IFS Growth Programs

The Pattern System^SM

The Pattern System^SM is a way of understanding your personality in a way that can lead directly to psychological healing and personal growth using IFS. It also helps you to understand other people—why they respond as they do, what makes them tick. It gives you a much more detailed understanding of yourself than other personality systems.
Once your have understood the Pattern System^SM and explored yourself according to its model, you will come away with a comprehensive map of your psyche. You will be able to see your strengths and your defenses, your places of pain and how you compensate for them. You will understand the structure of your inner conflicts and see the leading edge of your growth. The Pattern System^SM will make clear what you need to explore next to resolve the issues that are most important to you. You will know where there is underlying pain, shame, or fear that must be healed. You will know which psychological capacities you can develop (or are already developing) to make your life happier and more productive.

The Pattern System^SM is organized by Dimensions, such as Intimacy, Power, or Self-esteem, each of which corresponds to an area of psychological functioning. In each dimension the Pattern System^SM shows what your primary issues are, which parts are involved, and what the psychological dynamics are behind each issue. It also shows which healthy capacities you may have in that dimension and which capacities you can develop to resolve your issues and function more effectively and happily.

Outline of the Pattern System^SM. An overview of the main dimensions, patterns, and capacities.

Introduction to the Pattern System^SM.  A beginning article showing how the Pattern System^SM works. (You need Adobe Reader to view this.)

Pattern System^SM Booklet Series. A series of self-help booklets, one for each pattern. Each booklet provides specific help on transforming a psychological issue that might be troubling you.

The Pattern System^SM and IFS. A comparison of the two, showing how they complement each other.

Articles on Specific Patterns.  Detailed articles on a few patterns.

Sample Pattern Descriptions.  Brief descriptions of a few patterns to illustrate how the system works.

Sample Capacity Descriptions.  Brief descriptions of a few healthy capacities.

Patterns in Love Relationships.  An article about patterns that can cause problems in relationships and how work them through. (You need Adobe Reader to view this.)

Classes on the Pattern System^SM

We currently offer a class on the Inner Critic, which covers the Self-esteem Dimension of the Pattern System^SM.
Jay teaches a class on Patterns of Relating that covers the main interpresonal patterns.
In the future, we will offer more classes on specific dimensions and patterns.