Altogether You: Experiencing Personal and Spiritual Transformation with Internal Family Systems Therapy

By: Jenna Riemersma

Narrated by: Jenna Riemersma

Therapist and speaker Jenna Riemersma applies the groundbreaking insights of Internal Family Systems (IFS) for anyone who feels stuck in unwanted feelings and behaviors, with a special focus on personal transformation for listeners of faith. In Altogether You, she explains why our parts are so often at war-parts of us wanting to please others and do things right while other parts seem bent on acting out, shutting down, or engaging in hurtful behaviors. Jenna explores the surprising IFS insight that our warring parts are actually trying to help us, even when what they're doing or feeling is not helpful. By genuinely welcoming all our parts and learning how to access our God-created core self, we can finally experience the change, integration, and wholeness we've been looking for.

Altogether You delivers practical, life-affirming counsel from a leading therapist and speaker of deep personal faith. Riemersma understands the unique discouragement that people of faith experience when their actions do not line up with their sincere beliefs. With genuine sensitivity to tradition and biblical teachings, she helps listeners understand that God is not waiting in frustration on the other side of our "pile of sins" until we "get our act together". Rather, the God of grace is with us right here, right now in our core imago Dei - the always-accessible starting point for healing.

Riemersma's audiobook is packed with warm, personal stories, and immediately applicable insights. She guides listeners through paradigm-altering understandings with helpful definitions and summaries, self-inventories, action steps, and resources.

©2020 Jenna Riemersma (P)2022 Jenna Riemersma

One of the best therapy books ever

This book was my first deep dive into IFS and I am so thankful for it. Already I’m seeing it transform my life and my patients’ lives. Now off to get trained in IFS 😊

Not exactly the same as book

I loved this author’s voice and the information in the book is awesome! Be aware that it does not follow the book exactly word for word. I was using the audible to supplement my reading and some of the discussion questions were different. The last section was not broken into chapters like in the book.

We all need this!

What if I told you this book contains the secret key - to overcoming inner struggle as well as the challenges we face dealing with others? In language anyone can understand, and with exercises modeled for us to try, this book has the potential to truly set you free. I’m so grateful that someone has finally named the missing link between what we know to be true (God loves each of us), yet honoring the pain we cause each other. If you want to break free from old, painful patterns, if you want to embrace the potential you’ve been given, this book will be instrumental.

Valuable resource for change

I love the fact that this model of therapy is based on the fact that we all have different aspects of our personalities. Anyone who has evern a basic knowledge of the brain understands this and yet it is still the mystery of why we do what we don’t want to do especially a faith based person familiar with the apostle Paul’s dilema regarding that truth . This strategy provided me hope for clarity. I decided to be patient and walk through it even when I initially feared this was psycho babble and a bit way out there for my comfort zone but I also decided I needed to be out of my comfort zone so I could grow. It made sense to me and has already helped me in my marriage and with difficult relationships to have compassion in my self and those parts or aspects of my personality that God understands are there He will help me blend those with the God essence that we were all born with. Thank you Jenna.

Best book of 150 self-help books!

Loved the concept and all the REAL life examples! Great reading of it! Highly recommend this to anyone struggling with anything or anyone.