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Richard C. Schwartz, PhD

IFS Institute


Richard Schwartz, PhD began his career as a family therapist and an academic at the University of Illinois at Chicago. There he discovered that family therapy alone did not achieve full symptom relief, and in asking patients why, he learned that they were plagued by what they called "parts." These patients became his teachers as they described how their parts formed networks of inner relationship that resembled the families he had been working with. He also found that as they focused on and, thereby, separated from their parts, they would shift into a state characterized by qualities like curiosity, calm, confidence and compassion. He called that inner essence the Self and was amazed to find it even in severely diagnosed and traumatized patients. From these explorations, the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model was born in the early 1980s.

IFS is now evidence-based and has become a widely-used form of psychotherapy, particularly with trauma. It provides a non-pathologizing, optimistic, and empowering perspective and a practical and effective set of techniques for working with individuals, couples, families, and more recently, corporations and classrooms.

In 2013, Schwartz left the Chicago area and now lives in Brookline, MA where he is on the faculty of the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Richard Schwartz is the Founder and President of the IFS Institute. He maintains a private practice and has a employment relationship with Harvard Medical School. He receives royalties as a published author. Dr. Schwartz receives a speaking honorarium, recording, and book royalties from Psychotherapy Networker and PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Richard Schwartz is a fellow of Meadows Behavioral Healthcare and is a member of the American Family Therapy Academy and the American Association for Marital and Family Therapy. He is a contributing editor for Family Therapy Networker. Dr. Schwartz serves on the editorial boards for the Journal of Feminist Family Therapy, the Contemporary Family Therapy, the Journal of Family Psychotherapy, and the Family Therapy Collections.

Addictive Behaviors as Self-Preservation: Key Insights from the Internal Family Systems Model


Speakers:
Richard C. Schwartz, PhD
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
Oct 16, 2020
Media Type:
Digital Recording
Price:
£49.99 - Standard

Trauma & Addiction Online Course


Speakers:
Bessel A. van der Kolk, MD |  Deirdre Stewart, LPC, SEP, BCN |  Lisa Ferentz, LCSW-C, DAPA |  Richard C. Schwartz, PhD |  Whitney Howzell, PhD, LSW |  Jon Caldwell, DO, PhD |  Kristin Kirkpatrick, MS, RDN |  Gabor Maté, MD |  ....
Copyright:
Oct 15, 2020
Media Type:
Online Course
Price:
£389.99 Normal Price: Standard - £1,310.26

Innovations in Psychotherapy


Speakers:
Daniel J. Siegel, MD |  Monnica T. Williams, PhD. ABPP |  Bessel A. van der Kolk, MD |  Judson Brewer, MD, PhD |  Kenneth Carter, PhD, ABPP |  Susan Johnson, EdD |  Deborah Dana, LCSW, LICSW |  Kathleen M. Chard, PhD |  ....
Copyright:
Nov 09, 2020
Media Type:
Online Course
Price:
£299.99 Normal Price: Standard - £1,474.00

How Internal Family Systems Therapy is Helping Us Understand the Human Mind & How We Heal


Speakers:
Richard C. Schwartz, PhD
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
Dec 03, 2020
Media Type:
Digital Recording
Price:
£49.99 - Standard

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