Internal Family Systems Model

Internal Family Systems (IFS) focuses on the natural multiplicity of the mind by exploring the subpersonalities or “parts” within ourselves. By getting to know and understand our parts we begin to make sense of our inner experience and embody our innate Self. IFS can allow us to heal wounded and traumatized parts, alleviate internal conflict, and restore mental balance and harmony within our inner system.

“When people listen deeply inside, they encounter a host of feelings, fantasies, thoughts, impulses, and sensations that comprise that background noise of our everyday experience of being in the world. When people remain focused on and ask questions of one of those inner experiences, they find that it's more than merely a transient thought or emotion. Within each of us is a complex family of subpersonalities, which I call parts”

-Richard Schwartz