INTERNAL FAMILY SYSTEMSSM
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Books / Book Chapters / Journal Articles / Audio/Visual

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BOOKS
Nichols MP and Schwartz RC (2004). Family Therapy: Concepts and Methods, 6th Edition,

Boston: Allyn and Bacon (800) 282-0693, ISBN 0-205-31737-5

Goulding RA and Schwartz RC (2002). The Mosaic Mind: Empowering the Tormented Selves of Child Abuse Survivors, Oak Park: Trailheads Publications, The Center for Self Leadership,  ISBN 0-9721480-1-9

Schwartz RC (2001). Introduction to the Internal Family Systems Model, Oak Park IL: Trailheads Publications, The Center for Self Leadership, ISBN 0-9721480-0-0

Schwartz RC (1995). Internal Family Systems Therapy, New York: Guilford Press (800) 365-7006,  ISBN 1-57230-272-0

Breunlin DC, Schwartz RC, and Mac-Kune-Karrer B (1992). Metaframeworks: Transcending the Models of Family Therapy, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass (415) 433-1740, ISBN 0-7879-10708-0
BOOK CHAPTERS (top)
Schwartz, RC. “The Critical Parts of Me” in Kottler, J and Carlson, J, Bad Therapy: Master Therapists Share Their Worst Failures, New York, NY: Brunner-Routledge, 2003.

Schwartz, RC. “Internal Family Systems Therapy” in Carlson, J and Kjos, D (Eds.), Theories and Methods of Family Therapy, Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon, 2001

Johnson, LC and Schwartz, RC. “Internal Family Systems: Working with Children and Families” in  C. Everett Bailey (Ed.), Children in Therapy, New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Co., 2000

Schwartz RC. “The Internal Family Systems Model” in J. Rowan and M. Cooper (Eds.), The Plural Self: Multiplicity in Everyday Life, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Press, 1999

Schwartz RC. “The Self-to-Self Connection: Intimacy and the Internal Family Systems Model” in J. Carlson and I. Sperry (Eds.), The Intimate Couple, Philadelphia, PA: Bruner-Mazel, 1999

Schwartz RC. “Releasing the Soul: Psychotherapy as a Spiritual Practice” in F. Walsh (Ed.), Spiritual Resources in Family Therapy, New York: Guilford Press, 1999

Schwartz RC. “Internal Family Systems Family Therapy” in F. Dattilio (Ed.), Case Studies in Couple and Family Therapy: Systemic and Cognitive Perspectives, New York: Guilford Press,  1998

Schwartz RC, Barrett MJ, and Saba G. “Family Therapy for Bulimia” in D. Garner and P. Garfunkel (Eds.), The Handbook for the Treatment of Anorexia and Bulimia, New York: Guilford Press, 1985

Schwartz RC. “Has Family Therapy Reached a Stage Where It Can Use the Concept of Stages?”   in D. Breunlin (Ed.), Family Therapy in Stages, Rockville, MD: Aspen Systems Corporation, 1988

Schwartz RC. “The Trainer-Trainee Relationship” in H.A. Liddle, D.C. Breunlin, and RC Schwartz  (Eds.), Handbook of Family Therapy Training and Supervision, New York: Guilford Press, 1988

Schwartz RC, Liddle HA, and Breunlin DC. “Muddles of Live Supervision” in H.A. Liddle, D.C.  Breunlin, and RC Schwartz (Eds.), Handbook of Family Therapy Training and Supervision, New York: Guilford Press, 1988

Liddle HA, Breunlin DC, and Schwartz RC. “The Field of Family Therapy Training and Supervision”  in H.A. Liddle, D.C. Breunlin, and RC Schwartz (Eds.), Handbook of Family Therapy Training and Supervision, New York: Guilford Press 1988

Breunlin DC, Liddle HA, and Schwartz RC. “Concurrent Training of Therapists and Supervisors” in H.A. Liddle , D.C. Breunlin, and RC Schwartz (Eds.), Handbook of Family Therapy Training and Supervision, New York: Guilford Press, 1988

Schwartz RC. “Women and Eating Disorders” in F. Walsh and C. Anderson (Eds.), Chronic Disorders and the Family, New York: Haworth, 1988

Barrett MJ and Schwartz RC. “Couples Treatment for Bulimia” in J. Harkaway (Ed.), Eating Disorders, Rockville, MD: Aspen Systems Corporation, 1987

Schwartz RC. “The conceptual development of family therapy trainees” in A. Gurman (Ed.), Questions and Answers in Family Therapy, Vol. II, Bruner-Mazel, 1983
JOURNAL ARTICLES (top)
(Asterisked articles available in a reader packet which may be purchased from the IFS Store.)

