IFS Therapy is a client-led approach that respects each client’s pace and goals; it establishes a
productive, trusting and collaborative partnership between therapist and client.
productive, trusting and collaborative partnership between therapist and client.
Internal Family Systems Therapy
IFS is at the forefront of a movement toward a more collaborative therapeutic approach that relies on clients’ intuitive wisdom. It is one of the fastest growing psychotherapeutic models in the field today, offering a clear, non-pathologising, optimistic and empowering view of human cognitive and emotional life. A dynamic therapeutic approach in which transformational, healing and integration occur.
IFS is now evidence-based and has become a widely-used form of psychotherapy, particularly with trauma. It is a practical and effective way of working with individuals, couples, families, and more recently, corporations and classrooms.
The Internal Family Systems Model
Richard C. Schwartz, PhD, has been developing the IFS model over the past 30 years, with IFS now practiced by thousands of therapists and other professionals Internationally. Professionals trained in the IFS model easily integrate it into a wide variety of practices using the unique methods IFS offers to create safe environments for clients to become Self-transforming. IFS is a simple yet sophisticated integration of psychology, spirituality, and intra-psychic and family systems theory.
IFS is at the forefront of a movement toward a more collaborative therapeutic approach that relies on clients’ intuitive wisdom. It is one of the fastest growing psychotherapeutic models in the field today, offering a clear, non-pathologising, optimistic and empowering view of human cognitive and emotional life. A dynamic therapeutic approach in which transformational, healing and integration occur.
IFS is now evidence-based and has become a widely-used form of psychotherapy, particularly with trauma. It is a practical and effective way of working with individuals, couples, families, and more recently, corporations and classrooms.
The Internal Family Systems Model
Richard C. Schwartz, PhD, has been developing the IFS model over the past 30 years, with IFS now practiced by thousands of therapists and other professionals Internationally. Professionals trained in the IFS model easily integrate it into a wide variety of practices using the unique methods IFS offers to create safe environments for clients to become Self-transforming. IFS is a simple yet sophisticated integration of psychology, spirituality, and intra-psychic and family systems theory.