Shows
IFS TalksNo Bad Parts: Individual and Collective Healing with Dick SchwartzToday, and while we do a pause in our IFS Talks series, we release a 2021 episode with Dick Schwartz.
The Hosts, Alexia Rothman and Aníbal Henriques will be speaking primarily about his latest book, No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model, published in 2021 summer by Sounds True.
Dick speaks not only to the basics in IFS, but he goes deeper into the healing and transformative challenges we all face individually and collectively, and discusses IFS as a spiritual practice as well as a psychotherapeutic morality.
Hope you enjoy it as m...
2023-04-071h 00
IFS TalksThe Essence of Healing with Art MonesToday we bring an episode from Explorations in Psychotherapy, Alexia Rothman as co-host. We welcome Dr. Arthur Mones, a Diplomate in Clinical Psychology with over three decades of experience as a therapist, teacher, and clinical supervisor. He is on the faculty of the Adelphi University Derner Institute Postgraduate Training Program in Couples Therapy. Previously, he served as Coordinator of Marriage and Family Therapy Training in the Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology at St. John’s University, and was a faculty member of the Long Island Institute for Psychoanalysis and Psyhchotherapy. He is an Approved Supervisor of the American A...
2022-09-261h 00
IFS TalksIntercultural Competence and IFS: A Conversation with Fatimah FinneyFatimah Finney is a serial goal-setter, lover of new ideas, and imaginative thinker.She is a certified Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapist and maintains a private practice serving BIPOC, young adults and people navigating workplace issues. She is a certified administrator of the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) and is a consultant for individuals and organizations aiming to build their capacity and skills for centering diversity equity and inclusion in their workplaces.Prior to her counseling and consulting practice, Fatimah was an in-home therapist to children and adults and served as a director of a community...
2022-09-0540 min
IFS TalksThe Gifts of our Protectors and Direct Access with Paul NeustadtPaul Neustadt, MSS, LICSW, is a senior IFS Co-Lead Trainer. He also co-leads a monthly seminar for level 1 graduates focused on integrating the skills learned in level 1. He has led workshops on Self Led Parenting, the Therapeutic Relationship in IFS, Direct Access: An Essential Skill of IFS, IFS and Climate Change, and The Gifts of Our Exiles.For 17 years Paul 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...
2022-08-231h 07
IFS TalksUnlocking the Light of Sexual Intimacy with Nancy Wonder and IFIONancy Wonder, Ph.D. is a Licensed Psychologist practicing in Tallahassee, Florida where she offers Internal Family Systems therapy and consultation.Dr. Wonder obtained her Ph.D. from Florida State University in Counseling Psychology and remained as a field instructor for FSU for many years teaching and training doctoral students.In 2003 she began to be fascinated by the Internal Family Systems model and later became involved in the IFS applied couple model of Intimacy From the Inside Out (IFIO). This fascination has led Nancy to establish a full-time practice that revolves a...
2022-07-0643 min
IFS TalksBIPOC Leadership, Healing and IFS with Crystal JonesCrystal Jones, LCSW is a Certified IFS Therapist and Assistant Trainer. She feels extremely grateful to have experienced and witnessed the healing benefits of the IFS model in her own life and in the lives of her clients. She has 18 years of clinical experience and owns a private group practice, Life Source Counseling Center, Inc., in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Crystal is known for her compassion and heart-led approach to her work. She is passionate about creating safe spaces for BIPOC women to feel connected, seen, heard, and valued as they do their healing work individually and collectively. She also enjoys pr...
2022-06-1135 min
IFS TalksGetting Past You and Me with Terry’s new book: UsTerrence Real is an internationally recognized family therapist, speaker, and author. He founded the Relational Life Institute, offering workshops for couples, individuals, and parents along with a professional training program for clinicians to learn his Relational Life Therapy methodology. He is the bestselling author of I Don't Want to Talk About It, How Can I Get Through to You?, and The New Rules of Marriage. His book US: Getting Past You and Me to Build a More Loving Relationship will be published by Goop Press June 7, 2022.
