What Is Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy
The goal of IFS therapy is to help people access their "core" state, (the place that exists inside all of us), where compassion, clarity, and a genuine curiosity reside. This inner essence in IFS is referred to as the "Self," (spelled with a capitol S), which remains undamaged by trauma. This core "Self," when accessed with permission from the protective "parts," has the capacity to heal the vulnerable parts of us that carry the emotional burdens from having been wounded. IFS offers us a path to become our most authentic confident self in the world. To learn more about Internal Family Systems, including viewing a description of IFS by Dr. Richard Schwartz, who developed IFS, see: IFS-intitute.org. For a second video description of what is IFS therapy on YouTube, go to Dr. Tori Olds' Intro to Internal Family Systems. |
