PARTS & SELF Recent Postings

Explore the latest from PARTS & SELF, featuring a book review of "Therapy for Addictions," a deep dive into Self-led Feminism in addressing IPV, and the role of IFS in tech leadership. Stay informed with thought-provoking insights on healing, leadership, and social change.

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PARTS Pilot Study Published

The Foundation for Self Leadership is pleased to announce that the findings from a second Foundation-funded study have been published.

psychological trauma journal coverThe latest issue of Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, the American Psychological Association’s leading trauma specialty journal, features an article titled: “Online Group-Based Internal Family Systems Treatment for PTSD: Feasibility and Acceptability of Program for Alleviating and Resolving Trauma and Stress (PARTS).”

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First Richard C. Schwartz Research Fellow Selected

Dilara Ally, PhD, MSW will join the Center for Mindfulness and Compassion to conduct Internal Family Systems Research, funded by the Foundation for Self Leadership

“We are thrilled to fund this fellowship in honor of the significant contributions that Dr. Richard Schwartz has made to the mental health field. We are especially pleased to have it housed at the Cambridge Health Alliance/Harvard Medical School where Dr. Schwartz has been a faculty member for the past decade, and at CMC, which has been developing an academic Center of Excellence for IFS training, research and clinical practice”, said Toufic Hakim, PhD, Executive Director of the Foundation for Self Leadership.

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New Magazine Shifts the Paradigm

Richard Schwartz, PhD has observed that he is trying to usher in a new paradigm with his IFS model of the human psyche. Now, the Foundation for Self Leadership has created its own paradigm shift with our IFS community magazine, named PARTS & SELF.

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