Robert Falconer
Exploring the Further Reaches of Internal Family SystemsDiscover more about what led Bob to Internal Family Systems Therapy and what has compelled him to explore the full range of the IFS method of therapy, and to begin his deep exploration of unattached burdens.
Learn about what fueled Bob’s longing to do this work, to become an author, and to become the IFS Trainer and Counselor that he is today.
Online Workshop – May 24, 2024
Open to all.
The Proposed Marriage of NVC & IFS
Audiobook Now Available
The Others Within Us:
Internal Family Systems, Porous Mind and Spirit Possession
“Bob has done an impressive amount of research on how the UB phenomenon is understood and dealt with around the world and lays out clear guidelines and examples for using IFS to unload them.”
– Richard Schwartz – Founder of Internal Family Systems Therapy
The Complete Course
The Others Within Us:
Unattached Burdens & Guides in IFS Therapy
Learn how to work with other energies, that Richard Schwartz calls Unattached Burdens in this 4-Part workshop – 14 Hours in total.
As we go deeper in IFS we can encounter what I call the others within us, unattached burdens and guides. These are the focus of this course, and they lead us to replace the old myth that our minds are private citadels with the realization that mind is porous.
This workshop series includes:
- All-time access to the workshop recordings – no time limits
- Pre-recorded demo sessions
- Q&A sessions
- Certificate of Completion.
Please note the seller of this workshop is a British company registered for VAT in the United Kingdom and Poland.
Demonstration of Clearing a UB
I recently worked with Robyn Dickson, a senior staff member at IFSCA, to clear a UB that she had discovered during some advanced training she was doing with Dick Schwartz.
Robyn has very kindly allowed this session to be recorded and made available for viewing. As some find these phenomena disturbing, you will be asked to sign a waiver to access the full video.
Robert Falconer
IFS Consultant - Teacher and Author
After a long career using many therapeutic modalities, for more than a decade, Bob has devoted his practice exclusively to Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy.
He has completed all the levels of training and he continues to study with many of the senior IFS trainers. Bob has assisted at almost 20 official trainings and he has assisted Richard Schwartz many times in addition to co-authoring a book with him, Many Minds, One Self. He has also helped to train more than a thousand people in IFS.
For the past two years Bob has been devoted to completing the research and writing of his new book about Unattached Burdens and Guides: The Others Within Us. Now the manuscript is with his editor being prepared for printing in 2023. Bob’s focus is now on facilitating consulting groups, and he will soon return to teaching online workshops with various organizations around the world. See the Workshops page to learn more about offerings he will facilitate in the future and any available recorded workshops.
Work with Bob
Bob’s two major areas of interest are training people from all walks of life in IFS and working with unattached burdens and guides. He offers individual consultation sessions, groups, practice triads, and joint consultation meetings with therapists and their client. Bob also offers some trainings – see the Workshops page for details.
I have known Bob about 10 years and during that time I don’t know of anyone else who has been to more of my workshops as a participant or assistant, or has done more work on him or herself. As a result, he knows IFS intimately and deeply and is a strong teacher.
Also, the book we co-wrote, Many Minds, One Self, wouldn’t exist without his dedication to exploring everything related to IFS.
Robert Falconer has been my trusted friend & colleague within the IFS community, for many years. He is a scholar of tremendous wisdom and compassion.
Bob’s bold and ceaseless dedication to probing the depths of spiritual connection, as well as his comfort and facility with helping others connect deeply to the compassionate energy at their core and beyond, has brought healing to so many and has helped numerous IFS practitioners elevate their practice.
I feel very fortunate to have worked with Bob Falconer in a number of IFS trainings.
Bob brings such clarity and heart to this work and as a model for his commitment to working with his own parts.
Whether sharing a wealth of knowledge through his writing and teaching or supervising others, learning from and with Bob is always a gift.
What is IFS
Internal family Systems therapy was developed by Richard Schwartz about 40 years ago, as a method of psychotherapy. It’s based on the understanding that our minds are modular, we are multiple in very significant ways. Much of what has been labeled as psychopathology can more usefully be viewed as an internal Civil War.
The healing path in IFS is not the elimination or fusion of parts but rather getting them to cooperate like an orchestra or a jazz band or a team. In addition to all these parts, Dick discovered that we have a Self; something within us that is the real center of who we are. This Self cannot be damaged, and it can provide leadership to even the most traumatized systems.
From this relatively simple basic understanding, a process has evolved that is revolutionary in its methods. IFS for many people, me included, has become more than a method; it provides a powerful orientation to internal reality and can become an important practice as a part of a spiritual path.
“The original, shimmering self gets buried so deep that most of us end up hardly living out of it at all.
Instead, we live out of all the other selves, which we are constantly putting on and taking off like coats and hats against the world’s weather.”
-Frederick Buechner