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# Richard C. Schwartz

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Richard C. Schwartz, is an American systemic family therapist, academic, author, and creator of the Internal Family Systems (IFS) branch of therapy. He developed his foundational work with IFS in the 1980s after theorizing that his clients were made up of many different pieces of "parts" of their "S

##  Quotes by Richard C. Schwartz

> [“Imbalanced systems,whether internal or external, will tend to polarize.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-c-schwartz/imbalanced-systems-whether-internal-or-external-will-tend-to-polarize/)

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