Parts Work: An Illustrated Guide to Your Inner Life by Tom Holmes (2011) Paperback

This book is clear, easy to understand, and thought-provoking. It’s a good introduction to IFS. It definitely made me want to learn more.

I had decided not to buy this due to the negative reviews, yet a friend encouraged me to buy anyway. Im so glad I did!!! This is a spectacular book. The visuals are amazing and very relatable. The easy to understand concepts are life changing!So glad I bought! I also bought the 73 card deck👍🏻

If you are working on your parts alone or with a therapist, this book is helpful in visualizing what you are doing.

Easy to read & understand. It’s a work book I go back to frequently

A very visual, wonderful book that explains the basics of IFS work, and that is sometimes all we need to start. I held this in my Amazon Unlimited for months. Just buy it - my adolescents love it in therapy and we don’t need to go much ‘deeper’ than that.

This book was recommended to me after I had expressed interest in the Internal Family System work. It is indeed really worthwhile to read and reread it, because it contains so much information presented in an easily understandable way.The one quibble I have with this book compared to Jay Earley's Self-therapy is that Holmes keeps repeating that it is difficult and/or impossible to work on your own with this system while Earley obviously takes the position that it is very well possible to do this work on your own or with a buddy, not necessarily with an IFS therapist if the situation isn't too dramatic.Personally I am not really fond of Sharon Eckstein's drawing style, but the illustrations support the text in a wonderful way nevertheless.Reading Holmes and Earley both together gave me an even broader introduction to this wonderful parts work. It is my intention to keep studying in this direction.

a lot of things I have learned in my life especially through therapy. IFS seems to combine meditation, emotions, thoughts, behavior, relationships and so much more together to find your self. Wise mind as I have learned. I have always felt like something is missing in terms of therapy, like it separated me into different pthings or parts instead of being whole. Maybe the spiritual part is what is missing too. This seems to integrate that in as well no matter what one believes. I will want to read this again and do the exercises but I think it’s a very visual instruction to begin to understand IFS. (Integrated Family Systems) - I think it’s hard to go back to book once here in typing review and not loose what I typed lol.

This is a good beginner book to get you started on your "self-discovery", but it's definitely milk and not meat if you know what I mean. General descriptions that are easy enough to understand, but stays very surface level for the entirety of the book. Depends on where you are and what you need at this stage.

Great book for anyone who want to know yourself moreHighly recommended for anyone who work with kids and specifically school psychologists

Très intéressant

For those who are new in our inner thought and self-discovery, this is a great book to start. You will love it.

I'm learning so much about inner family systems. Schwarz has nailed it

たくさんのユニークな絵が理解をIFSの理解を助けてくれます。protectersやexilesがそれぞれの特徴に合った、遊び心のある絵で表現されていて、それらの絵を眺めているだけでも楽しいですよ。