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IFS Talks is an audio series to deepen connections with the Internal Family Systems Model through conversations with lead trainers, authors, practitioners and users. In these audio interviews, we will have the opportunity to draw out aspects of IFS Lead Trainers and skilled presenters to create a user-friendly format for listeners to get to know each trainer or practitioner, their background, in and before IFS. With candid, self-led dialogue, trainers and practitioners can share their specific interests with listeners interested in deepening their inner knowledge and IFS practice. Cece Sykes, Susan McConnell, Mary Kruger, Pam Krause, Lisa Spiegel, Martha Sweezy, Art Mones, Ann Sinko, Paul Neustadt, Frank Anderson, Larry Rosenberg, Toni Herbine-Blank, and many more among the interviewees. Among the topics in theTalks: - All Erotic Parts are Welcome, with Larry Rosenberg - IFS, Trauma and Neuroscience, with Frank Anderson - From Reactive to Self Led Parenting, with Paul Neustadt - IFS as a Metamodel of Therapy, with Art Mones - The Role of Legacy Burdens on Anxiety, Depression and Shame, with Ann Sinko - Shame and Guilt as central for IFS work, with Martha Sweezy - Bringing IFS to Children and Parents, with Lisa Spiegel - IFS with Children and Adolescents, with Pam Krause - IFS on Addictions and Eating Disorders, with Mary Kruger - Embodying the Internal Family, with Susan McConnell - Bringing IFS to Extreme Parts, with Cece Sykes
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<p style="font:13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">In this episode, we sit with Cece Sykes, LCSW, a leadi trainer at the IFS Institute with over forty years of clinical experience in trauma and addiction recovery,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>to explore one of the most distinctive and challenging aspects of the IFS model: how therapists actually help clients find their way to Self.</p><p style="font:13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;min-height:15.0px;"> </p><p style="font:13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Among the topics we explore in this conversation:</p><ul style="list-style-type:disc;"><li style="font:13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">What we mean when we talk about "accessing Self," and how someone might recognize that experience for themselves</li><li style="font:13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Ways to access Self beyond unblending, including tools clients can use on their own</li><li style="font:13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">How to introduce the concept of Self without turning it into another standard to fall short of</li><li style="font:13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Why Self doesn't have to look the same in everyone, and how to avoid mistaking an unusual presentation of Self for a part</li><li style="font:13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Distinguishing genuine Self-energy from a protector that's very good at appearing calm, compassionate, or wise<br> </li><li style="font:13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Working with protectors whose fear of more Self-access makes complete sense given someone's history</li><li style="font:13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">What to do when a client says, "I don't think I have a Self"</li><li style="font:13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">How the wish to access Self can itself become a source of pressure,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and what to do about it</li><li style="font:13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">The small, early signs that more Self-energy is becoming available, even amid distress</li><li style="font:13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Whether Self is fixed and undamaged from birth, or whether the capacity for it can be built and strengthened over the course of treatment<br> </li><li style="font:13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">What working with addiction and shame has taught Cece about helping people meet difficult parts with curiosity instead of judgment</li><li style="font:13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">How the therapist's own access to Self shapes the work, and what happens when a helping part quietly takes the driver's seat</li><li style="font:13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Practices for therapists to use in the moment when their own parts get activated with a client</li><li style="font:13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Holding inner work alongside the outer realities of safety, relationships, and circumstance</li><li style="font:13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Adapting the language of Self across different cultural and spiritual frameworks<br> </li><li style="font:13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Bringing a little more Self into the ordinary, activating moments of daily life,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>conflict with a partner, a triggering child or colleague</li><li style="font:13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Cece's own reflections on what she is still learning about this work<br> </li></ul><p style="font:13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Whether you're new to IFS or a seasoned practitioner, this conversation offers both conceptual clarity and practical, in-the-room guidance for one of the model's most essential and elusive skills.<br>We hope you can enjoy it!<br><br>----</p><p style="font:13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">We are excited to celebrate the launch of <strong>IFS Collected Wisdom: Conversations with Experienced Voices in Internal Family Systems</strong> a book that brings together voices, reflections, and lived experience from across the IFS community. <br>This book was created from a desire to honor those voices, and to acknowledge that wisdom in IFS doesn’t live in one place or one person. <br>It lives in relationship, in experience, and in the field as it evolves. Thank you for being a listener, for being part of this community, and for continuing to explore what becomes possible when Self leads. We hope that IFS Collected Wisdom can become a companion in your IFS journey. <a href="https://www.sppc.org.pt/downloads/IFS_Collected_Wisdom_CONTENTS.pdf"><u>Here is a link to the IFS Collected Wisdom book contents</u></a>.</p>
