SCWK 8867 Internal Family Systems Therapy: A Contemporary Approach for Working with Individuals, Couples, Families, and Groups
Elective This advanced clinical course focuses on the Internal Family Systems Model (IFS) into a comprehensive approach that includes guidelines for working with individuals, couples, families and groups. The IFS Model is a new synthesis of two already existing paradigms: systems thinking and the multiplicity of minds. One major and unique contribution of IFS is the concept that it is the connection of the Self to the Parts that brings healing. The IFS Model offers a non-pathologizing approach to identifying and unburdening the faulty beliefs people carry from childhood trauma and troubling patterns of interaction and replacing them with Self-led resources.
Course overview
- Department
- Social Work
- School
- SSW
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Graduate
- Offered
- Every Fall, Every Spring
Catalog details
- Prerequisites
- SCWK7762
Course evaluations
- Course rating
- 4.18 / 5 · Very Good
- Instructor rating
- 4.36 / 5 · Very Good
- Terms evaluated
- 9
| Term | Instructor | Course overall | Instructor overall | Well organized | Clear learning objectives | Intellectually challenging | Helpful assignments | Applicable beyond course | Attendance necessary | Weekly effort | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2026 | Richard Villa | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 1–3 hrs/week | 18 of 22 |
| Spring 2025 | Kathleen Lingren | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4–6 hrs/week | 26 of 36 |
| Fall 2024 | Robin Warsh | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 1–3 hrs/week | 16 of 22 |
| Spring 2024 | Kathleen Lingren | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 1–3 hrs/week | 28 of 37 |
| Fall 2023 | Robin Warsh | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 17 of 23 |
| Spring 2023 | Kathleen Lingren | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 1–3 hrs/week | 33 of 45 |
| Fall 2022 | Robin Warsh | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 1–3 hrs/week | 19 of 25 |
| Spring 2022 | Kathleen Lingren | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 1–3 hrs/week | 15 of 38 |
| Fall 2021 | Robin Warsh | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 1–3 hrs/week | 18 of 21 |