The Internal Family Systems

IFS Model

The Center for Self Leadership is dedicated to the healing transformation of lives and cultures through educating therapists, health care professionals and the public in the IFS psychotherapeutic model.

Gain the tools and methods you need to understand and actively use the IFS Model. Through IFS educational opportunities, you will learn the conceptual basis of the Model and how to apply basic, intermediate and advanced techniques to individuals, couples, children, families and groups.

• Workshop Calendar 
  Find IFS workshops near you.

Sign up on a specific Interest List: Select a level below and search by geographic region.

• Level 1 (Basic) Training
  Find IFS Level 1 Training programs near you.

• Level 2 (Advanced) Training
  Find IFS Level 2 Training programs near you.

• Level 3 Trainings
  For graduates of Level 1 and Level 2 only.

Additional Educational Options:

• Annual Conference
  The 2007 IFS Conference is over! Check back for information on our next conference in 2008, or click the link above to find out information about the 2007 conference.
  
  
• Annual Retreat
  Maya Tulum, Mexico, February 10-17, 2007
  
  
• Master Calendar
  A chronological calendar of all IFS training programs

• IFS Trainer Directory
  Bios and contact info for Lead and Assistant Trainers

• Program Assistant (PA) Info
  How to become a PA for IFS programs

• IFS Trainer Information
  For graduates and current students of Level 1 (Basic) Training Programs only

• Selected Bibliography
  Books, book chapters, journal articles about IFS.

• 2005, 2006, 2007 Workshop and Plenary DVDs and CDs
  Click here to order directly from the vendor's site.

• The Journal of Self Leadership
  A multi-media journal devoted to the theory/application of the IFS Model.

• IFS Insight
  Software for IFS therapists and clients.

• IFS Scale
  A personality scale based on the IFS Model.

• The Internal Family Systems Association (IFSA)
  This membership organization features the Self to Self newsletter, listserv and more.

• IFS-Europe
  Internal Family Systems website for our European counterpart.
  
  
• Friends of CSL
  Links of some of our closest friends.
  
  
• E-Communiqué Archive
  An archive of our monthly E-Communiqué emails.

New IFS DVD in Bookstore - Trauma Behind Rage

• Click here to visit bookstore!

REGISTER NOW for Level 1 Training Programs

• Chicago, IL (159)
• Boston, MA (152)
• San Francisco, CA (156)
• Central CT
• Washington,DC(122)

REGISTER NOW for Level 2 Training Programs

• New York Area -- Ossining, NY (161)
• San Francisco, CA (163)
• Boston, MA (164)

REGISTER NOW for Level 3 Training Programs

• Cape Cod, MA
  (Beginning June 6, 2008)
• Cape Cod, MA
  (Beginning June 18, 2008)
• Chicago, IL
  (October 13-17, 2008)

"One of the most innovative psychotherapeutic approaches to emerge in recent years."
~ Froma Walsh, PhD, Professor and Co-Director, Center for Family Health, University of Chicago

Find a Practitioner
Search using the IFS International Practitioners Directory.

The IFS Store
Purchase books, reader packets, audio and video materials.

Richard C. Schwartz, PhD
Founder and developer of the Internal Family Systems Model of Psychotherapy

The Internal Family Systems Model
Evolution of the IFS Model, Model outline, glossary of terms.

The Center for Self Leadership
Coordinates the training, consulting, clinical and research activities of IFS.

©2007 The Center for Self Leadership. All rights reserved. Internal Family Systems is a registered service mark of The Center for Self Leadership.