Helpful Resources

In this book, Richard Schwartz, the developer of the Internal Family Systems Model, applies the IFS Model to the topic of intimate relationships in an engaging, understandable, and personal style.

Internal Family Systems is an evidence-based model of psychotherapy, that believes our inner parts contain valuable qualities and our core Self knows how to heal. In IFS all parts are welcome.

Cece Sykes, who was my IFS Level 1 Trainer, talks with Beth Rogerson on what happens when we get “stuck” in behaviors that feel good in the moment, but don’t help us get what we really want out of life.

In this transformative book Frank Anderson MD, who was my IFS Level 2 Trainer, masterfully details an IFS path to therapy that allows clients to access their inherent capacity for healing – called Self-energy – while also helping them welcome, as opposed to manage, the extreme emotions frequently associated with trauma.

GoodTherapy is a leading therapy directory that also disseminates mental health news and information. They break down IFS, covering the history, model, issues treated, what a typical IFS session is like and more.

The storyline in Inside Out is based on the IFS Model, and gives us a bird’s eye view of what goes on inside the brain and how real people deal with memories, emotions, the imagination, and abstract thinking.

In this episode Beth Rogerson provides an overview and refresher course on the IFS method, followed by answering listener questions about IFS and Self compassion.

Dr. Richard C. Schwartz’s Internal Family Systems (IFS) model has been transforming psychology for decades. With No Bad Parts, you’ll learn why IFS has been so effective in areas such as trauma recovery, addiction therapy, and depression treatment―and how this new understanding of consciousness has the potential to radically change our lives.

Hosted by certified IFS therapist, Tammy Sollenberger, this show aims to educate, support, and encourage those who are curious about IFS model of psychotherapy.

Though not IFS specific, Dr Bessel van der Kolk sheds new light on the routes away from trauma - which lie in the regulation and syncing of body and mind, using sport, drama, yoga, mindfulness, meditation and other routes to equilibrium.

Couples in distress enter therapy holding two goals that they now experience as mutually exclusive: to feel loved and to feel understood. Toni Herbine-Blank’s powerful new brand of couple therapy, Intimacy from the Inside Out (IFIO), offers a comprehensive conceptual map for achieving both goals

Broadening the benefits and applications of the IFS model, author Susan McConnell introduces 5 core practices that mental health professionals can apply to their practice: somatic awareness, conscious breathing, radical resonance, mindful movement, and attuned touch.