Internal Family Systems Model

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The Internal Family Systems Model (IFS) is an integrative approach to psychotherapy, relationship counseling, and family therapy developed by Richard C. Schwartz, Ph.D. It combines systems thinking and multiplicity of the mind, and applies the theories of family therapy to the intrapsychic world of subpersonalities.

[edit] See also

• Dissociation (psychology)
• Ego-state therapy
• Family therapy
• Transactional analysis

[edit] External links

• About the Internal Family Systems Model