
Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS) is a highly effective, evidence-based, non-pathologising psychotherapy for restoring emotional well-being. It has been demonstrated to aid
in treating PTSD (trauma), depression and anxiety, and even pain reduction. Evidence is provided below.
What is it?
Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS) is a highly effective, evidence based, non-pathologising psychotherapy for restoring emotional well being. It has been demonstrated to aid in treating PTSD (trauma), depression and anxiety, and even pain reduction. Evidence is provided below.
An Introduction to the Model of Internal Family Systems Therapy
Richard Schwartz, the Founder of IFS, gives a 17-minute explanation.
An Introduction to the Model of Internal Family Systems Therapy
Richard Schwartz, the Founder of IFS, gives a 17-minute explanation.
OUTLINE OF THE IFS PROCESS WITH IFS FOUNDER RICHARD SCHWARTZ
Becoming Whole: Healing the Exiled & Rejected Parts of Ourselves
OUTLINE OF THE IFS PROCESS WITH IFS FOUNDER RICHARD SCHWARTZ
Becoming Whole: Healing the Exiled & Rejected Parts of Ourselves
Are you interested in using IFS therapy to better understand and support your psychological well-being?
Our foremost intention is to help you feel comfortable and supported. Your IFS therapist will hold a caring space and guide you as you explore your issue. IFS clients generally feel at ease as IFS is intuitive to how the body and mind work. As they feel safe, clients frequently reconnect with previous experiences that have not been processed. Despite being in touch with difficult emotions, clients generally feel relaxed and regulated during an IFS session.
You will experience the following benefits as an IFS client,
- gain meaningful perspectives that empower you,
- release stuck emotions, e.g. grief or pain,
- unlock and reshape unhelpful past experiences,
- a reduction in automatic compulsion in your parenting, relationships, and decisions; and
- gain clarity and alignment to live a meaningful life.
IFS is an advancement from traditional psychotherapies. It works directly with your inner world, resulting in deep and profound change. With the help of your IFS therapist, you will connect with yourself (or parts of yourself) compassionately, learn about the positive intentions behind your behaviours, liberate yourself from compulsions, experience the healing wisdom of your true self, and feel increasingly empowered to lead and direct your own life.
Are you interested in using IFS therapy to better understand and support your psychological well-being?
Our foremost intention is to help you feel comfortable and supported. Your IFS therapist will hold a caring space and guide you as you explore your issue. IFS clients generally feel at ease as IFS is intuitive to how the body and mind work. As they feel safe, clients frequently reconnect with previous experiences that have not been processed. Despite being in touch with difficult emotions, clients generally feel relaxed and regulated during an IFS session.
You will experience the following benefits as an IFS client,
- gain meaningful perspectives that empower you,
- release stuck emotions, e.g. grief or pain,
- unlock and reshape unhelpful past experiences,
- a reduction in automatic compulsion in your parenting, relationships, and decisions; and
- gain clarity and alignment to live a meaningful life.
IFS is an advancement from traditional psychotherapies. It works directly with your inner world, resulting in deep and profound change. With the help of your IFS therapist, you will connect with yourself (or parts of yourself) compassionately, learn about the positive intentions behind your behaviours, liberate yourself from compulsions, experience the healing wisdom of your true self, and feel increasingly empowered to lead and direct your own life.
IFS Evidence Base
Here are three recent peer-reviewed articles contributing to the evidence base of IFS.
IFS as a treatment for well-being, pain reduction, and depression
IFS Evidence Base
Here are three recent peer-reviewed articles contributing to the evidence base of IFS.
IFS as a treatment for well-being, pain reduction, and depression
Key Elements of IFS
Multiplicity – We have a plural mind made up of many sub-personalities; in IFS, we call them parts
Systems thinking – Our parts form an internal system of connected relationships similar to a biological system, such as the organs of the body.
The roles of parts – The roles our parts play can be categorized into Exiles, Managers and Firefighters. Exiles are usually young parts of us that hold pain, shame, fear, or trauma. Managers run the day-to-day life of the individual in an attempt to protect parts from feeling hurt or rejection. Firefighters react when exiles are triggered, in an effort to control and extinguish their feelings.
The Self – Every internal system has a seat of consciousness. When a person is unblended from their parts, they can access Self Energy.
Self Energy – has qualities such as love, compassion, confidence, inner peace, clarity, and a meta-perspective
Self-Leadership – When a person’s system is led by their Self, they feel confident, has high feelings of worth and are able to differentiate from their parts, hear from them, acknowledge their emotions, and take in multiple conflicting perspectives without feeling distressed.
Polarization – In the absence of Self-Leadership, parts rule the system. As one part takes over a person’s system, other parts become more extreme to counter it. A relatable behavioural example of this is pleasing everyone in your family and then resenting them or yourself for it.
Key Elements of IFS
Multiplicity – We have a plural mind made up of many sub-personalities; in IFS, we call them parts
Systems thinking – Our parts form an internal system of connected relationships similar to a biological system, such as the organs of the body.
The roles of parts – The roles our parts play can be categorized into Exiles, Managers and Firefighters. Exiles are usually young parts of us that hold pain, shame, fear, or trauma. Managers run the day-to-day life of the individual in an attempt to protect parts from feeling hurt or rejection. Firefighters react when exiles are triggered, in an effort to control and extinguish their feelings.
The Self – Every internal system has a seat of consciousness. When a person is unblended from their parts, they can access Self Energy.
Self Energy – has qualities such as love, compassion, confidence, inner peace, clarity, and a meta-perspective
Self-Leadership – When a person’s system is led by their Self, they feel confident, has high feelings of worth and are able to differentiate from their parts, hear from them, acknowledge their emotions, and take in multiple conflicting perspectives without feeling distressed.
Polarization – In the absence of Self-Leadership, parts rule the system. As one part takes over a person’s system, other parts become more extreme to counter it. A relatable behavioural example of this is pleasing everyone in your family and then resenting them or yourself for it.