Richard Schwartz' view brings concepts and methods from the structural, strategic, narrative, and Bowenian schools of family therapy to the world of subpersonalities. It states that people have conflicting subpersonalities that reside within them.
*Managers are parts that try to keep people functional and safe. These parts tried to maintain control of their inner and outer environments by, for example, keeping them from getting too close or dependent on others, criticizing their appearance or performance to make them look or act better, and focusing on taking care of others' rather than their own needs. These parts seemed to be in protective, managerial roles.
*The exiles come into play when a person has been hurt, humiliated, frightened, or shamed in the past, he or she will have parts that carry the emotions, memories, and sensations from those experiences. Managers often want to keep these feelings out of consciousness and, consequently, try to keep vulnerable, needy parts locked in inner closets.

*The firefighters jump into action whenever one of the exiles is upset to the point that it may flood the person with its extreme feelings or make the person vulnerable to being hurt again. They tend to be highly impulsive and strive to find stimulation that will override or dissociate from the exile's feelings.​

Bibliography

Schwartz, R (1997) Internal Family Systems Therapy, Guilford Press