Dr. Richard Schwartz: You Are the One You’ve Been Waiting For
Dr. Richard Schwartz is hanging out with us today!!
Dr. Richard Schwartz (who like’s to go by Dick) is a systemic family therapist, academic, author, and creator of the Internal Family Systems branch of therapy. Grounded in systems thinking, Dr. Schwartz developed Internal Family Systems (IFS) in response to clients’ descriptions of various parts within themselves.
He focused on the relationships among these parts and noticed that there were systemic patterns to the way they were organized across clients. He also found that when the clients’ parts felt safe and were allowed to relax, the clients would experience spontaneously the qualities of confidence, openness, and compassion that Dr. Schwartz came to call the Self. He found that when in that state of Self, clients would know how to heal their parts.
In today’s episode, we chat about…
What internal family systems looks like
The role your protector parts play
How you can recognize your exile parts
Why it’s not your partner’s job to be the primary caretaker of your parts
How your parts protect you
What causes attachment re-injury
How to seek out partners in a healthier way
How you can begin the repair work within your relationship
…and so much more!
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Want more from Dr. Schwartz…
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Read his book You Are the One You’ve Been Waiting For
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