<p style="font:13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">In this episode of IFS Talks, Nancy Sowell, Martha Sweezy, and IFS founder Richard Schwartz join us to explore their new book, <em>IFS Health Therapy: Treating Trauma-Related Physical Illness & Toxic Stress</em>.</p><p style="font:13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;min-height:15.0px;"> </p><p style="font:13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Together, we discuss the relationship between chronic stress, trauma, internal parts, and physical health; working compassionately with pain, dissociation, shame, suppressed emotions, and protectors that resist healthier habits; and how<span class="Apple-converted-space"></span>IFS can complement, rather than replace, medical care. <br>The conversation offers clinicians a thoughtful, non-pathologizing approach to supporting mind-body healing.<br><br>----</p><p style="font:13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">We are excited to celebrate the launch of <strong>IFS Collected Wisdom: Conversations with Experienced Voices in Internal Family Systems</strong> a book that brings together voices, reflections, and lived experience from across the IFS community. <br>This book was created from a desire to honor those voices, and to acknowledge that wisdom in IFS doesn’t live in one place or one person. <br>It lives in relationship, in experience, and in the field as it evolves. Thank you for being a listener, for being part of this community, and for continuing to explore what becomes possible when Self leads. We hope that IFS Collected Wisdom can become a companion in your IFS journey. <a href="https://www.sppc.org.pt/downloads/IFS_Collected_Wisdom_CONTENTS.pdf"><u>Here is a link to the IFS Collected Wisdom book contents</u></a>.</p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;caret-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);color:rgb(255, 255, 255);font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-decoration-line:none;text-decoration-style:solid;text-decoration-thickness:auto;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;"><span>In this special episode of IFS Talks, we welcome Richard C. Schwartz, Martha Sweezy, David Lovas, and Sunny Strasburg, authors of </span><em><span>Psychedelic Medicine and Internal Family Systems Therapy: A Clinical Skills Manual</span></em><span>.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;caret-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);color:rgb(255, 255, 255);font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-decoration-line:none;text-decoration-style:solid;text-decoration-thickness:auto;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;"><span>Together, we explore why IFS and psychedelic-assisted therapy can be naturally complementary, and why the medicine itself is only one part of the therapeutic process. Our guests discuss the importance of preparation, respect for protectors, internal consent, careful pacing, therapeutic presence, clinical safety, and ethical practice.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;caret-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);color:rgb(255, 255, 255);font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-decoration-line:none;text-decoration-style:solid;text-decoration-thickness:auto;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;"><span>The conversation examines how therapists can distinguish Self-energy from altered or dissociative states, decide when to intervene during challenging experiences, and respond to fear, overwhelm, shutdown, and protector backlash. We also consider sensitive questions concerning touch, boundaries, therapist readiness, personal experience with psychedelic medicines, and the assessment of clients for whom this work may not yet be safe.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;caret-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);color:rgb(255, 255, 255);font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-decoration-line:none;text-decoration-style:solid;text-decoration-thickness:auto;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;"><span>Finally, we turn to integration: how IFS can help people make sense of psychedelic experiences, reconnect with every part of their system, and translate insight into meaningful and sustainable change.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;caret-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);color:rgb(255, 255, 255);font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-decoration-line:none;text-decoration-style:solid;text-decoration-thickness:auto;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;"><span>We believe this is a thoughtful and clinically grounded conversation about the possibilities of bringing IFS and psychedelic medicine together, without losing sight of humility, consent, safety, and respect for the client’s inner healing intelligence.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;caret-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);color:rgb(255, 255, 255);font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-decoration-line:none;text-decoration-style:solid;text-decoration-thickness:auto;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;"><em><span>This episode is intended for educational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice or encourage the use of psychedelic substances outside appropriately qualified, ethical, and legal settings.</span></em></p><hr><p class="Paragraph SCXW97470806 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode:normal !important;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-user-select:text;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin:16px 0px;overflow-wrap:break-word;padding:0px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;vertical-align:baseline;" paraid="1740661929" paraeid="{20b75e19-8f00-41a4-ab56-956feeb8a511}{116}"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-position:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">We are excited to celebrate the launch of <strong>IFS Collected Wisdom: Conversations with Experienced Voices in Internal Family Systems</strong> a book that brings together voices, reflections, and lived experience from across the IFS community. This book was created from a desire to honor those voices, and to acknowledge that wisdom in IFS doesn’t live in one place or one person. It lives in relationship, in experience, and in the field as it evolves. </span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-position:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Thank you for being a listener, for being part of this community, and for continuing to explore what becomes possible when Self leads. We hope that IFS Collected Wisdom can become a companion in your IFS journey.