Richard C. Schwartz

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. 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:

• 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