Richard C. Schwartz

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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]

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Career

Schwartz earned his Ph.D. in marriage and family therapy. 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:

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References

  1. ↑ Birth date from ISNI, retrieved 2023-07-18
  2. ↑ "Richard Schwartz | Faculty Member | Esalen". www.esalen.org. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
  3. 1 2 "Richard C. Schwartz". Guilford Press. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
  4. 1 2 "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. 1 2 3 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. ↑ https://www.psych.uic.edu/institute-for-juvenile-research
  10. ↑ "About Us | IFS Institute". ifs-institute.com. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
  11. ↑ Burgoyne, Nancy (2017), Lebow, Jay; Chambers, Anthony; Breunlin, Douglas C. (eds.), "Schwartz, Richard C.", 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
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