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Moving From Acceptance Toward Transformation With Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS)
Author(s) -
Schwartz Richard C.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/jclp.22016
Subject(s) - psychology , obstacle , family systems theory , psychotherapist , family therapy , social psychology , transformation (genetics) , cognitive psychology , biochemistry , chemistry , political science , law , gene
Clients come to psychotherapy intent on changing, rather than accepting, their unwanted behaviors, emotions, or thoughts. The problem often is, however, that their lack of self‐acceptance is the primary obstacle to change. This article describes how one approach, the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model, fosters clients’ acceptance of all parts of themselves no matter how destructive, and how that acceptance can lead to the transformation of those parts and, in turn, of other people.