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 IFS 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 (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 this 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.