Our Multiple Selves, by Richard Schwartz (1987)

This article is available online, but not in a screenreadable version. Since it's only 11 pages, I shoved it through an OCR and transcribed the rest. I corrected some of the typos and formatting issues along the way, but likely missed some; please let me know if you find one. I decided to post it since it seemed of plural interest; I'm not sure if Richard Schwartz introduced "system" as a standalone plural term, but he's probably responsible for the use of "parts" in plural vocabulary. Apparently this paper was the start of what later became the Internal Family Systems model of therapy.

Content warnings: discussions of eating disorders and vomiting. Also, it's a therapist writing about his patients.

OUR MULTIPLE SELVES
Applying systems thinking to the inner family.
by Richard Schwartz

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