Internal Family Systems Therapy with Dr. Richard Schwartz

Published: June 21, 2021, 10 a.m.

We all have different parts inside of us. This is perfectly normal, not psychotic. But our relationship with some parts is often better than others, and a wonderful path to healing and growth is to repair our relationship with all of our parts. That's the premise of Internal Family Systems Therapy, and today Forrest is exploring this powerful modality with the founder of IFS: Dr. Richard Schwartz.\nIt's a special episode that includes a live demonstration of an IFS session between Forrest and Dr. Schwartz.\nSupport the Podcast: We're now on Patreon! If you'd like to support the podcast, follow this link.\nKey Topics:\n2:00: Internal Family Systems' origin story.\n4:30: An introduction to IFS.\n12:40: Allowing the Self to help itself.\n14:20: Richard and Forrest do a mock IFS session.\n17:40: The "Manager" gets in the way.\n18:20: "Direct access" to the "Protector" part.\n24:00: Integrating the "session."\n27:15: Speaking from our parts.\n29:15: "No bad parts."\n33:00: Working with our exiled parts.\xa0\n35:10: Anger toward our parts, and self-compassion.\n37:30: IFS' de-pathologizing stance, and place in the medical model.\xa0\n39:40: Psychedelic assisted psychotherapy.\n42:15: Trauma work, and being with the younger self.\n47:45: Recap\nSponsors:\nFrom Dr. Hanson: The Foundations of Well-Being brings together the lessons of a lifetime of practice into one year-long online program. Podcast listeners can use the code\xa0BEINGWELL25 at checkout for an additional 25% off! Please don't hesitate to apply for a scholarship if you're in need.\xa0\nJoin\xa0over a million people using BetterHelp, the world\u2019s largest online counseling platform. Visit betterhelp.com/beingwell for 10% off your first month!\xa0\nWant to sleep better? Try the legendary Calm app! Visit calm.com/beingwell for 40% off a premium subscription.\nStart a new healthy habit with Seed! Visit seed.com/beingwell and use code BEINGWELL to get 20% off your first month of Seed\u2019s Daily Synbiotic.\nConnect with the show:\n\nFollow Forrest on YouTube\n\nFollow us on Instagram\n\nFollow Rick on Facebook\n\nFollow Forrest on Facebook\n\nSubscribe on iTunes