Richard C. Schwartz
Richard C. Schwartz | |
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| Born | September 14, 1949 — |
| Education | Ph.D. in Marriage and Family Therapy, Purdue University |
| Occupation | Psychotherapist · Author · Academic |
| Years active | 1970s–present |
| Organizations | IFS Institute; Family Institute at Northwestern University; Institute for Juvenile Research (University of Illinois, Chicago) |
| Known for | Creator of the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model of therapy; founder of the Center for Self Leadership (now IFS Institute) |
| Notable work | Introduction to the Internal Family Systems Model (2001) |
Richard C. Schwartz (born 14 September 1949), is an American systemic family therapist, academic, author, and creator of the Internal Family Systems (IFS) branch of therapy. He developed his foundational work with IFS in the 1980s after theorizing that his clients were made up of many different pieces of "parts" of their "Self." He teaches that, "Our inner parts contain valuable qualities and our core Self knows how to heal, allowing us to become integrated and whole. In IFS all parts are welcome."