Richard Schwartz, PhD
Working with Shame and the Inner Critic
This session originally aired in the 2021 Compassion in Therapy Summit.
Download Video | Download Audio | Download Transcript
What You'll Learn
Get an in-depth overview of the Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy model and watch role playing scenarios to see how IFS is used to transform shame and the inner critic
Learn how to help clients locate the inner critic in their body and shift harmful patterns by building attuned and compassionately curious relationships to all parts of themselves
Explore the relationship between compassion and trust and how these qualities naturally lead toward client “self leadership” in the IFS approach
About Richard Schwartz, PhD
Richard Schwartz, PhD, began his career as a family therapist and an academic at the University of Illinois at Chicago. From his explorations of the internal lives of his clients, the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model was born in the early 1980s. IFS is now evidence-based and has become a widely-used form of psychotherapy, particularly with trauma. It provides a non-pathologizing, optimistic, and empowering perspective and a practical and effective set of techniques for working with individuals, couples, families, and more recently, corporations and classrooms. In 2013, Dr. Schwartz left the Chicago area and now lives in Brookline, MA where he is on the faculty of the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.
Learn more at www.ifs-institute.com
About Susan Pollak, MTS, EdD
Susan M. Pollak, MTS, EdD, is a psychologist in private practice in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She is a longtime student of meditation and yoga who has been integrating the practices of meditation into psychotherapy since the 1980s. Dr. Pollak is cofounder and teacher at the Center for Mindfulness and Compassion at Harvard Medical School/ Cambridge Health Alliance and was president of the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy from 2010 to 2020. Dr. Pollak is a co-editor of The Cultural Transition; and a contributing author of Mapping the Moral Domain; Evocative Objects; and Mindfulness and Psychotherapy, 2nd Edition. She is the co-author of Sitting Together: Essential Skills for Mindfulness-Based Psychotherapy and the author of the new book, Self-Compassion for Parents: Nurture Your Child by Caring for Yourself. She writes a popular blog for Psychology Today called The Art of Now.
Grateful for his clear, concise description.