</span><span class="EOP SCXW53310572 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode:normal !important;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-user-select:text;color:rgb(53, 53, 53);font-family:Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:20.85px;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;text-align:justify;text-decoration-line:none;text-decoration-style:solid;text-decoration-thickness:auto;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;" data-ccp-props="{"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559738":285,"335559739":285}"> </span><a href="https://www.sppc.org.pt/downloads/IFS_Collected_Wisdom_CONTENTS.pdf" target="_blank">Here is a link to the IFS Collected Wisdom book contents</a>.<span class="EOP SCXW97470806 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode:normal !important;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-user-select:text;font-family:"Helvetica Neue", "Helvetica Neue_EmbeddedFont", "Helvetica Neue_MSFontService", sans-serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:20.85px;margin:0px;padding:0px;" data-ccp-props="{"335559738":240,"335559739":240}"> </span></p>
<p class="Paragraph SCXW97470806 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode:normal !important;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-user-select:text;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin:16px 0px;overflow-wrap:break-word;padding:0px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;vertical-align:baseline;" paraid="1740661929" paraeid="{20b75e19-8f00-41a4-ab56-956feeb8a511}{116}"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-position:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">We are excited to celebrate the launch of <strong>IFS Collected Wisdom: Conversations with Experienced Voices in Internal Family Systems</strong> a book that brings together voices, reflections, and lived experience from across the IFS community. This book was created from a desire to honor those voices, and to acknowledge that wisdom in IFS doesn’t live in one place or one person. It lives in relationship, in experience, and in the field as it evolves. </span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-position:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Thank you for being a listener, for being part of this community, and for continuing to explore what becomes possible when Self leads. We hope that IFS Collected Wisdom can become a companion in your IFS journey.</span><span class="EOP SCXW53310572 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode:normal !important;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-user-select:text;color:rgb(53, 53, 53);font-family:Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:20.85px;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;text-align:justify;text-decoration-line:none;text-decoration-style:solid;text-decoration-thickness:auto;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;" data-ccp-props="{"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559738":285,"335559739":285}"> </span><a href="https://www.sppc.org.pt/downloads/IFS_Collected_Wisdom_CONTENTS.pdf" target="_blank">Here is a link to the IFS Collected Wisdom book contents</a>.<span class="EOP SCXW97470806 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode:normal !important;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-user-select:text;font-family:"Helvetica Neue", "Helvetica Neue_EmbeddedFont", "Helvetica Neue_MSFontService", sans-serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:20.85px;margin:0px;padding:0px;" data-ccp-props="{"335559738":240,"335559739":240}"> </span><br><br><br><strong>The Role of Uncertainty in Mental Health with Sarah Bergenfeld and Martha Sweezy</strong></p><p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;caret-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);color:rgb(255, 255, 255);font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-decoration-line:none;text-decoration-style:solid;text-decoration-thickness:auto;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">In this episode, we welcome two leading voices in Internal Family Systems therapy for a conversation that bridges neuroscience, sensory experience, and healing. <strong>Sarah Bergenfield</strong> is a certified Level 3 IFS practitioner, writer, and educator specializing in autistic individuals and couples. Autistic herself, Sarah weaves together IFS, polyvagal theory, predictive processing, and sensory science in her clinical and consultation work. She teaches internationally for clinicians working with neurodiverse clients, and her work reframes autism not as a deficit, but as a condition of sensory surplus. <strong>Martha Sweezy</strong> is an assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, program consultant and supervisor at the Center for Mindfulness and Compassion at Cambridge Health Alliance, and a psychotherapist in private practice in Northampton, Massachusetts. She teaches IFS nationally and internationally and has authored and co-edited numerous books on the model, including <em>Internal Family Systems Therapy, Second Edition</em> (with Richard Schwartz), <em>Intimacy from the Inside Out</em> (with Toni Herbine-Blank), and <em>Internal Family Systems Therapy for Shame and Guilt</em>.</p><p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;caret-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);color:rgb(255, 255, 255);font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-decoration-line:none;text-decoration-style:solid;text-decoration-thickness:auto;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">Together, Sarah and Martha are co-authors of <em><strong>Wired to Feel: Autism as a Condition of Sensory Surplus</strong></em>.</p><p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;caret-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);color:rgb(255, 255, 255);font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-decoration-line:none;text-decoration-style:solid;text-decoration-thickness:auto;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;"><strong>In this episode</strong>, we explore the role of uncertainty in mental health: how it can quietly drive distress and shame, and how IFS offers a path toward resolution. While the conversation has special relevance for autistic systems, the insights apply across all neurologies.</p>
