IFS Resources
“Helping, fixing, and serving represent three different ways of seeing life. When you help, you see life as weak. when you fix, you see life as broken. When you serve, you see life as whole. Fixing and helping may be the work of the ego, and service the work of the soul.”
- Rachel Naomi Remen
IFS Resources:
IFS Institute
The pillar of the international IFS community and regulating body for all official IFS training (Level 1, 2, and 3). With great IFS resources for sale (including all available IFS books and several courses), an IFS therapist directory, and a library of research on the effectiveness of IFS. Run by Richard Schwartz, founder of IFS.
IFS Australia
The Australian provider of official IFS training (Level 1 and 2) for Australia, New Zealand, and Southeast Asia. Contains the Australian IFS directory and up-to-date information on IFS happenings and courses in Australia. Run by Simon d’Orsogna.
IFS Evidence Base
IFS is an evidence-based psychotherapy for the treatment of pain reduction, well-being, depression, anxiety, and PTSD (Trauma). Here are three recent peer-reviewed articles contributing to the evidence base of IFS.
IFS as a treatment for well-being, pain reduction, and depression
IFS as a treatment for Depression
IFS Talks Podcast
IFS Talks is an Internal Family Systems podcast by Aníbal Henriques & Tisha Shull that interviews IFS psychotherapists, lead trainers, practitioners, and clients about their journey and knowledge related to IFS. They have guests such as Richard Schwartz, Terry Real, Einat Bronstein, Paul Ginter, Cece Sykes, and Robert Falconer to name a few. It’s a fantastic IFS podcast to listen to.
Lifearchitect
Lifearchitect is the official partner of the IFS Institute for Poland. They offer well-organised and presented workshops with IFS Lead Trainers and other cutting-edge psychotherapy topics such as Shamanism, Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy, and Compassionate Inquiry. They are the only provider I know of, where you can do workshops with IFS Lead Trainers outside official IFS-I Training (Except Frank Anderson and Dick Schwartz on Pesi/PesiAU).
IFS-CA
Dereck Scott runs IFS Canada and offers high-quality and often free online videos and resources for learning the basics of IFS. He also offers online workshops in IFS. Well worth a look for both clients and therapists wanting to know more about the model.
What is Internal Family Systems Therapy ?
A 17-minute introduction to the IFS model. Explained by the Founder of IFS Richard Schwartz.
Becoming Whole: Healing the exiled & rejected parts of ourselves
A 32-minute video discussing and demonstrating the IFS process with the founder of IFS Richard Schwartz.
IFS on the Tim Ferris show - IFS, Psychedelic Experiences without Drugs, and More
An excellent podcast episode with the founder of IFS, Richard Schwartz on the Tim Ferris Show - with a live demonstration of IFS with Tim acting as client to Richard - (1 hour 47 mins)
The complete IFS process
This is an excellent 53-minute video made by Derek Scott (IFSCA). He wanted to produce a video of a complete IFS session so people could see what an IFS session entailed. Derek hosts the session with Tammy Sollenberger (Theoneinside). Tammy is an IFS therapist and hosts an IFS podcast, Derek is a Certified IFS therapist and is the founder of IFS Canada.
Free Handouts
Some free handouts I’ve made for IFS Therapists/Practitioners.