Dr. Richard Schwartz | Internal Family Systems

Dick Schwartz is the creator Internal Family Systems therapy. Dick has a PhD in Marriage and Family Therapy from Purdue University. In 2000, Dick founded The Center for Self Leadership, which offers IFS Training, workshops, publications, video resources, and an annual conference. Dick has written multiple books about various aspects and applications of the IFS model.

Dick and I talked about the history of how he discovered / developed IFS, how it works, other applications of IFS - including healing physical health ailments and training activists to be more effective, the nature of Self, and also the broader implications of IFS and how it applies to larger systems.

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