<p style="font:13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">In this episode, we explore the nature of grief through the lens of Internal Family Systems (IFS) with senior trainer <u>Einat Bronstein</u>. Drawing on the work of <u>Francis Weller</u> and other key grief theorists, we reflect on grief not as a problem to solve, but as a deeply human experience that calls for presence, witnessing, and integration.</p><p style="font:13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;min-height:15.0px;"> </p><p style="font:13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">We discuss how cultural expectations and “collective burdens” shape the way grief is experienced, often leading to blocked or frozen processes. From an IFS perspective, grief is understood as a complex, non-linear experience carried by different parts of the internal system, particularly exiles.</p><p style="font:13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;min-height:15.0px;"> </p><p style="font:13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">The conversation explores topics like:</p><p style="font:13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;min-height:15.0px;"> </p><ul style="list-style-type:disc;"><li style="font:13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">How IFS differs from stage-based and task-oriented models of grief - such as those of <u>Elisabeth Kübler-Ross</u>, <u>John Bowlby</u>, <u>J. William Worden</u>, and <u>Robert Neimeyer</u></li><li style="font:13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">What happens internally when we experience loss, and the roles of different parts in the grieving process</li><li style="font:13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Why grief may feel stuck, and how Self-led witnessing can allow transformation and healing</li><li style="font:13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">The connection between present grief and earlier, unresolved losses</li><li style="font:13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">The role of psychoeducation, ritual, and embodied expression in supporting grief</li><li style="font:13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">What it means to “integrate” a loss within the IFS framework</li></ul><p style="font:13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;min-height:15.0px;"> </p><p style="font:13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">We also reflect on common pitfalls therapists may encounter when working with grief, and the deeper wisdom that can emerge from loss, about love, attachment, and the enduring presence of those we have lost.</p><p style="font:13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;min-height:15.0px;"> </p><p style="font:13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">This episode is an invitation to approach grief with curiosity, compassion, and openness, honoring it as a doorway to connection, meaning, and inner transformation.</p><p style="font:13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"> </p><hr><p class="Paragraph SCXW97470806 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode:normal !important;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-user-select:text;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin:16px 0px;overflow-wrap:break-word;padding:0px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;vertical-align:baseline;" paraid="1740661929" paraeid="{20b75e19-8f00-41a4-ab56-956feeb8a511}{116}"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-position:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">We are excited to celebrate the launch of <strong>IFS Collected Wisdom: Conversations with Experienced Voices in Internal Family Systems</strong> a book that brings together voices, reflections, and lived experience from across the IFS community. This book was created from a desire to honor those voices, and to acknowledge that wisdom in IFS doesn’t live in one place or one person. It lives in relationship, in experience, and in the field as it evolves. </span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-position:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Thank you for being a listener, for being part of this community, and for continuing to explore what becomes possible when Self leads. We hope that IFS Collected Wisdom can become a companion in your IFS journey.</span><span class="EOP SCXW53310572 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode:normal !important;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-user-select:text;color:rgb(53, 53, 53);font-family:Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:20.85px;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;text-align:justify;text-decoration-line:none;text-decoration-style:solid;text-decoration-thickness:auto;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;" data-ccp-props="{"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559738":285,"335559739":285}"> </span><a href="https://www.sppc.org.pt/downloads/IFS_Collected_Wisdom_CONTENTS.pdf" target="_blank">Here is a link to the IFS Collected Wisdom book contents</a>.<span class="EOP SCXW97470806 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode:normal !important;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-user-select:text;font-family:"Helvetica Neue", "Helvetica Neue_EmbeddedFont", "Helvetica Neue_MSFontService", sans-serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:20.85px;margin:0px;padding:0px;" data-ccp-props="{"335559738":240,"335559739":240}"> </span></p><p> </p>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW97470806 BCX4" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-user-select:text;caret-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847);clear:both;color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847);cursor:text;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;overflow:visible;padding:0px;position:relative;text-align:start;text-decoration-line:none;text-decoration-style:solid;text-decoration-thickness:auto;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW97470806 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode:normal !important;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-user-select:text;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin:16px 0px;overflow-wrap:break-word;padding:0px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;vertical-align:baseline;" paraid="865736190" paraeid="{20b75e19-8f00-41a4-ab56-956feeb8a511}{198}"><span class="TextRun SCXW97470806 BCX4 NormalTextRun" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode:normal !important;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-user-select:text;font-family:Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-variant-ligatures:none !important;line-height:20.85px;margin:0px;padding:0px;" data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US">Today on IFS Talks, we’re excited to welcome Lisa Spiegel and Claire Stubbs. Lisa i</span><span class="TextRun SCXW97470806 BCX4 NormalTextRun" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode:normal !important;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-user-select:text;font-family:"Helvetica Neue", "Helvetica Neue_EmbeddedFont", "Helvetica Neue_MSFontService", sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-variant-ligatures:none !important;line-height:20.85px;margin:0px;padding:0px;" data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US">s the founder of Soho Parenting in New York City. She’s an author and a certified IFS therapist and consultant who has worked with children and families for over 40 years and teaches therapists around the world. </span><span class="EOP SCXW97470806 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode:normal !important;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-user-select:text;font-family:"Helvetica Neue", "Helvetica Neue_EmbeddedFont", "Helvetica Neue_MSFontService", sans-serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:20.85px;margin:0px;padding:0px;" data-ccp-props="{"335559738":240,"335559739":240}"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW97470806 BCX4" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-user-select:text;caret-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847);clear:both;color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847);cursor:text;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;overflow:visible;padding:0px;position:relative;text-align:start;text-decoration-line:none;text-decoration-style:solid;text-decoration-thickness:auto;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW97470806 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode:normal !important;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-user-select:text;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin:16px 0px;overflow-wrap:break-word;padding:0px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;vertical-align:baseline;" paraid="1740661929" paraeid="{20b75e19-8f00-41a4-ab56-956feeb8a511}{116}"><span class="TextRun SCXW97470806 BCX4 NormalTextRun" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode:normal !important;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-user-select:text;font-family:Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-variant-ligatures:none !important;line-height:20.85px;margin:0px;padding:0px;" data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US">Claire Stubbs </span><span class="TextRun SCXW97470806 BCX4 NormalTextRun" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode:normal !important;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-user-select:text;font-family:"Helvetica Neue", "Helvetica Neue_EmbeddedFont", "Helvetica Neue_MSFontService", sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-variant-ligatures:none !important;line-height:20.85px;margin:0px;padding:0px;" data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US">is a chartered counseling psychologist, author, and IFS therapist in the UK, specializing in neurodiversity, trauma, and emotionally based school avoidance. She is the author of </span><em><span class="TextRun SCXW97470806 BCX4 NormalTextRun" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode:normal !important;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-user-select:text;font-family:"Helvetica Neue", "Helvetica Neue_EmbeddedFont", "Helvetica Neue_MSFontService", sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-variant-ligatures:none !important;line-height:20.85px;margin:0px;padding:0px;" data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US">Emotionally Ba</span><span class="TextRun SCXW97470806 BCX4 NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode:normal !important;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-user-select:text;background-image:var(--urlContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2,url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHdpZHRoPSI1IiBoZWlnaHQ9IjMiPjxnIGZpbGw9Im5vbmUiIGZpbGwtcnVsZT0iZXZlbm9kZCIgc3Ryb2tlPSIjMzVGIiBzdHJva2UtbGluZWNhcD0icm91bmQiPjxwYXRoIGQ9Ik0wIC41aDVNMCAyLjVoNSIvPjwvZz48L3N2Zz4="));background-position:0px 100%;background-repeat:repeat-x;border-bottom:1px solid transparent;font-family:"Helvetica Neue", "Helvetica Neue_EmbeddedFont", "Helvetica Neue_MSFontService", sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-variant-ligatures:none !important;line-height:20.85px;margin:0px;padding:0px;" data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US">sed Scho</span><span class="TextRun SCXW97470806 BCX4 NormalTextRun" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode:normal !important;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-user-select:text;font-family:"Helvetica Neue", "Helvetica Neue_EmbeddedFont", "Helvetica Neue_MSFontService", sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-variant-ligatures:none !important;line-height:20.85px;margin:0px;padding:0px;" data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US">ol Avoidance: A Compassionate and supportive companion for you and your child.</span></em><span class="TextRun SCXW97470806 BCX4 NormalTextRun" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode:normal !important;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-user-select:text;font-family:"Helvetica Neue", "Helvetica Neue_EmbeddedFont", "Helvetica Neue_MSFontService", sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-variant-ligatures:none !important;line-height:20.85px;margin:0px;padding:0px;" data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US"> Today, we will be speaking with them about using IFS withchildren and families. Welcome, Lisa and Claire!