Richard C. Schwartz

Richard C. Schwartz
Born	(1949-09-14) September 14, 1949 (age 75) —
Nationality	American
Education	Ph.D. in Marriage and Family Therapy, Purdue University
Occupation	Psychotherapist · Author · Academic
Years active	1970s–present
Organizations	IFS Institute; Family Institute at Northwestern University; Institute for Juvenile Research (University of Illinois, Chicago); Harvard Medical School (faculty)
Known for	Creator of the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model of therapy; founder of the Center for Self Leadership (now IFS Institute)
Notable work	Introduction to the Internal Family Systems Model (2001)

Richard C. Schwartz (born 14 September 1949), ^[1] is an American systemic family therapist, academic, author, and creator of the Internal Family Systems (IFS) branch of therapy. ^{[2] [3]} He developed his foundational work with IFS in the 1980s ^[4] after noticing that his clients were made up of many different pieces of "parts" of their "Self." ^{[5] [6]} 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." ^[7]

Career

Schwartz earned his Ph.D. in marriage and family therapy from Purdue University. He has taught at several institutions, including the Institute for Juvenile Research at the University of Illinois at Chicago ^{[8] [9]} and Northwestern University as well as Harvard Medical School. ^{[4] [3] [6]}

He is the founder of the Center for Self Leadership in 2000, but in 2019, the organization changed its name to the IFS Institute. ^[10]

Publications

Schwartz has published over 50 articles about IFS, ^{[11] [12]} 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 ^[6]
• 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

1. Birth date from ISNI, retrieved 2023-07-18
2. "Richard Schwartz | Faculty Member | Esalen". www.esalen.org. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
3. "Richard C. Schwartz". Guilford Press. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
4. "Center for Mindfulness & Compassion - Boston". Center for Mindfulness & Compassion. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
5. Qureshi-Hurst, Emily (2021-07-01). "Interview With Dr. Richard Schwartz: No Bad…". Spirituality+Health. Retrieved 2023-04-21.
6. Biancolli, Amy (2022-07-16). "The Parts Within Us: An Interview with Richard Schwartz, Creator of Internal Family Systems". Mad In America. Retrieved 2023-04-21.
7. "What is Internal Family Systems? | IFS Institute". ifs-institute.com. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
8. "Richard Schwartz | IFS". internalfamilysystems.pt. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
9. "Institute for Juvenile Research".
10. "About Us | IFS Institute". ifs-institute.com. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
11. Burgoyne, Nancy (2017), "Schwartz, Richard C." , in Lebow, Jay; Chambers, Anthony; Breunlin, Douglas C. (eds.), Encyclopedia of Couple and Family Therapy, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 1–2, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-15877-8_927-1, ISBN   978-3-319-15877-8 , retrieved 2024-02-06
12. see also Internal_Family_Systems_Model#Further_reading