ROBERT FALCONER

Spiritual Teacher, Counselor and IFS Author

“My work in therapy has really been motivated by my own need to heal.”

Robert Falconer

In 2023, Bob published his magnum opus on non-organic burdens and the IFS model: The Others Within Us, which quickly became a bestseller. This milestone was preceded by his co-authorship with Richard Schwartz of Many Minds, One Self (2017), and followed by his more recent books: When You’re Going Through Hell… Keep Going (2024), Spirit (2025)—an intimate compendium of his daily dialogues with Spirit—and Opening the Inner World.

For the past two decades, Bob has been fully committed to the IFS model, completing all levels of specialization and working closely with Richard Schwartz as an assistant and participant in countless international meetings.

In 2023, Bob published his magnum opus on non-organic burdens and the IFS model: The Others Within Us, which quickly became a bestseller. This milestone was preceded by his co-authorship with Richard Schwartz of Many Minds, One Self (2017), and followed by his more recent books: When You’re Going Through Hell… Keep Going (2024), Spirit (2025)—an intimate compendium of his daily dialogues with Spirit—and Opening the Inner World.

For the past two decades, Bob has been fully committed to the IFS model, completing all levels of specialization and working closely with Richard Schwartz as an assistant and participant in countless international meetings.

Although Bob uses IFS exclusively today because of its power and compassion, his mastery is the result of a tireless search throughout his life across multiple disciplines:

The Beginnings and the Mind: He graduated in Ericksonian Hypnosis under the guidance of Carol Erickson, and delved into the origin of the parts of the mind with Jack and Helen Watkins, creators of Ego State Therapy.

The Human Potential Movement: From 1971, he was a regular member of the renowned Esalen Institute, where he absorbed Gestalt therapy from figures such as Mariah Fenton Gladys and Christine Price. Later, in the 1980s and 90s, he specialized in addiction and codependency alongside Pia Mellody.

Although Bob uses IFS exclusively today because of its power and compassion, his mastery is the result of a tireless search throughout his life across multiple disciplines:

The Beginnings and the Mind: He graduated in Ericksonian Hypnosis under the guidance of Carol Erickson, and delved into the origin of the parts of the mind with Jack and Helen Watkins, creators of Ego State Therapy.

The Human Potential Movement: From 1971, he was a regular member of the renowned Esalen Institute, where he absorbed Gestalt therapy from figures such as Mariah Fenton Gladys and Christine Price. Later, in the 1980s and 90s, he specialized in addiction and codependency alongside Pia Mellody.

Art, Communication, and Shamanism: He studied Nonviolent Communication with its founder, Marshall Rosenberg, and explored expressive arts with Anna Halprin. His lifelong fascination with shamanism—born during his anthropology student days—led him to train briefly with figures like Michael Harner and Sandra Ingerman (a sacred bond that he shares with his own path today).

Art, Communication, and Shamanism: He studied Nonviolent Communication with its founder, Marshall Rosenberg, and explored expressive arts with Anna Halprin. His lifelong fascination with shamanism—born during his anthropology student days—led him to train briefly with figures like Michael Harner and Sandra Ingerman (a sacred bond that he shares with his own path today).

Currently, Bob’s purpose has transformed. He has left behind dense structures to focus entirely on the spiritual dimensions of healing and on teaching the IFS model to others.

For him, this is not just a clinical approach; it is the clearest, simplest, and most profoundly compassionate map of the human mind he has ever encountered for healing severe trauma and remembering the way back home.

With a touch of humor, Bob often says that he has studied almost every psychotherapeutic approach known to humankind—some of which, he jokes, should never have existed. However, it wasn’t until 2010 that he decided to dedicate himself fully to IFS.

With a touch of humor, Bob often says that he has studied almost every psychotherapeutic approach known to humankind—some of which, he jokes, should never have existed. However, it wasn’t until 2010 that he decided to dedicate himself fully to IFS.

I am also passionate about helping to train people in the IFS model and doing what I can to help people learn it deeply and thoroughly and I want to see it used outside of psychotherapy.

ROBERT FALCONER

I am also passionate about helping to train people in the IFS model and doing what I can to help people learn it deeply and thoroughly and I want to see it used outside of psychotherapy.

ROBERT FALCONER