2022-06-0448 min
IFS TalksBefriending Self-like Parts with Mariel PastorMariel Pastor is a Lead Trainer based in Portland, Oregon who began her IFS journey back in 1998 with Richard Schwartz. She trains across the United States and internationally and is a co-founder of the IFS Telehealth Collective, a multi-state group practice of licensed and trained IFS therapists. Mariel recently wrote and edited the new Level 1 training manual, and has created advanced workshops designed around the Unburdened Internal System mandala. Prior to becoming a psychotherapist she worked in the entertainment industry in Hollywood. Her love of working with artists has inspired her...
2022-05-1435 min
IFS TalksEmotional Regulation and Dysregulation through IFS LensChris Burris, LPC, LMFT is a Senior Lead Trainer for the IFS Institute. He has been an IFS Therapist since 1999 and is trained as a Marriage and Family Therapist. He uses mind/body approaches of therapy in alleviating traumatic stress, depression, and anxiety disorders. He works extensively with individuals and groups.Since 1990 he has been very active with Men’s, Couples, Self Leadership Groups and Rites of Passage Programs. As the former Director of Counseling at The North Carolina School of the Arts, Chris has considerable experience with performance enhancement with Athletes, Artists, Actors, Filmmakers, Musicians, Writers, an...
2022-04-2044 min
IFS TalksSpirituality and Psychotherapy with Russell Siler JonesRussell Siler Jones, ThD, LCMHCS, is a psychotherapist in Asheville, NC, Director of CareNet/Wake Forest Baptist Health’s Residency in Psychotherapy and Spirituality, and Developer of ACPE’s Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapy Program. He is author of Spirit in Session: Working with Your Client’s Spirituality (and Your Own) in Psychotherapy. You can find more about RSJ here at Russell's website:https://russellsilerjones.com
2022-04-0246 min
IFS TalksWorking with sex and sexuality using IFS with Victoria KirbyVictoria is an IFS and IFIO therapist working in private practice in London. She is passionate about applying the IFS model to working with sex and sexuality and is currently delivering workshops and designing resources to support other practitioners in this area of work.Victoria previously worked in public health. She completed a master's degree in health promotion and worked as a Senior Health Improvement Specialist, specialising first in young people's sexual health and then in HIV prevention in men who have sex with men. Victoria then trained in psychotherapy and completed a master's programme i...
2022-03-2241 min
IFS TalksIFS and Neurodiversity with Yoav BartovYoav Bartov was born and raised in Israel. A BA and MA in Social work from Tel-Aviv university, Yoav trained in couples and Family therapist (3 year program from Tel Aviv university), worked for the public sector in welfare department with children at risk and multi-problem families, running the special staff dealing with abuse and neglect of minors for a few years.Yoav started his IFS journey in 2014, completing Level 1, 2 and 3. He is being a PA and Lead PA in different IFS trainings around the world for the last 5 years. A certified IFS therapist and supervisor, Yoav has a private...
2022-02-2037 min
IFS TalksA Model for IFS Supervision and Consultation with Liz Martins and Emma RedfernLiz Martins is an experienced therapist, an IFS Institute Lead Trainer, Certified IFS Therapist and Approved IFS Clinical Supervisor/Consultant. She has a private practice in the UK and offers therapy and individual /group supervision online and in person. Prior to becoming a therapist, Liz had a career in social work with children and families, including in leadership and external consultancy roles. She is a qualified supervisor with extensive experience as an individual/group supervisor in a range of settings. Liz has a particular interest in supporting supervisors to integrate IFS into their practice and has contributed a chapter...
2022-02-0636 min
IFS TalksHow to stay Present for Addictive Processes with Cece SykesToday on IFS Talks we’re so happy to be welcoming back Cece Sykes.
Cece has over 40 years of clinical experience, specializing in recovery from trauma and addictive processes.
She is currently a Senior Lead Trainer of IFS) and Cece has also developed a workshop as part of an ongoing worldwide project to explore the personal narratives of therapists and the impact on their work.Today we’re having a conversation with Cece about how to Create Order out of the Chaos of Addictive Process: how to use IFS to find the patterns in addictive issue...
