Self & IFS Basics
This therapeutic model focuses on harmonizing different parts within a person.
What is Internal Family Systems Theory (IFS)?
These parts can come forward when exiles feel threatened.
A manager part that tries to make everyone happy.
What are Pleasers?
This firefighter distracts through impulsive or risky behavior.
What is the Impulsive Firefighter?
The process of identifying different parts and how they show up.
What is identification?
The primary goal in IFS therapy is to achieve this among one’s parts.
What is balance or integration?
These proactive parts try to keep other parts calm and in control.
What are managers?
A manager that constantly judges or pushes for perfection.
What is the Critic?
A firefighter that numbs pain or acts out through substances or habits.
What is the Addictive Firefighter?
This is when parts are brought into cooperative, understood roles.
What is integration or balance?
IFS posits that these are like members of a family with different roles.
What are parts?
This quality of the Self includes confidence, calm, and clarity.
What are the 8 C's?
A manager focused on planning and preventing surprises.
What are Planners?
A firefighter that blames others or projects discomfort.
What is the Blaming Firefighter?
Doing this helps build trust between the Self and other parts.
What is dialogue?
The part that doesn’t carry burdens and steers the internal system.
What is the Self?
Parts that hold past pain or trauma are known by this name.
What are the exiles?
A manager that takes over to avoid unexpected outcomes.
What is a Controller?
This firefighter disconnects from reality as a coping response.
What is the Dissociative Firefighter?
Parts often act this way to avoid feeling vulnerable or stressed.
What is protectively?
This approach was developed by this Ph.D. clinician.
Who is Richard Schwartz?
The part that tends to distract or soothe impulsively during distress.
What are firefighters?
A manager that sacrifices self-care to focus relentlessly on tasks.
What is a Workaholic?
A firefighter that uses harmful coping to escape pain.
What is the Self-Harm Firefighter?
Reflecting on how parts impact relationships and daily life is part of this.
What is self-leadership exploration?