IFS RESOURCES
Self & Parts Playlists (curated by Dr. Bonner through Spotify)
Self & Parts II: Women Centered
Self & Parts III: Men Centered
Please email me with suggestions for songs that might fit my next IFS inspired playlist
Meditations
Free Meditations by Richard Schwartz from The IFS Workbook
Free Meditations by Richard Schwartz: Insight Timer & YouTube
There many IFS informed meditations available for sale at Self Capacities
To purchase IFS Institute meditations, you first need to create an account for the IFS site: 1. 8 meditations by the IFS founder Richard Schwartz-- "Meditations for Self" (You also get this set with Audio Book of Introduction to the Internal Family Systems Model)
2. 5 meditations by Toni Herbine-Blank "Coming Home: Guided Meditations for Inner Connection"
"Inside Out" (2015) & "Inside Out 2" (2024)-- The Pixar Pictures about Parts!
Compilation of Clips-- includes family dinner scene at 5:38 mark (first movie)
Review by IFS founder Richard Schwartz, Ph.D.--PDF (first movie)
Inside Out: Behind-the-Scenes Science with Dacher Keltner, PhD
Parents' Guide to Inside Out-- by Paul Ekman, Ph.D.
Review of first movie by Dr. Bonner ("Psychology Gets Animated!"-- page 3)-- PDF
Trailers for "Inside Out 2"
NYT Articles: I Saw My Anxiety Reflected in ‘Inside Out 2.’ It Floored Me. And
How ‘Inside Out’ and Its Sequel Changed Therapy
Apps, Podcasts, Websites, Articles, Videos & Webinars
IFS Web-based Magazine: Parts & Self
IFS podcasts: "The One Inside"; "IFS Talks"
IFS Institute: https://ifs-institute.com/
IFS for people on the Autism Spectrum
Intro to IFS Video-- Bruce Hersey, LCSW--"Finding your Parts"
Summary of IFS by Michael Pasterski - an IFS Institute International Partner
IFS Self-Help: www.personal-growth-programs.com ; www.selftherapyjourney.com
Inside the Revolutionary Treatment That Could Change Psychotherapy Forever (2021)
Webinars Integrating IFS, EMDR, & Coherence Therapy via Memory Reconsolidation
Kredler, V. (2023) How does Internal Family Systems therapy lead to transformational change through memory reconsolidation? in Counselling Australia, Autumn Volume 24 (2) (26-36).
The Radical Act of Letting Things Hurt: How (Not) to Help a Friend in Sorrow (includes a video about responding to grief; succinct summary of staying in Self with others' pain).
IFS Self-Help Books
Anderson, F.G., Sweezy, M., & Schwartz, R.C. (2017). Internal family systems skills training manual: Trauma-informed treatment for anxiety, depression, PTSD & substance abuse. Free Worksheets PDF
Catanzaro, J. (2024) Unburdened Eating: Healing Your Relationships with Food and Your Body Using an Internal Family Systems Approach.
Earley, J. (2022) Self-Therapy: A Step-By-Step Guide to Creating Inner Wholeness Using IFS. (3rd edition)
Earley, J. (2016) Self-Therapy Volume 2: A Step-by-Step Guide for Working with Protectors.
Earley, J. (2016) Self-Therapy, Vol. 3: A Step-by-Step Guide to Using IFS for Eating Issues, Procrastination, the Inner Critic, Depression, Perfectionism, Anger, Communication, and More.
Floyd, T. (2024) Listening When Parts Speak: A Practical Guide to Healing with Internal Family Systems Therapy and Ancestor Wisdom
Holmes, T. & Holmes, L. (2011) Parts Work: An Illustrated Guide to Your Inner Life (4th edition)
Holmes, T. (2022) Parts Work: Path of the Heart. Healing Journeys Integrating IFS and Spirituality
Huebner, A. (2021) Jailbreak: The Making and Breaking of Our Invisible Prisons--An IFS Informed Escape.
Kennedy, I. (2022) The Tender Parts: A Guide to Healing from Trauma through Internal Family Systems Therapy
Kopald, S. (2023) Self-Led: Living a Connected Life With Yourself and With Others (An Application of Internal Family Systems)
Schwartz, J. & Brennan, B. (2014) There's a Part of Me....
Schwartz RC (2024) The Internal Family Systems Workbook: A Guide to Discover Your Self
and Heal Your Parts.
Schwartz RC (2023). Introduction to the Internal Family Systems Model. 2nd Edition
Schwartz RC (2021) No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma & Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model.
Skyes, C., Sweezy, M, & Schwartz, R. (2023) Internal Family Systems Therapy for Addictions.
Sollenberger, T. (2022) The One Inside: 30 Days To Your Authentic Self
Weiss, B.J (2014) Self-Therapy Workbook: An exercise book for the IFS Process.
Memoirs
Anderson, F. (2024) To Be Loved: A Story of Truth, Trauma, and Transformation
Mardou, S. (2024) Past Tense: Facing Family Secrets and Finding Myself in Therapy (A Graphic Memoir) Preview of author's IFS comics
IFS for Couples & Relationships
Barbera, M. (2016) Bring Yourself to Love: How Couples Can Turn Disconnection into Intimacy (2nd. edition)
Herbine-Blank, T., Kerpelman, D., & Sweezy, M. (2015) Intimacy from the Inside Out: Courage and Compassion in Couple Therapy.
Herbine-Blank, T. & Sweezy, M (2021) Internal Family Systems Couple Therapy Skills Manual: Healing Relationships with Intimacy From the Inside Out Free Worksheets PDF
Schwartz RC (2023). You are the one you have been waiting for: Applying Internal Family Systems to intimate relationships. 2nd Edition
IFS Books for Therapists
Anderson, F. (2021) Transcending Trauma: Healing Complex P.T.S.D. with Internal Family Systems Therapy
Falconer, R. (2023) The Others Within Us: Internal Family Systems, Porous Mind & Spirit Possession
McConnell, S. (2020) Somatic Internal Family Systems Therapy: Awareness, Breath, Resonance, Movement, and Touch in Practice
Schwartz RC & Sweezy, M. (2020) Internal Family Systems Therapy (2nd ed.).
Sweezy, M. (2023) Internal Family Systems Therapy for Shame and Guilt
Sweezy, M. & Ziskind, E.L. (Eds.) (2013) Internal family systems therapy: New dimensions
Sweezy, M., & Ziskind, E.L. (Eds.) (2017). Innovations and elaborations in internal family systems therapy.
Twombly, J.H. (2022) Trauma and Dissociation Informed Internal Family Systems: How to Successfully Treat Complex PTSD and Dissociative Disorder
Audio Books
Schwartz, R. (2018) Greater Than the Sum of Our Parts: Discovering Your True Self Through Internal Family Systems Therapy Audible Audiobook
Earley, J (2013) Self-Therapy: Transform Stuck Parts of Yourself into Inner Resources of Strength, Love, and Freedom Audible Audiobook
Dr. Bonner and IFS Founder Dr. Richard Schwartz, at IFS Retreat/Training, May 2024.