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

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.

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.