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Many therapy schools work with inner multiplicity (not just IFS)

Cross-posted to the EA Forum. Summary * The psychotherapy school Internal Family Systems (IFS) is popular among effective altruists and rationalists. Many view IFS as the only therapy school that recognizes that our psyche has multiple ‘parts’. * As an alternative perspective, we describe comparatively evidence-based therapy approaches that work...

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Many therapy schools work with inner multiplicity (not just IFS)

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Many therapy schools work with inner multiplicity (not just IFS)

Good idea, thanks. We added such an ‘epistemic status’ paragraph.

Many therapy schools work with inner multiplicity (not just IFS)

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Cross-posted to the EA Forum.

Summary

The psychotherapy school Internal Family Systems (IFS) is popular among effective altruists and rationalists. Many view IFS as the only therapy school that recognizes that our psyche has multiple ‘parts’.
As an alternative perspective, we describe comparatively evidence-based therapy approaches that work with such ‘inner multiplicity’ in skillful ways:
- Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT), which incorporates insights from many disciplines, including neuroscience and evolutionary psychology.
- Schema Therapy (ST), which integrates concepts from cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and psychodynamic approaches, among others.
- Chairwork, the oldest psychotherapy technique used for working with the minds’ multiple parts and which inspired IFS.
This post may be especially relevant for people interested in ‘internal multiplicity’ and those seeking therapy but who have had

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