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Self to Self

Newsletter of the Internal Family Systems Association

Creating Community Through Timely Communication



Self to Self is the newsletter of the Internal Family Systems Association. Editor Jan Mullen.

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These are excerpts of the feature articles from the past issues of Self to Self:


Vol. 1 No. 1
Spring 1996: 

Working over the Horizon by Michi Rose Ph.D.

Vol. 1 No. 2
Fall 1996:

 Trauma to Body-Mind (psychoneuro) Immunological Reactions by Elizabeth H. Fisher Ph.D.

Vol. 1 No. 3
Winter 1996/97: 

IFS and Mindfulness Meditation by Paul Ginter Ed.D.

Vol. 2 No. 1
Spring 1997: 

Self-Leadership and the Fire Drill Exercise by Richard C. Schwartz Ph.D.

Vol. 2 No. 2
Summer 1997: 

Internal Family Systems Tips: Parts-Art by Michi Rose Ph.D., MAT, MSW

Vol. 2 No. 3
Fall/Winter 1997

Taoism and IFS by Tim Pedigo Ph.D.

Vol. 3 No. 1
Spring 1998: 

Parts Map: Making IFS Come Alive for Children of All Ages by Janis Clark Johnston Ed.D.

Vol. 3 No. 2
Summer/Fall 1998: 

Sex, Spirituality, and Internal Family Systems by Gina Ogden Ph.D. and Karen McDaniel Ph.D

Vol. 3 No. 3
Winter 1998/99: 

Dangerous Firefighters by Marta Chausee MS, Judy Lauwasser MS and Richard C. Schwartz Ph.D.

Vol. 4 No. 1
Spring 1999: 

Accessing the Self and Parts Through Authentic Movementby Susan Cahill MA, ADTR, LCPC

Vol. 4 No. 2
Summer 1999: 

An Interview with Dick Schwartz by Ellen Pritsker
Meditation and Self-Help in the IFS Model by Barbara Cargill MA, ADTR

Vol. 4 No. 3
Fall 1999:

Our Bodies? Our Selves? By Susan McConnell


Excerpts from the articles:

Working over the Horizon by Michi Rose Ph.D.

The horizon technique is an effective tool for personal transformation. Clients send Parts that need healing over the horizon where they are transformed. A fearful, wounded two year old Part might go to the horizon and come back a happy, playful four year old child with a lighter more luminous quality. In short, the Part comes back healed

Trauma to Body-Mind (psychoneuro) Immunological Reactions by Elizabeth H. Fisher Ph.D.

The immune system is a sensory system. Its mission - to discern the presence of threat and danger, to discern the presence of Self vs. Not-self. Its methods - massive, instantaneous defensive mobilization, sometimes local, sometimes systemic, sometimes cellular, sometimes involving activation of CNS and metabolic systems.

IFS and Mindfulness Meditation by Paul Ginter Ed.D.

Although the IFS model of psychotherapy and the tradition of Mindfulness Meditation (more traditionally called Vipassana) have strikingly different origins, these two practices possess several dimensions that are particularly complementary. Whether seen as separate vehicles for creating many of the same outcomes, or as ways to facilitate the work of the other, both can serve as powerful tools for healing and self growth. Mindfulness meditation is a very effective tool for facilitating what are two important goals of IFS work - namely, creating balance within the internal system, and promoting Self leadership. At the same time, IFS work can serve an essential function in the path toward mindfulness by providing a mechanism for dealing with parts that prevent some people from being able to be present in the moment.

Self-Leadership and the Fire Drill Exercise by Richard C. Schwartz Ph.D.

Over the years, the Self and the concept of Self-leadership has become increasingly central to the IFS model. Effective therapists have learned to maintain Self-leadership in the face of provocation from their clients' parts. More generally, however, the more one's life is Self-led, the more one is able to relax and enjoy it and the more harmony one has