I also think IFS is a great paradigm and could be really helpful for lots of people, and I know lots of other EAs who are into it—maybe we should have an “EA IFS fans” Facebook group or Discord or something? (If you’d be interested in such a thing, reply to this comment)
I’m not sure what to suggest about how to use your abilities to promote IFS. You could train as a counsellor (if you’re not one already). You could write popular books about IFS. Or you could try to get involved in mental health policy and promote it in health systems. I don’t know where you’re from, but in the UK where I am, the ‘go-to’ psychotherapeutic treatment offered by the health service is CBT. I’m not against CBT and I think it’s very helpful for some people, but it’s not useful for everyone and for all issues, so I think a person could have a big positive impact if they (for example) successfully persuaded the NHS to be more willing to fund and offer different therapy modalities, including IFS.
I would like to add that CBT looks like “the therapy for everyone and everything” as is the only one that has shown to work with more mental health-related issues, and probably due to its effectiveness it is the most validated within the NHS since it benefits (also in an economical way).
We should start checking the relation between costs and benefices before trying to persuade the NHS.
I also think IFS is a great paradigm and could be really helpful for lots of people, and I know lots of other EAs who are into it—maybe we should have an “EA IFS fans” Facebook group or Discord or something? (If you’d be interested in such a thing, reply to this comment)
I’m not sure what to suggest about how to use your abilities to promote IFS. You could train as a counsellor (if you’re not one already). You could write popular books about IFS. Or you could try to get involved in mental health policy and promote it in health systems. I don’t know where you’re from, but in the UK where I am, the ‘go-to’ psychotherapeutic treatment offered by the health service is CBT. I’m not against CBT and I think it’s very helpful for some people, but it’s not useful for everyone and for all issues, so I think a person could have a big positive impact if they (for example) successfully persuaded the NHS to be more willing to fund and offer different therapy modalities, including IFS.
I would like to add that CBT looks like “the therapy for everyone and everything” as is the only one that has shown to work with more mental health-related issues, and probably due to its effectiveness it is the most validated within the NHS since it benefits (also in an economical way).
We should start checking the relation between costs and benefices before trying to persuade the NHS.