Suzanne Hoffman outlines the principles that support the goal of trauma work: “to help people get to the place where they are able to say, “It happened, it happened to me, and it’s over”, to mourn their losses and let go – and thus to be able to live with more safety, freedom, and hope in the present and the future.”

This handout by Janet Mullen describes working with children and includes: Assessment, Phases of IFS, Addressing the fears of childrens' managers , helping to identify and externalise parts, helping children to differentiate and access Self, teaching polarities and assisting unburdening.

Dr. Stephen Green's PowerPoint presentation pulls together the fields of interpersonal neurobiology and complex trauma to illuminate what is happening neurologically through IFS interventions. It is the most viewed post on this site.

Intended to make IFS accessible to people without access to a therapist, this post contains links to a video, handout and facebook page. Please consider sharing and reposting the content.

Patti Levin has listed common physical and emotional reactions to trauma, as well as a list of helpful coping strategies. She has also included links to other resources.

This post contains a link to a video by Derek offering an IFS perspective on gender and transgenderism, as well as a link to The World Professional Association for Transgender Health's Standards of Care for the Health of Transsexual, Transgender, and Gender Nonconforming People and an article on "Monogenderism"

Authored by Derek this piece was originally published in "Counting Our Losses: Reflecting on Change, Loss, and Transition in Everyday Life". Darcy L. Harris, ed. Routledge: 2010. It invites a reflection on the process of embracing a stigmatised identity by recognising how complex loss and disenfranchised grief activate specific protectors within the system.

Authored by Derek and first published in Psychologica, the magazine of the Ontario Association of Consultants, Counsellors, Psychometrists and Psychotherapists, this article considers the emerging perspective of multiplicity in light of Kuhn's notion of a paradigm shift.

According to Jay the Inner Critic is the part of you that judges you, demeans you, and tells you who you should be. It undermines your self‑confidence and makes you feel bad about yourself. This site contains (1) an Inner Critic questionnaire and (2) a profile program.

Great Article by Dick from the December 14 2011 Psychotherapy Networker

"If your child has fears, this book is a great way to change your perspective and theirs. It can empower children and help them transform their fears." Christina Russell, M.A., Licensed Professional Counselor and Mother

Judi Addleston has created a power-point presentation describing how eating disorders may be understood through an IFS lens.