</span><span class="EOP SCXW97470806 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode:normal !important;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-user-select:text;font-family:"Helvetica Neue", "Helvetica Neue_EmbeddedFont", "Helvetica Neue_MSFontService", sans-serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:20.85px;margin:0px;padding:0px;" data-ccp-props="{"335559738":240,"335559739":240}"> </span></p><hr><p class="Paragraph SCXW97470806 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode:normal !important;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-user-select:text;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin:16px 0px;overflow-wrap:break-word;padding:0px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;vertical-align:baseline;" paraid="1740661929" paraeid="{20b75e19-8f00-41a4-ab56-956feeb8a511}{116}"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-position:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">We are excited to celebrate the launch of <strong>IFS Collected Wisdom: Conversations with Experienced Voices in Internal Family Systems</strong> a book that brings together voices, reflections, and lived experience from across the IFS community. This book was created from a desire to honor those voices, and to acknowledge that wisdom in IFS doesn’t live in one place or one person. It lives in relationship, in experience, and in the field as it evolves. </span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-position:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Thank you for being a listener, for being part of this community, and for continuing to explore what becomes possible when Self leads. We hope that IFS Collected Wisdom can become a companion in your IFS journey.</span><span class="EOP SCXW53310572 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode:normal !important;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-user-select:text;color:rgb(53, 53, 53);font-family:Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:20.85px;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;text-align:justify;text-decoration-line:none;text-decoration-style:solid;text-decoration-thickness:auto;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;" data-ccp-props="{"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559738":285,"335559739":285}"> </span><a href="https://www.sppc.org.pt/downloads/IFS_Collected_Wisdom_CONTENTS.pdf" target="_blank">Here is a link to the IFS Collected Wisdom book contents</a>.<span class="EOP SCXW97470806 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode:normal !important;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-user-select:text;font-family:"Helvetica Neue", "Helvetica Neue_EmbeddedFont", "Helvetica Neue_MSFontService", sans-serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:20.85px;margin:0px;padding:0px;" data-ccp-props="{"335559738":240,"335559739":240}"> </span></p><p> </p></div>
<p style="color:#ffffff;font:14.0px 'Helvetica Neue';margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="font:13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';">In today’s episode, </span>we speak with Joanne Twombly about a powerful IFS technique commonly known as "<em>The Fire Drill, </em>based on Joanne's chapter called T<em>he Fire Drill: Sorting Through Countertransference with IFS</em>."<br><br>And we also announce the recent publication of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em><strong>IFS Collected Wisdom</strong></em><strong>:</strong><em>Conversations with Experienced Voices in Internal Family Systems.</em></p><p style="font:13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">We are deeply grateful to all those who contributed to this project, and endorsed this volume, including <strong>Richard Schwartz</strong>, <strong>Susan</strong> <strong>McConnell</strong>, <strong>Cece</strong> <strong>Sykes</strong>, <strong>Joanne </strong><strong>Twombly</strong>, <strong>Einat</strong> <strong>Bronstein</strong>, <strong>Bob</strong> <strong>Falconer</strong>, and many others. </p><p style="font:13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">We hope the book will be a companion on your IFS journey.</p><p style="color:#ffffff;font:13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><a href="https://www.sppc.org.pt/downloads/IFS_Collected_Wisdom_CONTENTS.pdf" target="_blank">Here is a link to the IFS Collected Wisdom contents</a>.</p><p style="color:#ffffff;font:13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"> </p>
<p style="color:#ffffff;font:15.0px 'Helvetica Neue';margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Our guest is Paul Neustadt,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>a clinical social worker and IFS Senior Co-lead Trainer. Paul has worked in community mental health and the counseling program of a working-class state university as well as having been the director of a community-based counseling and prevention program. Paul sees himself as a spiritual being in a human body, on a healing journey, in this life to learn lessons, to connect with his soul, and to live in accordance with his life purpose. Part of his life purpose has been to share the gift of IFS with others. In this episode, we discuss the qualities and virtues of Self-like parts, and how to welcome, honor, and genuinely validate them in a non-shaming way that allows more Self energy to emerge.</p>
<p style="color:#ffffff;font:13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Today we welcome Catia Vinnik.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Catia Vinnik is a neuroscientist and science communicator who has dedicated over 20 years to understanding the brain—from sensory processing and memory to molecular mechanisms underlying complex behaviors.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p style="color:#ffffff;font:13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Recently, she has translated this extensive research into practical psychoeducation tools and interactive games for therapists.</p><p style="color:#ffffff;font:13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"> </p><p style="color:#ffffff;font:13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Catia graduated from medical school and earned her PhD in cognitive neuroscience in Italy, during which she discovered a novel auditory illusion.