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What is IFS-Internal Family Systems Therapy?
This is extraordinary new type of therapy, that has been in development for 30 years. Dr. Richard Schwartz began to develop this therapy concept after finding that his patients often expressed a sense of having parts of self. When asked a question, they often had more than one answer. It became apparent to Dr. Schwartz that we all function in this manner. That very often we have more than one opinion or feeling or thought about a specific situation. The concept that all people function with many parts of self, as a normal and basic element of psychological structure, began to manifest in a new and clear fashion. Although 'Parts' is not an entirely new concept to the field of therapy, Dr. Schwartz began to define and understand in more depth and detail than past theory approaches.
Today this therapy has become a powerful tool to help people move past blocks and stuck places that before this they could not do. This kind of therapy offers an ability for clients to grow in a gentle, compassionate, highly respectful way, emphasizing the uniqueness of each person, and the complex and necessary system that each human being holds inside. It works well with trauma, depression, anxiety, phobias, relationship issues, and general blocks to daily functioning.
This is a new language and a new way of offering deep and sustainable healing. Its efficacy has been authenticated as a scientific-evidence based therapy by SAMSHA, a major force in the field of mental health research and validation in the US.
If you would like more information on this therapy, please visit the website : ifs-institute.com to see a more detailed explanation of this therapy. If you choose to go into IFS therapy it is highly recommended that you find a therapist who has been trained through the IFS Institute. This site, the homesite for Dr. Richard Schwartz, founder of IFS, has a list of qualified practitioners.
This is extraordinary new type of therapy, that has been in development for 30 years. Dr. Richard Schwartz began to develop this therapy concept after finding that his patients often expressed a sense of having parts of self. When asked a question, they often had more than one answer. It became apparent to Dr. Schwartz that we all function in this manner. That very often we have more than one opinion or feeling or thought about a specific situation. The concept that all people function with many parts of self, as a normal and basic element of psychological structure, began to manifest in a new and clear fashion. Although 'Parts' is not an entirely new concept to the field of therapy, Dr. Schwartz began to define and understand in more depth and detail than past theory approaches.
Today this therapy has become a powerful tool to help people move past blocks and stuck places that before this they could not do. This kind of therapy offers an ability for clients to grow in a gentle, compassionate, highly respectful way, emphasizing the uniqueness of each person, and the complex and necessary system that each human being holds inside. It works well with trauma, depression, anxiety, phobias, relationship issues, and general blocks to daily functioning.
This is a new language and a new way of offering deep and sustainable healing. Its efficacy has been authenticated as a scientific-evidence based therapy by SAMSHA, a major force in the field of mental health research and validation in the US.
If you would like more information on this therapy, please visit the website : ifs-institute.com to see a more detailed explanation of this therapy. If you choose to go into IFS therapy it is highly recommended that you find a therapist who has been trained through the IFS Institute. This site, the homesite for Dr. Richard Schwartz, founder of IFS, has a list of qualified practitioners.