Discover the innovative intersection of somatic therapy and Internal Family Systems (IFS), featuring 5 core practices to transform modern therapeutic approaches.
Enhance your clinical practice and patient outcomes by skillfully uniting body and mind through an evidence-based therapeutic modality—endorsed by leaders in the field, including Richard Schwartz.
Somatic Internal Family Systems Therapy introduces a cutting-edge therapeutic modality that merges the elements of somatic therapy, such as movement, touch, and breathwork, with the established principles of the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model. Authored by Susan McConnell, this multifaceted approach is crafted for therapists, clinicians, somatic practitioners, mental health professionals, and anyone interested in innovative healing techniques. A valuable contribution to mental health treatment, this guide offers a new horizon for those engaged in the well-being of others.
This comprehensive, bestselling guide presents:
- 5 core practices: somatic awareness, conscious breathing, radical resonance, mindful movement, and attuned touch, designed for seamless integration into therapeutic work.
- Strategies to apply these practices in addressing a range of clinical conditions including depression, trauma, anxiety, eating disorders, chronic illness, and attachment disorders.
- Techniques to assist clients in identifying, understanding, and reconciling their ‘inner worlds’ or subpersonalities, leading to improved emotional health and behavior.
- A compelling combination of scientific insights, experiential practices, and real-world clinical stories that illuminate the theory and application of Somatic IFS.
Highly regarded mental health professionals, such as IFS founder Richard Schwartz, have applauded this essential guide. By weaving together holistic healing wisdom, modern neuroscience, and somatic practices expertise, this book serves as a crucial resource for psychotherapists across various disciplines and laypersons seeking an embodied self.
This book is full of valuable content but the best thing about it is the transformational shifts it offers the reader.
This book contains healing energy. - Andrea
Somatic IFS is a comprehensive framework with insights for both therapists and clients. It incorporates the natural world (water, air, earth, fire) and contemporary science (biology, chemistry, physics, neuroscience). With realistic clinical examples, Susan details a way of being/listening/presencing clients to “hear” both the conscious narrative and the body story. The embodied Somatic IFS therapist employs one’s whole being as an assistant in healing. Somatic IFS invites healers to examine and expand the therapeutic use of one’s Self.
Additionally, Susan courageously invites the field to reconsider the role of ethical physical touch in healing.
This book is an important addition to the emerging body of literature on Internal Family Systems.