Schwartz RC. The larger self. Psychotherapy Networker, May/June 2004

Schwartz RC and Norman DM: Maintaining self leadership with “borderline” clients. Journal of Self Leadership, 1(1):32-37, 2003.

Schwartz RC: Pathways to sexual intimacy. Psychotherapy Networker, May/June 2003

*Schwartz RC: Hard times for the forces of compassion. Family Process, 41(1) 32-34, Spring 2002

*Schwartz RC: Dealing with racism: to exorcise or embrace inner bigots. Voices: The Art and Science of Psychotherapy, 37(3): 55-64, Fall 2001

*Schwartz RC: No contest: how a therapist learned to listen. Psychotherapy Networker, Sept/Oct 2001

*Schwartz RC and Johnson SM: Does couple and family therapy have emotional intelligence? Family Process, 39:29-34, 2000

Schwartz RC: Narrative therapy expands and contracts family therapy’s horizons. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, (25) 1999

*Schwartz, RC: Don’t look back. Family Therapy Networker, Mar/Apr 1997

*Schwartz, RC: Rescuing the exiles. Family Therapy Networker, May/June 1992

*Schwartz, RC: The american nightmare. Family Therapy Networker, Mar/Apr 1991

Breunlin, D, Schwartz, RC, and Karrer, B: The metaframeworks perspective in action. Family Therapy Case Studies, (5) 1990

Schwartz, RC: The internal family systems model: an expansion of systems thinking into the level of internal process. Family Therapy Case Studies, (3) 1989

Schwartz, RC: Working with internal and external family systems. Family Relations, July 1988

*Schwartz, RC: Know thy selves. Family Therapy Networker, Nov/Dec 1988

*Schwartz, RC: Letter and response: our multiple selves. Family Therapy Networker, July/Aug 1987

*Schwartz, RC: Our multiple selves. Family Therapy Networker, Mar/Apr 1987

*Schwartz, RC and Perrotta, P: Let us sell no intervention before its time. Family Therapy Networker, July/Aug 1985

*Schwartz, RC and Breunlin, D: Research: why clinicians should bother with it. Family Therapy Networker, July/Aug 1983

*Schwartz, RC: On becoming a family therapist. Family Therapy Networker, Sept/Oct 1982

Schwartz, RC: Parental reversals: a framework for conceptualizing and implementing a class of paradoxical interventions. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, (8) 1982
AUDIO/VISUAL (top)

1. “Patricia,” a clinical demonstration of working with Exiles and Guides and unburdening, with therapist Richard C. Schwartz (video, 90 mins), Trailheads Publications, The Center for Self Leadership

2. “Monica,” a clinical demonstration of working with Managers, with therapist Richard C. Schwartz (video, 96 mins), Trailheads Publications, The Center for Self Leadership

3. “The Angry Couple,” a clinical demonstration of working with couples to disarm and become more Self-led, with therapist Richard C. Schwartz (video, 50 mins), Trailheads Publications, The Center for Self Leadership

4. “Internal Family Systems Therapy with Richard C. Schwartz,” 1999, order from Allyn and Bacon (800) 282-0693, ISBN 0-205-33215-3, (instructional video, 30-day preview available)

5. “Couples Counseling with Dr. Richard Schwartz,” moderated by Dr. Jon Carlson, order from Allyn and Bacon (800) 278-3525, ISBN 0-205-32295-6, 3 videos with instruction, demonstration, and discussion

6. The 8th Annual Internal Family Systems Conference, “Changing the Racist Mind,” with Richard C. Schwartz and a panel of IFS practitioners, (audio CD, 1-1/2 hours), Trailheads Publications, The Center for Self Leadership

7. The 10th Annual Internal Family Systems Conference, October 5-7, 2001, Aurora University, Williams Bay, Wisconsin. 20 workshops, and 2 plenaries by Richard C. Schwartz, 1 on sexuality and 1 on spirituality. Trailheads Publications, The Center for Self Leadership

8. The 12th Annual Internal Family Systems Conference, September 18-21, 2003, University of St. Mary of the Lake, Mundelein, Illinois. Pre-Conference Institute, 15 workshops, and 2 plenaries by Richard Schwartz, 1 on Self leadership and 1 on Self-led parenting. Trailheads Publications, The Center for Self Leadership

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