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p style="color:#ffffff;font:13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">She founded the "Behaving Brain" project to bridge neuroscience and psychotherapy, creating accessible tools such as <strong>Brain Coping Cards </strong>that therapists can use with their clients.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p style="color:#ffffff;font:13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"> </p><p style="color:#ffffff;font:13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Her belief that learning should be active, shapes workshops on the neuroscience of addiction, anxiety, depression, trauma, and other therapy-related topics by using interactive educational games that clarify complex neural interactions in the client's brain and how therapy taps into these processes.</p><p style="color:#ffffff;font:13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"> </p><p style="color:#ffffff;font:13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Dr. Vinnik is trained in Internal Family Systems, a model she values highly for its insightful perspective on the human mind.</p>
<p style="font:13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><strong>This episode is a recording of an open Q&A session with Martha Sweezy. </strong></p><p style="font:13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Trigger warning:<br><strong>All questions were submitted by participants and focused primarily on Martha’s area of expertise: shame and guilt. </strong><br>Please note that Martha Sweezy makes political comments in this episode.</p>
<p style="color:#ffffff;font:15.0px 'Helvetica Neue';margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Today we are welcoming back Cece Sykes. Cece is a senior trainer at the Internal Family Systems Institute with over thirty-five years of clinical experience specializing in recovery from trauma and addiction. Her chapter on addictive processes appears in IFS: Innovations & Elaborations. She is a co-author of the book, Treating Addictive Processes with Internal Family Systems Therapy, published in 2023. Cece also developed the Heart Lessons of the Journey retreat for an on-going study of therapist narratives. She lectures and consults internationally on these and other related subjects. Cece lives and works in the Chicago area. Today, we will be speaking with her about the Nature and Healing of Exiles in IFS therapy. </p><p><br> </p>
<p style="font:13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><strong>Paul Neustad</strong>t is an IFS Senior Co-Lead Trainer. He has taught workshops on The Gifts of our Exiles, The Power of Presence in IFS; Self Led Parenting; and a number of other topics. He teaches a monthly seminar for level 1 graduates focused on integrating the skills learned in level 1 that begins in October. In his private practice he now focuses on providing individual and group consultation to IFS therapists. For 17 years he was director of a community counseling and prevention program for children, adolescents, and their families. Paul has also worked in a college counseling center and community mental health center, and taught couples and family therapy in a family therapy institute and two graduate programs. As an IFS trainer, Paul creates a safe, accepting atmosphere, attends thoughtfully to group process, and ensures that all parts are welcome. He is known for his clear, down to earth, and open-hearted manner.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p style="color:#ffff0b;font:13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;min-height:15.0px;"> </p><p style="font:13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><strong>Natalie Thomas</strong> is a Registered Psychotherapist and IFS therapist in private practice and a Professor of Philosophy, specializing in animal and environmental ethics. She has presented and led workshops on the application of IFS for those experiencing climate distress, and on ways IFS can inform ecotherapy and nature-based therapies. She also holds monthly climate cafes and trains others to facilitate these, using an IFS lens. She is a Regional Coordinator for the Climate Psychology Alliance of North America, and her current research is focused on the creation of an IFS-informed approach to climate-aware therapy. Parts & Self has published two of her pieces on IFS and animals, and IFS and climate distress. Additionally, she has also been featured in an episode of ‘The One Inside’ which focused on IFS, Self and our connection to nature, and has presented at the latest IFS Conference on IFS, climate distress and ecotherapy. Her private practice specializes in the use of IFS for those suffering from trauma, grief and climate distress, and she also offers workshops, retreats and trainings in these areas.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p style="font:13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><a href="https://thomascounselling.com/climate-cafes/">Here a link to Natalie's website and Climate Cafes</a> <br> </p>
<p style="font:15.0px 'Helvetica Neue';margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">In this episode, we welcome Ana Morante, Ann-Katrin Bockmann, and Mary Petro to discuss the topic of <em>Self-led motherhood</em>. They will be sharing several important projects that integrate IFS principles and techniques to help support mothers around the world, including those at various stages of their motherhood journey and those who are parenting under extremely challenging conditions, such as poverty and life in war-torn regions. <a href="https://www.intentionalmotherhoodinternational.com">Here is a link to the project’s website</a>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>for those interested in joining this project.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p>Today we will be speaking with Joanne about the second edition of her book, Trauma and Dissociation Informed Internal Family Systems: How to Successfully Treat Complex PTSD and Dissociative Disorders, and asking Joanne some follow-up questions to the interview we did with her two years ago, in November 2022. We find this conversation very interesting and valuable for those using IFS with clients with severe complex trauma. We hope you enjoy it and find it useful.</p>
