Books
We recommend the books below and many others that can be found on the IFS Institute's website.
Textbook
Introduction to the Internal Family Systems is the most comprehensive text and recommended as essential reading for all IFS therapists.
Simple Intro
No Bad Parts offers an elegant overview of the model intended for lay and professional audiences.
IFS Consultation
Internal Family Systems Therapy: Supervision and Consultation is full of wisdom and guidance for navigating the consultative relationship and imperative.
Somatic IFS
Somatic Internal Family Systems: Awareness, Breath, Resonance, Movement and Touch by Susan McConnell offers a beautiful deepening of IFS into the somatic realm.
IFS & Groups
Healing Circles offers guidance on incorporating IFS into groups
Skills Manuals
Internal Family Systems Skills Training Manual and Internal Family Systems: Therapy for Addiction offer simple and clear information and exercises to use with your clients.
IFS for Couples
You are the One You've Been Waiting for is an IFS classic emphasizing the value of the 'You turn' in all relationships
Multiplicity of the Mind
Many Minds, One Self offers a survey of the history of 'Self' in therapeutic modalities and religious traditions.
Spiritual Experiences
The Others Within goes where few in modern medicine or psychotherapy are willing to go in the pursuit of healing and integrity.
Therapist Memoir
Talk Therapy Isn't Enough: A Psychotherapist's Personal Transformation Through Neuroscience, Psychedelics, and Spirituality is a compelling page-turner normalizing the experience of being a therapist and human at the same time.