No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model
Discover an empowering new way of understanding your multifaceted mind—and healing the many parts that make you who you are.

Is there just one “you”? We’ve been taught to believe we have a single identity, and to feel fear or shame when we can’t control the inner voices that don’t match the ideal of who we think we should be. Yet Dr. Richard Schwartz’s research now challenges this “mono-mind” theory. “All of us are born with many sub-minds—or parts,” says Dr. Schwartz. “These parts are not imaginary or symbolic. They are individuals who exist as an internal family within us—and the key to health and happiness is to honor, understand, and love every part.”

Dr. Schwartz’s Internal Family Systems (IFS) model has been transforming psychology for decades. With No Bad Parts, you’ll learn why IFS has been so effective in areas such as trauma recovery, addiction therapy, and depression treatment—and how this new understanding of consciousness has the potential to radically change our lives. Here you’ll explore:

• The IFS revolution—how honoring and communicating with our parts changes our approach to mental wellness

• Overturning the cultural, scientific, and spiritual assumptions that reinforce an outdated mono-mind model

• The ego, the inner critic, the saboteur—making these often-maligned parts into powerful allies

• Burdens—why our parts become distorted and stuck in childhood traumas and cultural beliefs

• How IFS demonstrates human goodness by revealing that there are no bad parts

• The Self—discover your wise, compassionate essence of goodness that is the source of healing and harmony

• Exercises for mapping your parts, accessing the Self, working with a challenging protector, identifying each part’s triggers, and more

IFS is a paradigm-changing model because it gives us a powerful approach for healing ourselves, our culture, and our planet. As Dr. Schwartz teaches, “Our parts can sometimes be disruptive or harmful, but once they’re unburdened, they return to their essential goodness. When we learn to love all our parts, we can learn to love all people—and that will contribute to healing the world.”

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No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model
Discover an empowering new way of understanding your multifaceted mind—and healing the many parts that make you who you are.

Is there just one “you”? We’ve been taught to believe we have a single identity, and to feel fear or shame when we can’t control the inner voices that don’t match the ideal of who we think we should be. Yet Dr. Richard Schwartz’s research now challenges this “mono-mind” theory. “All of us are born with many sub-minds—or parts,” says Dr. Schwartz. “These parts are not imaginary or symbolic. They are individuals who exist as an internal family within us—and the key to health and happiness is to honor, understand, and love every part.”

Dr. Schwartz’s Internal Family Systems (IFS) model has been transforming psychology for decades. With No Bad Parts, you’ll learn why IFS has been so effective in areas such as trauma recovery, addiction therapy, and depression treatment—and how this new understanding of consciousness has the potential to radically change our lives. Here you’ll explore:

• The IFS revolution—how honoring and communicating with our parts changes our approach to mental wellness

• Overturning the cultural, scientific, and spiritual assumptions that reinforce an outdated mono-mind model

• The ego, the inner critic, the saboteur—making these often-maligned parts into powerful allies

• Burdens—why our parts become distorted and stuck in childhood traumas and cultural beliefs

• How IFS demonstrates human goodness by revealing that there are no bad parts

• The Self—discover your wise, compassionate essence of goodness that is the source of healing and harmony

• Exercises for mapping your parts, accessing the Self, working with a challenging protector, identifying each part’s triggers, and more

IFS is a paradigm-changing model because it gives us a powerful approach for healing ourselves, our culture, and our planet. As Dr. Schwartz teaches, “Our parts can sometimes be disruptive or harmful, but once they’re unburdened, they return to their essential goodness. When we learn to love all our parts, we can learn to love all people—and that will contribute to healing the world.”

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Overview

Discover an empowering new way of understanding your multifaceted mind—and healing the many parts that make you who you are.

Is there just one “you”? We’ve been taught to believe we have a single identity, and to feel fear or shame when we can’t control the inner voices that don’t match the ideal of who we think we should be. Yet Dr. Richard Schwartz’s research now challenges this “mono-mind” theory. “All of us are born with many sub-minds—or parts,” says Dr. Schwartz. “These parts are not imaginary or symbolic. They are individuals who exist as an internal family within us—and the key to health and happiness is to honor, understand, and love every part.”

Dr. Schwartz’s Internal Family Systems (IFS) model has been transforming psychology for decades. With No Bad Parts, you’ll learn why IFS has been so effective in areas such as trauma recovery, addiction therapy, and depression treatment—and how this new understanding of consciousness has the potential to radically change our lives. Here you’ll explore:

• The IFS revolution—how honoring and communicating with our parts changes our approach to mental wellness

• Overturning the cultural, scientific, and spiritual assumptions that reinforce an outdated mono-mind model

• The ego, the inner critic, the saboteur—making these often-maligned parts into powerful allies

• Burdens—why our parts become distorted and stuck in childhood traumas and cultural beliefs

• How IFS demonstrates human goodness by revealing that there are no bad parts

• The Self—discover your wise, compassionate essence of goodness that is the source of healing and harmony

• Exercises for mapping your parts, accessing the Self, working with a challenging protector, identifying each part’s triggers, and more

IFS is a paradigm-changing model because it gives us a powerful approach for healing ourselves, our culture, and our planet. As Dr. Schwartz teaches, “Our parts can sometimes be disruptive or harmful, but once they’re unburdened, they return to their essential goodness. When we learn to love all our parts, we can learn to love all people—and that will contribute to healing the world.”


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781683646686
Publisher: Sounds True
Publication date: 07/06/2021
Pages: 216
Sales rank: 6,165
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Richard C. Schwartz, PhD, is the creator of Internal Family Systems, a highly effective, evidence-based therapeutic model that de-pathologizes the multipart personality. His IFS Institute offers training for professionals and the general public. Formerly an associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Illinois at Chicago and later at Northwestern University, he is currently on the faculty of Harvard Medical School. He is the author of several books, including No Bad Parts, Introduction to Internal Family Systems, and You Are the One You’ve Been Waiting For, and is a sought-after presenter. For more, visit ifs-institute.com.

Table of Contents

Foreword Alanis Morissette ix

Introduction 1

Part 1 Internal Family Systems 5

Chapter 1 We're All Multiple 7

Exercise: Getting to Know a Protector 23

Exercise: Mapping Your Parts 25

Chapter 2 Why Parts Blend 29

Exercise: Unblending and Embodying 32

Session One: Sam 39

Chapter 3 This Changes Everything 49

Exercise: Dilemma Meditation 51

Exercise: Working with a Challenging Protector 55

Chapter 4 More on Systems 59

Exercise: Daily IFS Meditation 69

Chapter 5 Mapping Our Inner Systems 73

Session Two: Mona 82

Part 2 Self-Leadership 87

Chapter 6 Healing and Transformation 89

Exercise: The Path 93

Exercise: Accessing the Self Through Unblending 96

Chapter 7 The Self in Action 107

Session Three: Ethan and Sarah 109

Chapter 8 Vision and Purpose 129

Exercise: Fire Drill 134

Exercise: Sad Person Meditation 138

Part 3 Self in the Body, Self in the World 147

Chapter 9 Life Lessons and Tor-Mentors 149

Exercise: Advanced Parts Mapping 153

Exercise: Working with Triggers 156

Chapter 10 The Laws of Inner Physics 159

Exercise: Advanced Protector Work 163

Session Four: Andy 165

Chapter 11 Embodiment 171

Session Five: TJ 177

Exercise: Body Meditation 183

Closing Thoughts 185

Acknowledgments 191

Notes 193

About the Author 199

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