Richardschwartz Quotes

“IFS can be seen as attachment theory
taken inside, in the sense that the client’s Self becomes the good
attachment figure to their insecure or avoidant parts. I was ini-
tially amazed to discover that when I was able to help clients ac-
cess their Self, they would spontaneously begin to relate to their
parts in the loving way that the textbooks on attachment theory
prescribed. This was true even for people who had never had
good parenting in the first place. Not only would they listen to
their young exiles with loving attention and hold them patiently
while they cried, they would firmly but lovingly discipline the
parts in the roles of inner critics or distractors. Self just knows
how to be a good inner leader.”
― Richard Schwartz Ph.D.