What's special about this event, is that Richard Schwartz is rarely in the UK, and has never participated in an Internal Family Systems Conference on UK soil that includes a dialogue from a Christian world view.
So, are you students, counsellors or therapists who are intrigued to learn more about this model? Or are you experienced practitioners already working with this model and/or aspects of the internal family, including parts and Self, and want to know how to use it within an holistic approach or Christian framework? If so, this conference is for you, and if you want to find out more, go to: www.lst.ac.uk/IFS.
But in the meantime, a few thoughts for you to reflect on:
- Are you aware of times when you feel internal conflict, and part of you wants to go in one direction whilst the other part resists?
- Are you aware of losing a sense of control when these internal pulls take over?
Well, according to Richard Schwartz, Internal Family Systems Therapy, was "developed in response to clients’ descriptions of various parts within themselves", which sometimes were in conflict with each other and destabilised the internal system. However, "when the clients’ parts felt safe and were allowed to relax, the clients would experience spontaneously the qualities of confidence, openness, and compassion that Dr. Schwartz came to call the Self. He found that when in that state of Self, clients would know how to heal their parts".
This, then, prompts me to offer some questions for reflection:
- How do you understand 'Self' in either psychological or theological terms?
- If people where in 'Self-leadership', would they be capable of healing themselves?
- If people could maintain Self-leadership, would there be less acts of cruelty and selfishness in the world?
Irene Davies, 10th. April 2014
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