Guides
Understanding your parts.
Plain-English guides to Internal Family Systems and parts work, written for people doing this on their own, often between therapy sessions. For shorter, step-by-step practices, see the exercises.
IFS Journal Prompts: 40 Questions for Parts Work
40 IFS journal prompts, grouped by what you're doing: noticing a part, getting to know a protector, approaching an exile, and checking in with Self. Free to use or print.
IFS Parts List: Common Parts and How to Map Yours
A working IFS parts list with the role, fear, and need of ten common parts, plus a step-by-step way to map yours and how they relate to each other.
Managers, Firefighters, and Exiles: The Types of Parts in IFS
The three types of parts in Internal Family Systems, explained clearly: what managers, firefighters, and exiles do, how they work together, and how to tell which is which.
Want something that remembers what came up?
All My Parts is a journal for people doing Internal Family Systems work. Write or speak what's true, and it notices which part of you is talking, reflects it back, and keeps track of your parts between sessions.
Or start on the web. Free to begin.