Internal Family Systems Couple Therapy Skills Manual: Healing Relationships with Intimacy from the Inside Out - Paperback

by Toni Herbine-Blank (Author)

You can help even the most conflicted, disconnected couples restore and heal their relationship.

IFS Couple Therapy Skills Manual presents clinicians with a powerful, non-pathologizing approach to helping couples better understand themselves, their differences, and the underlying reasons for their suffering.

Working from the lens of Intimacy from the Inside Out (IFIO) - a branch of Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy - the authors provide a highly successful therapy that allows couples to feel understood, to decrease shame, and to reestablish loving connections. Inside you'll find:

• Step-by-step techniques
• Case examples
• Experiential exercises
• Clear treatment explanations
• Downloadable worksheets

Author Biography

Toni Herbine-Blank, MSN, RN, is a senior trainer for the IFS Institute and the sole developer for the Intimacy from the Inside Out training programs. She runs couple therapy training programs, retreats, and workshops nationally and internationally, and has coauthored the book Intimacy from the Inside Out: Courage and Compassion in Couple Therapy .

Martha Sweezy, PhD, is an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School and a program consultant and supervisor at Cambridge Health Alliance. She is coauthor of Internal Family Systems Therapy; The IFS Skills Training Manual; and Intimacy from the Inside Out. She has written numerous books and articles on IFS, including for the Journal of Psychotherapy Integration and The American Journal of Psychotherapy.