The Others Within Us - by Robert Falconer (Paperback)

About the Book

Sparked by an IFS client's long affliction with an unattached burden Bob began a study of the others within and how they've been treated. This reveals much about the nature of mind is a key to healing alienation. Foreword - Richard Schwartz.

Book Synopsis

Sparked by an Internal Family Systems (IFS) client's lifelong affliction with an unattached burden-something in her mind that was not part of her-Bob Falconer began a decade-long study of the others within us and how they are treated worldwide. This study is important to all of us because what it reveals about the nature of mind holds a key to healing our underlying alienation and isolation.

The Others Within Us includes:

• case studies
• a detailed description of how to work with unattached burdens from an IFS perspective
• an extensive survey of how people have worked with the others within in times past and in many cultures around the world.

The journey Bob has taken goes to the farther reaches of human experience. It has revealed insights and understandings that can't help but cause the reader to expand their beliefs about the nature of mind and healing.

Review Quotes

"This book can help many people. Bob has done an impressive amount of research on how the Unattached Burden phenomenon is understood and dealt with around the world and lays out clear guidelines and examples for using IFS to unload them." -Richard C. Schwartz - Founder of IFS

"This book is a landmark for helping those in Western cultures reorient their perspective in meaningful ways in the paradigm shift from physicalism to the primacy of consciousness. At the same time, Falconer has written this far-reaching tome in an inviting, conversational style making the expansive ideas accessible and practical in the universal charge of reducing human suffering." - Rev. Rachel Rivers, M.A., D.Min. Pastoral Psychotherapist & Spiritual Director

"Bob Falconer's knowledge about what IFS terms "unattached burdens" is comprehensive. With his clear writing style, extensive case examples, and voluminous review of literature on related issues, his new book, "The Others Within Us" will become an essential reference for those working in this field." - Tom Holmes, Phd., Author: Parts Work: a Path of the Heart: Healing Journeys Integrating IFS and Spirituality

"Robert Falconer's book on Unattached burdens is groundbreaking! Bob has been teaching and exploring this subject for the last 20 years and has shared his vast knowledge of Unattached Burdens in many of my trainings. If this subject is of interest to you, this is the book to read." - Kay Gardner, IFS lead trainer

"Drawing from a wide range of spiritual, philosophical, and cultural traditions, Bob helps us make sense of the phenomenon IFS has come to call "unattached burdens." Based on his courageous work as a therapist and consultant, he provides detailed descriptions of how best to work with UBs - tried and true paths and potential pitfalls." - Paul Ginter, IFS Lead Trainer

"Robert Falconer is such a stimulating author, and his books so well written. I am always learning a lot and having so much fun as I read him." -Anibal Henriques - Head of Sociedade Portuguesa de Psicoterapias Construtivistas, Portugal.

"Buckle up, embrace your psychonaut part, and let Bob be your guide on a riveting voyage to the frontier of inner, outer space! A truly unique fusion of consciousness, spirituality, and psychotherapy which is also solidly grounded in extensive scholarship. The Other Within is an essential contribution to the ever-expanding universe of IFS!" - Barney Jordan, PhD., IFS therapist for more than 15 years, and currently a counselor at the University of the Pacific.

"The role of spiritual experiences in human life, and healing, is becoming undeniable. Bob has been my go-to consultant for unattached burdens for my career in internal family systems. Bob shows us ways to talk with the unruly forces that appear in our clinics and this book is the resource I will keep close at hand." - Robert Grant MD - Founder of the Healing Realms Center - Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy