CONTENTS PREFACE SECTION ONE: ORIGINS AND ACCESS 1 OVERVIEW, ORIGINS, AND FUTURE OF THE IFS MODEL 2 AN IFS SHORTHAND TOOL: MOVE TOWARD SECTION TWO: MODEL INTEGRATION 3 IFS AND POLYVAGAL THEORY: HEALING THROUGH COMPASSIONATE CONNECTION 4 IFS AND EMDR: TRANSFORMING TRAUMATIC MEMORIES AND PROVIDING RELATIONAL REPAIR WITH SELF 5 IFS AND PSYCHODRAMA: TECHNIQUES FOR EXPANDING IFS EXTERNALIZATIONS 6 IFS AND SANDTRAY: EXTERNALIZING PARTS FOR INSIGHT AND HEALING 7 IFS AND PLAY THERAPY: EXTERNALIZING PARTS WITH CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS SECTION THREE: INTERSECTIONALITY INTERSECTIONALITY INTRODUCTION: WORKING WITH INTERSECTING IDENTITIES 8 EMBODYING IFS WITH BLACK CLIENTS: RECLAIMING A BIRTHRIGHT 9 EMBODYING IFS WITH NATIVE AMERICAN CLIENTS: COMPOSITE INDIGENOUS VOICES TELL A STORY OF IFS RESONANCE 10 EMBODYING IFS WITH ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER CLIENTS: CULTURAL, RACIAL, AND INTERGENERATIONAL BURDENS AS WELL AS PROTECTIVE FACTORS 11 EMBODYING IFS WITH LATINX CLIENTS: CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE PRACTICES IN LATINX MENTAL HEALTH 12 EMBODYING IFS WITH SEXUAL ORIENTATION: TRAUMA HEALING AS A PATH TO THE INTEGRATED SELF 13 EMBODYING IFS WITH TRANS AND/OR NONBINARY COMMUNITIES: ALL GENDERS WELCOME 14 EMBODYING IFS WITH NEURODIVERGENT CLIENTS: A NEURO-INCLUSIVE APPROACH FOR THERAPISTS SECTION FOUR: EMERGING TRENDS 15 IFS AND PSYCHEDELIC INTEGRATION: ENHANCING SELF-TO-PART HEALING THROUGH THE POWER OF SACRED PLANT MEDICINES 16 IFS AND SOMATIC PRACTICES: RECLAIMING OUR BIRTHRIGHT OF EMBODIMENT: FIVE SOMATIC PRACTICES THAT BRING THE BODY FULLY TO THE HEALING JOURNEY 17 IFS AND ADDICTION: COMPASSION FOR THE ADDICTIVE PROCESS 18 IFS AND DISORDERED EATING: SELF-LED HEALING FOR A MORE HARMONIOUS RELATIONSHIP WITH FOOD AND BODY 19 IFS AND GROUPS: THE CREATING HEALING CIRCLES METHOD AND THE POWER OF SCULPTING IN GROUPS SECTION FIVE: RELATIONSHIPS 20 IFS AND SEXUALITY: SELF-LED SEXUALITY FOR HEALING, PLEASURE, AND EMPOWERMENT 21 IFS AND COUPLES: RELEASING SELF-TO-SELF CONNECTION 22 IFS AND PARENTING: BECOMING AN IN-SIGHTFUL PARENT 23 IFS AND ADOPTEES: HEALING PARTS BURDENED BY RELINQUISHMENT TRAUMA 24 IFS AND ANCESTRAL LINEAGE HEALING: RESTORING BELONGING AND RECONNECTION WITH ANCESTRAL WISDOM AND COLLECTIVE SELF-ENERGY 25 IFS AND THE ENNEAGRAM: CONNECTING TO PARTS USING THE ENNEAGRAM MAP
In this skillfully curated collection, author and clinical editor Jenna Riemersma invites 30 leading IFS experts to discuss how to apply the transformative insights of the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model with a wide range of clients, communities and modalities. Altogether Us opens with IFS founder Richard Schwartz sharing the origin story of the model and describing its remarkable growth. Jenna then presents a never-before published IFS shorthand tool. Each of the following chapters explore the integration of the IFS model with a remarkably comprehensive array of topics including: EMDR, Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy, Somatic Practices, Groups, Polyvagal Theory, Play Therapy, Sandtray, Psychodrama, Addictive Processes, Disordered Eating, Sexuality, Couples, Parents, Adoption, Ancestral Lineage Healing, and the Enneagram. Intersectionality chapters speak to the use of IFS in providing culturally-affirming care to clients with traditionally marginalized identities, including Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, LatinX, Native American, and Neurodivergent clients, as well as clients navigating sexual orientation and gender identity. A powerhouse group of contributing authors, led by Dr. Richard Schwartz, include: Dr. Frank Anderson, Dr. Mona Barbera, Chris Burris, Dr. Sand Chang, Candice Christiansen, Marcella Cox, Dr. Daphne Fatter, Fatimah Finney, Carmen Jiminez-Pride, Mary Kruger, Kathy Mackechney, Meg Martinez-Dettamanti, Susan McConnell, Dr. Suzan McVicker, Dr. Nancy Morgan, Gregg Paisley, Halie Parmalee, Pete Patton LCSW, Leslie Petruk, Patricia Rich, Dr. Alexia Rothman, Joan Ryan, Gaby Satarino, Valerie Simon, Tammy Sollenberger, Julia Sullivan, Cece Sykes, and Regina Wei. Intended for both helping professionals and students of IFS, Altogether Us expands access to this exciting new paradigm in psychotherapy while affirming the vision of Dr. Schwartz to welcome all parts and celebrate diverse and inclusive expressions of Self-leadership in the world.
