Dr. Tori Olds: What is IFS Therapy? | Intro to Internal Family Systems - Part 1

I am moved to continue to share informative and empowering links to IFS (Internal Family Systems) because of the profound implications for us individually and collectively as a human family. This video provides an introduction. And, if you are anything like me, viewing and listening more than once may prove helpful. It takes time to hear, absorb, and integrate into the ways that we live our lives new frameworks and narratives to address often very old and painful patterns and ultimately experience profound healing and transformation. May this be helpful on your journey. — Molly

Welcome to Part 1 in my series: What is IFS? Internal Family Systems Therapy, Explained. In this video, I provide an introduction to IFS Therapy. I explain some of the core concepts of IFS such as parts work, and the science behind these parts. I also briefly discuss how the approach of an IFS therapist might differ from the methods of other experiential therapists.

You know, one thing I would like to mention, is that in this video I say "in a pathological sense" when referring to people with DID (what we used to call 'multiple personality disorder'). Of course my meaning was that to have multiple parts is not linked to any kind of mental health problem...it's just the way we are born. But now when I hear myself saying 'pathological sense' when talking about DID, I sort of cringe...because really everything in the mind is adaptive...even the more severe separation of our parts in the form of DID. In my haste to make a quick point, I think I used a word (pathological) that I wouldn't normally use...or even believe in. So apologies for that. #toriolds #partswork #ifs #therapy 00:00 An Introduction to Internal Family Systems Therapy 01:15 “Parts Work” in IFS Therapy 03:37 The Neuroscience Behind IFS Therapy and Parts Work 05:17 How Childhood Experiences and Implicit Memory Create “Our Parts” 08:00 Why Do We Have Many Different Parts? 11:06 There Are No Bad Parts 15:54 IFS: A Relational Frame for Working With Schemas

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Suggested Reading

No Bad Part: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness With the Internal Family Systems Model by Richard Schwartz — https://www.amazon.com/No-Bad-Parts-Restoring-Wholeness/dp/1683646681

You Are the One You've Been Waiting For: Bringing Courageous Love to Intimate Relationships by Richard Schwartz — https://www.amazon.com/Youve-Waiting-Internal-Family-Systems/dp/0615249329

The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing In a Toxic Culture by Gabor Maté — https://www.amazon.com/Myth-Normal-Illness-Healing-Culture/dp/0593083881

When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress by Gabor Maté — https://www.amazon.com/When-Body-Says-No-Hidden/dp/178504222X