IFS to ACT Mapping

IFS to ACT Mapping

A few things come to mind as key reasons to combine these models. One is that the extensive research base of ACT can lend credence, credibility and direction to IFS work. It may also assist in clarifying the connection between tangible results and how those were directly achieved through ACT/IFS therapy interventions. As a process-based therapy, ACT is “intervention agnostic” and welcomes effective interventions from any theory. Therefore, it lends itself well to this kind of extension.

I have also attended several ACT trainings and, as a long-time IFS practitioner, frequently think to myself "this feels so much like IFS, just using different terms". Inevitably, someone in the group will raise their hand and say exactly what I was thinking. Most facilitators aren't familiar with both models, so it doesn't seem like a lot of work has been done in this area. Yet the benefits could be immensely valuable and practically applicable for clinicians and clients. This document is an effort to further contribute to the conversation that will hopefully, in time, develop into something robust and accessible thanks to the good work of this community.