Internal Family Systems Therapy

Internal Family Systems (IFS) is a powerful new approach that I believe is the cutting edge in psychotherapy today. It provides a way of discovering a detailed map of your psyche that includes all your parts or subpersonalities and their inner conflicts. It also allows you to access your core Self which has the qualities of compassion, curiosity, and calmness. From this center, you can resolve inner conflicts and learn to access hidden subpersonalities that hold pain from childhood. The Self then forms healing relationships with each of these parts. The method is respectful of the positive intent of each part of you while helping you to develop the inner strength to heal each part and release its full potential. It includes an excellent way of dealing with your inner critic.

IFS Classes: Self-Led Personal Growth in Community. Classes on IFS for self-help and peer counseling in community.

Testimonials about Jay Earley's IFS work

IFS Articles. Articles on IFS written by Jay.

Professional IFS Articles. Article on IFS written by Jay for therapists.

The Center for Self-Leadership. This is the primary website about the IFS approach developed by Richard Schwartz. You can download articles, order books, find out about training opportunities, and much more.

San Francisco Basic IFS Training. A year-long professional training program in IFS. The next program will start in November 2008. See www.selfleadership.org for information and to get on an interest list for the next training.