Integrating the IFS Model with Key Modalities, Communities & Trends
(Co-author and Senior Editor)
Re-named and re-published as IFS Integration
In this skillfully curated collection, author and senior editor Jenna Riemersma invites 30 leading IFS experts to discuss how to apply the transformative insights of the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model with a wide range of clients, communities and modalities.
This book has been renamed and re-published as IFS Integration and is no longer available online for purchase.
T. Hunter
IFS Clinician
“WOW! This book is a must for all IFS practitioners and therapists. There is a wealth of knowledge and perspectives. I loved the diversity and inclusion. I will be recommending this one over and over again.”
Altogether Us
A Simplified IFS Therapy Tool to Welcome All Parts of You
Altogether Us opens with IFS founder Richard Schwartz sharing the origin story of the model and describing its remarkable growth. Jenna then presents a never-before published IFS shorthand tool.
Each of the following chapters explore the integration of the IFS model with a remarkably comprehensive array of topics including: Addictive Processes, Adoption, Ancestral Lineage Healing, Asian and Pacific Islander Clients, Black Clients, Couples, Disordered Eating, EMDR, Enneagram, Gender Identity, Groups, Latinx Clients, Native American Clients, Neurodivergent Clients, Parenting, Play Therapy, Polyvagal Theory, Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy, Psychodrama, Sandtray, Sexual Orientation, Sexuality, and Somatic Practices.
A powerhouse group of contributing authors, led by Dr. Richard Schwartz, include: Dr. Frank Anderson, Dr. Mona Barbera, Chris Burris, Dr. Sand Chang, Candice Christiansen, Marcella Cox, Dr. Daphne Fatter, Fatimah Finney, Carmen Jiminez-Pride, Mary Kruger, Kathy Mackechney, Meg Martinez-Dettamanti, Susan McConnell, Dr. Suzan McVicker, Dr. Nancy Morgan, Gregg Paisley, Halie Parmalee, Pete Patton LCSW, Leslie Petruk, Patricia Rich, Dr. Alexia Rothman, Joan Ryan, Gaby Satarino, Valerie Simon, Tammy Sollenberger, Julia Sullivan, Cece Sykes, and Regina Wei.
Intended for both helping professionals and students of IFS, Altogether Us expands access to this exciting new paradigm in psychotherapy while affirming the vision of Dr. Schwartz to welcome all parts and celebrate diverse and inclusive expressions of Self-leadership in the world.
Welcome
I’m so glad you’re here.
As an author, speaker, therapist, and clinical consultant, I’ve spent decades helping people make sense of what feels painful, confusing, and stuck. Together we can find a more compassionate way forward.
My work weaves together clinical insight, spiritual dimensionality, and lived experience to support meaningful change that unfolds over time – without pressure or performance.