Self-Therapy, Vol. 2: A Step-by-Step Guide to Advanced IFS Techniques for Working with Protectors - Softcover

Earley PhD, Jay

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0984392793 ISBN 13: 9780984392797

Publisher: Pattern System Books, 2016

Synopsis

Self-Therapy brought Internal Family Systems Therapy to both therapists and the general public. It shows how working with parts can be user-friendly, respectful, and powerful. Self-Therapy, Vol. 2 takes the next step by describing advanced IFS techniques and insights related to staying in your true Self and working with protectors (defenses). If you have been using IFS with your clients or in your own inner work, this book will help you work through difficulties that may have arisen so your work can be even more healing and transformative. Learn when to switch parts, how to track your work, negotiate for Self-leadership, and work with polarization, Self-like parts, managers, and firefighters.

About this title

About the Author

Jay Earley, Ph.D, is a psychotherapist, group leader, trainer, big-picture thinker and theorist.

He studies psychotherapy and personal growth in a comprehensive way to arrive at a depth understanding of the human psyche and the process of transformation. Jay is known for the clarity and creativity of his teaching and writing.

He is the author of Interactive Group Therapy, Self-Therapy: A Step-by-Step Guide to Inner Wholeness Using IFS, Freedom from Your Inner Critic, and many other IFS books.

Jay has been leading Interactive Groups for 45 years. He is the founder of the Interactive Group Institute, where he hosts several Interactive IFS Groups and offers Group Leader Trainings for professionals.

Jay has a Ph.D. in psychology from Saybrook University and is a licensed psychologist in California (PSY6973). He has been in private practice since 1973.

From the Inside Flap

The many readers of Jay Earley's Self-Therapy, Vol. 1, who have been helped to work with theirinner systems by receiving the fundamentals of the IFS Model, will be pleasedto find that Self-Therapy Vol. 2 offersthem guidance for the inevitable challenges of our complex inner worlds. Our protective systems form an intricate and veiled web of alliances andpolarizations that can confound you traversing your inner landscapealone. This indispensable companion to the first volume systematicallyguides you to identify, track, negotiate with, and transform these devoted andpersistent protectors to bring more Self leadership, harmony, and peace to yourinner world.

I appreciate Jay's thorough and methodical approach,enhanced by experiential exercises, case examples, special notes to thetherapist, and Help Sheets. As an IFS trainer for 20 years, I recommendthis book not only for those wanting to work on their own or with a peer, butalso for students, graduates, and trainers of IFS.
--Susan McConnell, Senior IFS Lead Trainer

Self-Therapy, Vol. 2is the exciting new sequel to Self-Therapy. It is an indispensable guide for anyone on the journey of mindful self-discovery,understanding, and empowerment. Written for both the professional and the layperson, it delivers a fresh, "must-have" resource for the IFS model.Earley, in his surprisingly easy writing style, turns up the excitement byilluminating "hidden in plain sight" patterns, and masterfully mapping the stepsthat turn treatment roadblocks into bridges! As intrigued as you will be to diginto all these fascinating parts-work innovations, rest assured that Jay Earleyremains true to his signature style of supporting his readers by includingpowerful examples, step-by-step instructions, and worksheets. This is thebook to take your IFS practice to the next level.
--Roseanne Keefe, LICSW

The first volume of Self Therapy provided a practicaldescription of the IFS model of psychotherapy that helped many people exploreand transform their inner worlds on their own. But one book cannot adequatelycover the many IFS concepts and methods I developed the past 30 years, henceVolume 2. In it you will find clear and practical descriptions of importantconcepts like polarization among parts and how to depolarize them, Self-likeparts and how to detect them, and tips for maintaining and deepening the work.
--Richard Schwartz, PhD, Creator of IFS, author of Internal Family Systems Therapy and You're the One You've Been Waiting For

Edition details

• Publisher: Pattern System Books
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0984392793
• ISBN 13: 9780984392797
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 220