Internal Family Systems Therapy Course

Parts Work Theory Invented by Richard Schwartz

What you'll learn

What is Internal Family Systems Therapy

How to use Internal Family Systems Therapy

How to identify different parts, emotions and behavioural mechanisms of clients and yourself

What are internal parts

How to self regulate

How to help clients self-regulate

How to teach clients to have internal dialogues

How to process difficult memories and emotions

How to soothe your emotions and use your Functional Adult and Self Energy

Requirements

No experience needed.

Description

In this course, I'll explain to you the Internal Family Systems Therapy created by Richard Schwartz. It's a psychotherapeutic modality that assumes that we all have "Parts". Parts are explained as emotions and behavioral mechanisms that we use on a regular basis. They are usually causing dysfunctional patterns of behaviors that we want to change. With the help of this modality, you can help your clients, patients, and yourself to recognize where those patterns came from and what you need to do to change them to healthy mechanisms. It's a type of a inner child work that can be compared to Schema Therapy in some ways. You use structured questions that you ask your Parts to be able to get to know them, appreciate them for their good intentions and ultimately take over for them and create new functional behavioral patterns. It's an amazing therapy that you can practice on yourself and use in daily life to create good habits, and appropriate boundaries,  promote healthy self-esteem, and practice self-compassion. Your Parts think they need to keep working for you, but with Internal Family Systems Therapy you can make them realize that they don't have to be active anymore because you are the "Functional Adult" now taking over for them. I'll provide you with my personal take on this therapy and with some advice when it comes to the use of this modality. It's my main modality that I use with clients, even though I have studied multiple common therapies like Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Schema Therapy, Dialectical Behavioural Therapy, and Art Therapy. Internal Family Systems Therapy is by far the most successful for treating my clients and to use on myself to deal with emotions and difficult situations.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 What is Internal Family Systems Therapy?

Lecture 3 Exiles - Deep and Overwhelming Emotions

Lecture 4 Managers - Protective Parts and Behavioural Mechanisms

Lecture 5 Fire-fighters - Managing Parts that stop difficult emotions instantly

Lecture 6 Self Energy = Funcional Adult = You at the Core

Lecture 7 Unbending from Parts = Going Back to Your Funcional Adult

Lecture 8 Parts That Don't Seem Like Parts

Lecture 9 Unattached Burdens = Not Parts but Clingly Outside Forces

Lecture 10 Legacy Burdens = Parts Passed on Throughout the Generations

Lecture 11 Initial Phase of Treatment and Using Parts Language

Lecture 12 Unburdening the Parts and Building Trust in Your Internal System

Lecture 13 Working with Inner Critics

Lecture 14 Working with People Pleasers

Lecture 15 Working with Anxious and Concerned About Safety Parts

Lecture 16 Working with Angry and Aggressive Parts

Lecture 17 Working with Victim/Martyr Parts

Lecture 18 Working with Validation Seeking Parts

Lecture 19 Working with Controlling Parts

Lecture 20 Working with Doubtful and Confusing Parts

Lecture 21 Extra Tips on Working with Exiles

Lecture 22 What Happens After Unburdening

Lecture 23 Final Tips

For anyone that is interested in psychotherapy or is a therapist or a counsellor