Options for effective counseling and therapy Successful work with persons using Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy By Peter K. Gerlach, MSW Member NSRC Experts Council site intro > course outline > professional intro > map > search or prior page > here The Web address of this article is https://sfhelp.org/pro/persons.htm this is under construction       Clicking underlined links here will open a new window. Other links will  open an informational popup, so please turn off your browser's popup blocker or allow popups from this nonprofit Web site. If your playback device doesn't support Javascript, the popups may not display. Follow underlined links after finishing this article to avoid getting lost.          This article is one of a series on effective professional counseling, coaching, and therapy with troubled persons, coupes and families. These articles for professionals are under construction.         This article assumes you're familiar with: The premises underlying this professional series   online lessons 1 thru 6 or 7 The treatment model Requisites for effective IFS work Useful clinical and lay terms         Before continuing, pause and reflect - why are you reading this article? What do you need?   Contents Introduction to IFS work with persons General goals Client assessment guidelines IFS intervention guidelines Common IFS errors   Introduction to IFS work with persons Preparation Education vs. therapy Types of IFS clients   General goals for IFS work with persons Establish initial trust Educate the client on personality subselves and parts work as needed Agree with the client on their significant psychological wounds Agree on the goals of therapy Evaluate what blocks the client's healing and growth Tailor an IFS strategy to ftt clients' knowledge, values, and beliefs   Assessment guidelines Learn presenting problems Learn prior clinical experiences and outcomes GWC wounds and awareness Experience with functional team & effective leader? Personal strengths and limitations / visual ability / spirituality Assess IFS knowledge, if any Supports     IFS intervention guidelines IFS education as needed suggest using "a part of me..." vs "I,,," explain and draft initial parts profile identify most impactful parts,  and pick 1 explain befriending and retraining facilitate initial parts dialog / answer questions / explore resistances use rescuing / redoing / reassigning as needed troubleshooting common strategies case studies   Common IFS errors           This article was very helpful  somewhat helpful  not helpful       Prior page   site intro  /  course outline  /  site search  /  definitions  /  chat  /  contact