Richard Schwartz
Psychotherapist who developed Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy.
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The first goal of IFS is to help parts out of the extreme roles they were forced into so they return to their naturally valuable states.
help the parts out of the extreme roles they've been forced into, help them transform into their naturally valuable states
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The first goal of IFS is to help parts out of the extreme roles they were forced into so they return to their naturally valuable states.
help the parts out of the extreme roles they've been forced into, help them transform into their naturally valuable states
TT161 - No Bad Parts and the Self in Healing with Dr. Richard Schwartz, Internal Family Systems (Transforming Trauma) Said 7 May 2025
The second goal is for all the parts to come to trust the Self as a leader.
which is to have all the parts come to trust self as a leader
TT161 - No Bad Parts and the Self in Healing with Dr. Richard Schwartz, Internal Family Systems (Transforming Trauma) Said 7 May 2025
The Self has to earn the parts' trust through apology and a healing experience.
we have to have a kind of apology and a healing experience where self has to earn their trust
TT161 - No Bad Parts and the Self in Healing with Dr. Richard Schwartz, Internal Family Systems (Transforming Trauma) Said 7 May 2025
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The third goal is for the parts to harmonize with each other, not disappear.
the third goal is to have the parts harmonize with each other
TT161 - No Bad Parts and the Self in Healing with Dr. Richard Schwartz, Internal Family Systems (Transforming Trauma) Said 7 May 2025
Therapy starts with the protectors, asking their permission before going to the stuck parts.
to get permission to go to the parts that are stuck back there and get them out and unburden them
TT161 - No Bad Parts and the Self in Healing with Dr. Richard Schwartz, Internal Family Systems (Transforming Trauma) Said 7 May 2025
The biggest mistake in IFS is going to the exiles without the protectors' permission.
going to exiles, what I call exiles, without permission from the protectors and creating this big backlash from protectors
TT161 - No Bad Parts and the Self in Healing with Dr. Richard Schwartz, Internal Family Systems (Transforming Trauma) Said 7 May 2025
People often partner with someone who resembles the person who first hurt them.
we'll often hook up with somebody who resembles our original Perpetrator, for lack of a better word
TT161 - No Bad Parts and the Self in Healing with Dr. Richard Schwartz, Internal Family Systems (Transforming Trauma) Said 7 May 2025
As people heal they bring more Self into relationships and stop putting up with what they used to.
they start to have more self in their relationships. They're not gonna put up with that in the same way
TT161 - No Bad Parts and the Self in Healing with Dr. Richard Schwartz, Internal Family Systems (Transforming Trauma) Said 7 May 2025
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