Richard C. Schwartz (born 14 September 1949), is an American systemic family therapist, academic, author, and creator of the Internal Family Systems (IFS) branch of therapy. He developed his foundational work with IFS in the 1980s after noticing that his clients were made up of many different pieces of "parts" of their "Self." He teaches that, "Our inner parts contain valuable qualities and our core Self knows how to heal, allowing us to become integrated and whole. In IFS all parts are welcome."

Career

Schwartz earned his Ph.D. in

marriage and family therapy Family therapy (also referred to as family counseling, family systems therapy, marriage and family therapy, couple and family therapy) is a branch of psychotherapy focused on families and couples in intimate relationships to nurture change and de ...

from

Purdue University Purdue University is a Public university#United States, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, United States, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. The university was founded ...

. He has taught at several institutions, including the Institute for Juvenile Research at the

University of Illinois at Chicago The University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) is a public research university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Its campus is in the Near West Side community area, adjacent to the Chicago Loop. The second campus established under the Universi ...

and

Northwestern University Northwestern University (NU) is a Private university, private research university in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Established in 1851 to serve the historic Northwest Territory, it is the oldest University charter, chartered university in ...

as well as

Harvard Medical School Harvard Medical School (HMS) is the medical school of Harvard University and is located in the Longwood Medical and Academic Area, Longwood Medical Area in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1782, HMS is the third oldest medical school in the Un ...

. He is the founder of the Center for Self Leadership in 2000, but in 2019, the organization changed its name to the IFS Institute.

Publications

Schwartz has published over 50 articles about IFS,see also Internal_Family_Systems_Model#Further_reading and his authorship includes the following books: * ''Introduction to the Internal Family Systems Model, Second Edition'' * ''Internal Family Systems: Skills Training Manual'' (co-authored with Frank G. Anderson & Martha Sweezy) * ''No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model'' * ''The Mosaic Mind: Empowering the Tormented Selves of Child Abuse Survivors'' (co-authored with Regina A. Goulding) * ''You Are The One You've Been Waiting For: Bringing Courageous Love To Intimate Relationships'' * ''Many Minds, One Self: Evidence for a Radical Shift in Paradigm'' (co-authored with Robert R. Falconer) * ''Handbook of Family Therapy Training and Supervision'' (Edited by Howard A. Liddle, Douglas C. Breunlin, and Richard C. Schwartz)

External links

IFS Institute

References

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