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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 readers to expand their beliefs about the nature of mind and healing. Foreword by Richard C. Schwartz, PhD How to Use This Book PART 1: THE FULL CATASTROPHE Chapter 1: Violence, Healing & Parts Chapter 2: Internal Family Systems Therapy Chapter 3: A Case That Changed My Life Chapter 4: Interesting People on a Winding Path Chapter 5: Interoception Chapter 6: A Basic Outline of Dealing with Unattached Burdens Chapter 7: Cheat Sheet Chapter 8: More Cases Chapter 9: Other Modern Therapies PART 2: THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING Chapter 10: Other Cultures & Anthropology: Non-Western Examples Chapter 11: A Totally Eurocentric View: Spiritual Presence Experiences in the West Chapter 12: The Porosity of Mind Chapter 13: Personalism Chapter 14: Guides & Discernment Chapter 15: Advanced Cases Chapter 16: Conclusions Afterword Selected & Annotated Bibliography Research Bibliography Index Acknowledgments About the Author This book is a synthesis of massive research and substantial clinical experience, but I will begin this foreword by laying out my fears about its being published. First, its subject is a phenomenon that I have been reluctant to teach or write about for fear that Internal Family Systems (IFS), the model of the mind that I’ve spent my adult life developing, would be discredited, particularly in bastions I hope to continue to influence, such as traditional psychiatry and psychology.