Resolving Inner Conflict: Working Through Polarization Using Internal Family Systems Therapy - Softcover

Earley, Jay

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0984392769 ISBN 13: 9780984392766

Publisher: Pattern System Books, 2012

Synopsis

This book is a detailed treatment of how to work with inner conflict in Internal Family Systems Therapy, including transcripts of actual sessions to show exactly how the technique works. Though written for psychotherapists, it is also accessible to people who want to deepen their IFS work on themselves.

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From the Author

Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: Understanding Polarization
Chapter 2: Recognizing Polarization
Chapter 3: Unblending from Polarized Parts
Chapter 4: Getting to Know a Polarized Part
Chapter 5: Transcript of Getting to Know Polarized Parts
Chapter 6: Deciding Which Approach to Use
Chapter 7: Getting Permission for a Depolarization Dialogue
Chapter 8: Beginning the Depolarization Dialogue
Chapter 9: True Dialogue and Resolution
Chapter 10: Anne's Depolarization Dialogue
Chapter 11: Nancy's Depolarization Dialogue
Chapter 12: Polarization Role Playing
Chapter 13: Following Up Polarization Work
Chapter 14: Polarization in Larger Systems
Appendix A: Polarization Help Sheet
Appendix B: Glossary
Appendix C: IFS Resources
Appendix D: Managers and Firefighters

About the Author

Jay Earley, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist, psychotherapist, group leader, author, teacher, and theorist. He is a big-picture thinker and innovative psychological theorist.

He studies psychotherapy in a comprehensive way to arrive at a depth understanding of the human psyche and the process of transformation. Jay is known the clarity of his teaching and writing, his creative methods of demonstrating complex ideas, and his detailed description of therapeutic technique. In his therapy work, people rely on Jay's compassionate heart and sensitivity to group process. He has a deep understanding of the nature of therapeutic change and knows how to effect profound inner healing.

Jay focuses on Internal Family Systems Therapy in all aspects of his work. He is active in the IFS community, helping to train therapists and presenting workshops every year at the IFS conference. He teaches IFS to the general public as a practice for self-help and peer counseling. He also teaches a variety of classes and workshops applying IFS to specific psychological issues such as procrastination, communication, relationships, and the inner critic. He is the author of Self-Therapy: A Step-by-Step Guide to Inner Wholeness Using IFS and Self-Therapy for Your Inner Critic.

Dr. Earley is nationally known for his innovation in the group psychotherapy field, published in Interactive Group Therapy: Integrating Interpersonal, Action-Oriented, and Psychodynamic Approaches. He continues to lead interactive and IFS therapy groups in the Bay Area. Jay has created the Pattern System, a method for understanding parts, behavior, healthy capacities, internal dynamics, and underlying psychological issues.

Jay has also published Transforming Human Culture: Social Evolution and the Planetary Crisis and Inner Journeys: A Guide to Personal and Social Transformation.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pattern System Books
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0984392769
• ISBN 13: 9780984392766
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 140