<p>Our guest today is Sarah Bergenfield, a Somatic Psychologist, and a Level 3-trained and Certified IFS practitioner, specializing in autism. Sarah holds a master’s degree in embodiment studies and wrote her thesis on autism as an embodied condition that impacts the brain, body, and mind. Sarah is a student in the Applied Neuroscience program at Kings College in London and begins her Ph.D. in Psychology in September at the California Institute of Integral Studies. <br>She is a wife, mom to three children, and dog mom to Magnus, her assistance dog. Sarah is the co-author of the book, Embodying Autism – Navigating your Autistic Brain, Body, and Mind, written with Martha Sweezey and published next year by New Harbinger. She is an international speaker and educator on the topic of understanding autism as an embodied condition. <br>We will be speaking with Sarah about the nature of autism (<strong>Episode Part 1</strong>) and (<strong>Episode Part 2</strong>) how IFS concepts and techniques can be understood through the lens of autism, how IFS therapy can be helpful for autistic clients, and some special considerations to keep in mind when working with autistic clients with IFS. <br>Hope you enjoy the episode and find it useful.</p>
<p>Our guest today is Sarah Bergenfield, a Somatic Psychologist, and a Level 3-trained and Certified IFS practitioner, specializing in autism. Sarah holds a master’s degree in embodiment studies and wrote her thesis on autism as an embodied condition that impacts the brain, body, and mind. Sarah is a student in the Applied Neuroscience program at Kings College in London and begins her Ph.D. in Psychology in September at the California Institute of Integral Studies. <br>She is a wife, mom to three children, and dog mom to Magnus, her assistance dog. Sarah is the co-author of the book, Embodying Autism – Navigating your Autistic Brain, Body, and Mind, written with Martha Sweezey and published next year by New Harbinger. She is an international speaker and educator on the topic of understanding autism as an embodied condition. <br>We will be speaking with Sarah about the nature of autism (<strong>Episode Part 1</strong>) and (<strong>Episode Part 2</strong>) how IFS concepts and techniques can be understood through the lens of autism, how IFS therapy can be helpful for autistic clients, and some special considerations to keep in mind when working with autistic clients with IFS. <br>Hope you enjoy the episode and find it useful.</p>
<p in this we talk with dr richard schwartz about the nature of self. p>In today's episode our guest is Dr. Schwartz, the developer of the Internal Family Systems model. Among the topics we address are the Dual Nature of Self, Self’s “Agenda,” IFS as a Constraint-Release Model, Self as the Agent of Healing, the wisdom of Self, Self’s Development, Trauma and Self,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Self and the Body, Restoring Trust in Self, and Self and Vulnerability.</p>
<p>Today, we revisit Joanne Twombley’s amazing episode from 2022 on Trauma- and Dissociation-Informed IFS. <br><strong>Joanne H. Twombly, MSW, LICSW </strong>is a psychotherapist in private practice in Arlington, MA. She has over thirty years of experience working with C-PTSD and dissociative disorders, provides trainings and consultation. She has written on EMDR and Dissociative Disorders, EMDR and Internal Family Systems, and on working with perpetrator introjects. Her commitment to helping her clients heal and to providing quality training has resulted in her becoming an EMDR Consultant and a Trauma and Recovery Humanitarian Assistance Program Facilitator, Internal Family Systems Certified, and an American Society for Clinical Hypnosis Consultant. She is a past president of the New England Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation. In recognition of her achievements and her service on committees and the Board of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD) she was honnored with ISSTD's Distinguished Achievement Award and is an ISSTD Fellow.</p>
<p style="font:13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">In this episode, we discuss understanding OCD through an IFS lens. We explore particular challenges in treating OCD that arise from the interplay of the neurological and psychological factors that underly the condition. We also discuss how IFS integrates effective elements of other empirically validated treatments for OCD, and why IFS enhances the effectiveness of these interventions. </p><p style="font:13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"> </p><p style="font:13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Melissa Mose, LMFT, has been in private practice for 30 years and has specialized in working with OCD for roughly half of that. She is currently the president of OCD Southern California, an affiliate of the International OCD Foundation and she is an international speaker and educator on Obsessive Compulsive disorder. As a Level 3 trained and certified Internal Family Systems therapist and an IFSI-approved professional consultant, Melissa is committed to developing a more compassionate, IFS-informed approach to evidence-based treatment for OCD. She is currently working on several projects designed to raise awareness, improve early identification and a wider range of treatment options for individuals with OCD.</p><p style="font:13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"> </p>
<p style="font:13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">In this episode, we explore the nature and healing of exiles. We discuss finding and connecting with exiles, approaches to dealing with protectors’ fears of overwhelm, the healing and integration process, and more. <br><br>Einat is a psychotherapist with over 30 years of clinical experience with individuals, couples, families, and groups. She has lived and worked with IFS since the early days of the model and learned closely and directly from Dr. Richard Schwartz. She is a certified IFS therapist and supervisor and a Senior International Lead Trainer for IFSI. She is also the co-founder and co-director of The Israeli Institute for IFS that brought IFS to Israel and has trained hundreds of Israeli therapists in<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>the model since 2008. Einat taught family and couples therapy at Tel Aviv University, presented multiple times at the IFS Annual Conference, and has led IFS trainings, seminars and workshops all over the world.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>She is married, has 4 children and one grandchild, and lives in Israel. She feels that all aspects of her life have been greatly influenced and shaped by the loving and spacious perspective IFS offers, for which she is deeply grateful.</p>
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