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

By: Jenna Riemersma

Narrated by: Jenna Riemersma

Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins

Publisher's summary

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

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.

Thank you Jenna for speaking up!

I found this book extremely helpful. It made sense on my negative church experience! I learned I have historically been a very well intentioned spiritualizer. I have hurt many people unintentionally and now understand how others have unintentionally hurt me! This book has brought hope for a more beautiful way of living! I strongly recommend this book ! It is what the current “four walled church” needs to be able to offer love and compassion for ourselves and others. Altogether You, will help recover the church’s primary identity of love. Jenna speaks candidly, without judgement and with care and compassion for “all of our parts”! Grab a friend and jump in! It is well worth the read!!!

Life changing

Not only as a professional who supports others in their healing but for my own healing journey, this is such an amazing resource to help better conceptualize parts work. The religious aspect is spot on and also is an extremely helpful resource to share with clients who are experiencing that scrupulosity.

Hope to overcome inner turmoil

The performance of the book is so well done. IFS gives me hope for my inner life and relationships.

Great book

My husband and I really loved this book. Hope it helps you too. God Bless

Great book, one significant caveat

I use a form of IFS therapy in my counseling practice and many of my clients have benefited greatly. The content in this book is very good and even highly explosive topics are handled responsibility and maturely. The issue I have as a Christian professional is that I'm not sure what the role of Christ is in this model, in fact it seems to almost indicate that the only savior we all need was found in us all along, having been created in the image of God.
This book did not synthesize IFS therapy with Christianity the way I hoped it would. It had many good insights but I would not recommend this book without the aforementioned caveat.

Brilliant look at IFS through the lens of faith

The author does the best job I have heard so far of clearly explaining IFS, using helpful examples, and offering lots of helpful meditations for understanding your own parts. I personally, as a person of faith appreciated the way she integrated the Bible and a personal relationship with Jesus to IFS.

Finally it is starting to make scene!

I have found the secular concept of IFS completing. I have been thinking about how IFS fits my spiritual and faith journey. This book helps with much clarity and insight on my IFS journey.

Journey toward spiritual and mental health

I believe this book is a must read for all human beings but specifically for Christians. It invites us to look more deeply into why we do what we do as well as what we believe. If you are willing to take the time to work through the ideas presented in All Together You, I believe immense healing can occur.

So life transforming

This book filled me with hope and not only changed me but I will use in my practice.