The Wirth Wellness Podcast #44- Healing Your "Inner-Family" with Dr. Richard Schwartz [Founder of Internal Family Systems]
Description:
Tired of feeling at war with yourself? Ready to experience a deep sense of inner-harmony? You’ve come to the right place! Today on the show, I’m chatting with Dr. Richard Schwartz, the founder and developer of the Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapeutic model.
Trained as a family therapist, Dr. Schwartz became curious about why, after rearranging his clients’ external environments, they weren’t experiencing the internal-relief he hoped they would. Digging deeper, he began asking his clients what was keeping them stuck. They spoke of “parts” dialoguing within themselves, who were in conflict with one another. Client after client spoke to this phenomena, and Dr. Schwartz discovered that there was a way in which these parts related to one another that was universal from one client to the next.
This was the beginning of IFS! Now an evidence-based form of psychotherapy, IFS is a model designed to help individuals heal their inner-family of parts who get burdened and exiled through traumatic experiences, and are forced into roles they don't want to play. When these parts feel safe to relax and release their burdens, one is able to access a state of being characterized by a sense of calm, clarity, wisdom, and confidence- or the "Self, as Dr. Schwartz he came to identify it. The Self exists in all of us, and it can’t be damaged by trauma. Internal Family Systems is designed to support individuals to access, and lead their inner and outer worlds from, the “Self.”
In the Episode:
His shift from practicing as a family therapist to creating the Internal Family Systems model
Listening to your parts as “inner assets”
Parts get forced into extreme roles that then lead to inner-distress
Through working with one of Erika’s parts, Dick demos how he uses IFS with clients
The role of the “Self” in the IFS model
The universal qualities of the Self- the part of you that can’t be damaged by trauma and knows how to heal hurting parts
How to differentiate between parts and the Self
The three categories of “roles” that parts get forced into: Managers, Exiles, and Firefighters
How IFS can be used with children and in couples therapy
How to lead your life from Self and relate to your inner-family, as a daily practice
...AND more!
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By listening to this podcast, you understand that the topics discussed are intended, solely, for informational purposes. The information provided is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment and should not be relied on as such. In listening to the podcast, you also agree that Wirth Wellness is not responsible for any outcomes or decisions you make, relating to any information presented on the show.
