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April 28, 2012
Recorded IFS Demonstration Sessions
Bonnie and Jay are excited to announce that we have recorded over 20 demonstration IFS session, which are now available for purchase. Click here to review them. If you are new to IFS, these demo sessions can help you learn what happens in an IFS session. If you are more experienced, you can study particular [...]
April 10, 2012
New Booklet: Working with Anger in IFS
I am excited to announce to publication of a new professional booklet on IFS. It is currently available only in Kindle but a paperback version will be published before too long. Anger can arise in various ways in Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS), depending on which part holds the anger, what function the anger serves, [...]
April 2, 2012
Resolving Inner Conflict
Now Available on Kindle My book on IFS Polarization is now available as a Kindle. This book is a detailed treatment of how to work with inner conflict in Internal Family Systems Therapy, including transcripts of actual sessions to show exactly how the technique works. Though written for psychotherapists, it is also accessible to people [...]
March 23, 2012
IFS Polarization Telephone Class
Taught by Jay Earley, Ph.D. We like to think that we are of one mind, that we make decisions and then act on them. But there are so many situations that refute this comfortable notion. We procrastinate, we are indecisive, we judge ourselves and then defend against out own judgments, we have "mixed feelings," we [...]
March 21, 2012
Roles for Parts in IFS
Internal Family System Therapy is a powerful, cutting edge approach created by pioneering psychologist Richard Schwartz. It recognizes that our psyches are made up of subpersonalities, called parts in IFS. This short article discusses the roles that parts play in our lives. Each part has a role to play in your life; it brings a [...]
March 8, 2012
What is Polarization?
Polarization is an important concept in Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS), developed by pioneering psychologist Richard Schwartz. I have just published a book on polarization which spells out Schwartz's ideas in detail. Here is an excerpt from the first chapter of Resolving Inner Conflict. Human beings are frequently in conflict. We procrastinate, we are indecisive, [...]
February 26, 2012
Polarization Steps
The following is a sequence of steps for working with polarization, which is an elaboration of the procedure developed by Richard Schwartz, the founder of IFS. These are the basis for my newly published book Resolving Inner Conflict. Recognize and identify the polarized parts. Unblend from each part in order to access Self. Hold each [...]
February 22, 2012
Ongoing IFS/Interactive Therapy Group
There is currently an opening in my IFS/Interactive Therapy Group. Thursdays 7:30-9:30 pm Three times a month Mill Valley Cost: $50/session sliding scale For more information or to join, call Jay at 415-924-5256. This group combines the IFS and Interactive modalities. In this group, regardless of modality, you can share your life issues and struggles [...]
February 20, 2012
Understanding Polarization
Polarization is an important concept in Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS), developed by pioneering psychologist Richard Schwartz. Polarization shows how to understand inner conflict as a battle between two parts. IFS has an excellent method for working with these parts to resolve the conflict. I have just published a book on polarization which spells out [...]
February 9, 2012
Do You Avoid Intimacy in Your Relationship?
If you or your partner has a tendency to avoid intimacy while in a love relationship, this is the Intimacy Avoiding Pattern in the Pattern System. Below are a number of ways that this might play out in your relationship. In the descriptions, I refer to various other patterns from the Pattern System. You can [...]
