THE SELF-LED INTERNAL FAMILY SYSTEMS WORKBOOK

Step-by-step exercises to guide yourself through the IFS process and create inner harmony and peace

Transform the way you relate to yourself and your mental health struggles with this clear and structured guide to Internal Family Systems (IFS), an evidence-based approach to parts work therapy. The IFS model views every person as having an "internal family" of parts or sub-personalities, each with their own set of thoughts, feelings, and roles. Some parts hold pain from the past, while others work to prevent that pain from surfacing. When parts are understood and accepted, they can release this pain and heal. Developed by a veteran IFS clinician who has lived, practiced, and trained others on the IFS model for over 25 years, The Self-Led Internal Family Systems Workbook can help you connect to your true, authentic Selfwhich is always inside of you, ready to leadso you can meet your internal family of parts, respond compassionately when they're activated, and send them healing energy when they need it. Key features of this workbook: Accessible Self-Paced Process. Move through the IFS practice at your own speed and comfort level using IFS skills that have been adapted for beginners. Clear and Structured Approach. Bring clarity and insight to your internal world by navigating it with step-by-step skills, exercises, and worksheets. Strategies for Common IFS Challenges. Learn to work with parts that keep you stuck in problematic cycles and offer compassion to deeply wounded parts. Transcripts of Self-Led IFS Sessions. See how an IFS clinician works with her own parts to address challenges like perfectionism, impulse control, and more. Tanis Jo Allen, LMSW, ACSW, is a certified IFS psychotherapist in private practice in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She has been practicing, training in, and teaching the IFS model for more than 25 years, having presented many workshops and trainings in the Midwest and Canada, and as a guest lecturer at the University of Michigan. She earned her Master of Social Work and her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Michigan. Her professional experience includes clinical social work in education, both mental and physical healthcare settings, and hospice care. Her clinical specializations include anxiety and depression, all forms of eating disorders, grief, loss and trauma issues, adjustment to physical illness, and relationship concerns. As an IFS clinical consultant, she also provides supervision and mentorship to psychotherapists learning the model. Tanis established and directs the IFS Great Lakes Retreat, which is held annually in Northern Michigan.