This brief (10 minute) video describes the four typical responses to tension experienced in a relationship. It invites the discovery of the internal dynamics informing the tension, and describes how to communicate in a Self-led way.
Uploaded to YouTube in early 2010 by Stefan Molyneux, this is a 50 minute radio interview with Dick Schwartz.
Lead trainer Francois Le Doze presents the model at a TedX event. Mike Elkin says of this talk "I was moved and awed by your sincerity, your eloquence, and your deep understanding of the model." The talk is in French with English subtitles - there is also a link to IFS Francophonie, a great site for French speakers.
A client, once diagnosed as bipolar and psychotic, the author tells her story of the IFS model’s impact on transforming her quality of life. Once a successful high school teacher, and now an independent trainer/ consultant, she has always pursued her interest in the study of psychology. Her natural passion to understand the choreography between ones inner world and outer reality, she is able to describe her own experience in IFS terms. Opening with a brief summary of the model as it relates to single and multiple systems, she uses herself as a case study to emphasize the most crucial aspect of why IFS can heal some severe mental health challenges. The model accurately and compassionately reframes pathological symptoms and labels of mental illness as “extreme parts,” fully capable of healing and transformation.
This 90 minute talk by Flint Sparks integrates core Buddhist concepts with IFS. Flint Sparks, Ph.D., is a Zen priest and Clinical Psychologist with over 35 years of practice as a psychotherapist. He founded the Austin Zen Center and currently teaches at Appamada, a center for contemporary Zen practice and inquiry in Austin, Texas.
In this article I explore the impact of spiritual experiences on the psyche in terms of the brain, the personality system and our response to novel situations that challenge our worldview. I then offer ways to understand and work with our own protective systems that facilitate the integration of emergent spiritual experiences.
In this 50 minute video Liz Brenner, LICSW, talks with Dick Schwartz, Phd, about how he developed the IFS model.
Beth Rogerson talks to couples therapist and Internal Family Systems (IFS) trainer Toni Herbine-Blank about how couples can create lasting intimacy in a relationship.
Jan Mullen offers her personal reflection on the model - from its foundation to its "juiciness"
This is a book that uses stories and fun activities teach children about the various concepts of Internal Family Systems (IFS). Each short story uses an experience of a child to demonstrate the concepts and also introduces a parental figure that uses Self-leadership to work with the child. Lois says, "Ideally the book should be read gradually by a child and his or her safe caretaker under the guidance of a professional familiar with IFS."
