Explore Internal Family Systems (IFS): Recommended Resources
Curious about Internal Family Systems (IFS)? Whether you're completely new to the model or looking to deepen your understanding, this page brings together some of the most helpful resources.
Curious about IFS? Here’s where to begin.
Curious about Internal Family Systems (IFS)? Whether you're completely new to the model or looking to deepen your understanding, this page brings together some of the most helpful resources to support your journey.
IFS is a transformative approach to self-understanding and emotional healing. It teaches us that we’re not one fixed personality, but a system of parts — inner voices, roles, or sub-personalities — each with their own perspective and purpose. When we learn to listen to these parts with curiosity and compassion, real change becomes possible.
Below, you’ll find a curated collection of IFS resources.
Books
Exploring the foundations of IFS and how to apply it in daily life
Introduction to Internal Family Systems
Videos
Breaking down IFS concepts visually and offer guided practices
Podcasts
Featuring expert interviews, real stories, and IFS in action
Articles
For deeper insights and practical understanding
Inside the revolutionary treatment that could change psychotherapy forever
Where to find an IFS therapist or practitioner
If you're ready to go deeper with therapeutic support
Inside the Story: Never, Not Ever – Book Club Replay
In this special book club session, we dive into Never, Not Ever, a YA novel that explores big feelings, family secrets, and the journey toward emotional healing.
In this special book club session, we dive into Never, Not Ever, a YA novel that explores big feelings, family secrets, and the journey toward emotional healing.
Author Jodie Benveniste, along with IFS therapists Jaclyn Long and Jessica Tomich Sorci, unpack the story through the compassionate psychological lens of Internal Family Systems (IFS)—a powerful and accessible way of understanding the different parts inside us: the ones that protect us, the ones that hold our pain, and the deeper self that can hold it all.
✨ In this conversation, we explore:
A parts-mapping of Tilly, the main character, through an IFS lens
The complex dance of mum parts and teen parts, and what happens when they collide
The parts we all carry, including the teen parts we’ve left behind
How we organize our lives to avoid vulnerability, and how this story shows a braver way
How fiction can help us connect - with each other, and with the story of our lives
This is a session for educators, therapists, parents, teens, YA fiction lovers, and anyone curious about how stories can heal.
▶️ Watch the replay now to explore what stirred in your inner world.