2022-01-2951 min
IFS TalksCommon Pitfalls in IFS language, with Mariel PastorMariel Pastor is an IFS therapist, consultant, and Lead Trainer based in Portland, Oregon who began her IFS journey back in 1998 with Richard Schwartz.
She trains across the United States and internationally and is the principal author of the manual used in Level 1 trainings. She is also co-founder of the IFS Telehealth Collective, a multi-state group practice that brings IFS therapy online to clients while supporting the clinicians who serve them. Mariel's Unburdened Internal System mandala illustrates what life can look like when we befriend and unburden our parts, and this material was recently featured as part of the IFS...
2022-01-1645 min
IFS TalksThe Tyranny of Change and other Therapist Burdens with Einat BronsteinWith a Law degree at Tel Aviv University, Israel, and Masters in Clinical Social Work at Washington University in St Louis, MO, USA, Einat learnt with Dick Schwartz and practiced IFS from its early years in Chicago. She graduated from Level 1, 2 and 3 IFS trainings; an International Lead Trainer, an IFS supervisor and a Certified IFS Therapist with over 25 years of clinical experience in private practice. She is the co-founder and co-director of the Israeli Institute of IFS. Einat taught Couples Therapy for 8 years in Tel Aviv university, she is married and has 4 kids.
More recently Einat became a g...
2022-01-1048 min
IFS TalksCultural competency with LGBTQ+: a Talk with Derek ScottDerek Scott is the founder of IFSCA, a Canadian organisation dedicated to promoting the work of Dick Schwartz, originator of the IFS model. Though IFSCA Derek offers many programs and trainings such as the Stepping Stone course and the affordable online monthly masterclass workshops featuring experts in the IFS field such as Dick Schwartz, Kay Gardner, Susan McConnell and many others.Derek has been working with and teaching the model for 20 years. Along with his daughter Maya he presented as part of the plenary on diversity and inclusivity at the IFS conference in 2016 and volunteered as consultant...
2021-10-1942 min
IFS TalksWorking with suspicious, stubborn, and dangerous parts: a Talk with Mike ElkinMike Elkin is an IFS senior Lead trainer who has been involved with the model since 1995. He has been a popular presenter, conducting scores of trainings and workshops throughout the US and Europe and has taught level one trainings in Boston every year since 2003. He was a pioneer in applying hypnotic and strategic approaches to addiction treatment and has integrated those tools into IFS treatment. He is the author of, “Families Under the Influence” and several articles.Michael has a private practice in marriage, family, and individual psychotherapy, and he is very focused on training therap...
2021-10-0848 min
IFS TalksNo Bad Parts: Individual and Collective Healing with Dick SchwartzToday we release an Explorations in Psychotherapy episode with Dick Schwartz.
The Hosts, Alexia Rothman and Aníbal Henriques will be speaking primarily about his latest book, No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model, published this 2021 summer by Sounds True.
As we found the episode potentially didactic for the IFS Community in particular, we decided to release it in IFS Talks as well.
Dick speaks not only to the basics in IFS, but he goes deeper into the healing and transformative challenges we all face individually and collectively, and discus...
2021-09-231h 00
Explorations in PsychotherapyNo Bad Parts: Individual and Collective Healing with Dick SchwartzToday on Explorations in Psychotherapy, we are speaking with Dr. Richard Schwartz. Dr. Schwartz is the developer of the Internal Family Systems Model of psychotherapy, known as IFS. He has authored many books and over 50 articles on IFS and has trained thousands of therapists and practitioners in this transformative model over the last four decades. Today, we will be speaking with him primarily about his latest book, No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model, published this summer by Sounds True.
2021-09-231h 00Explorations in PsychotherapyNo Bad Parts: Individual and Collective Healing with Dick SchwartzOn this episode of Explorations in Psychotherapy, we are speaking with Dr. Richard Schwartz. Dr. Schwartz is the developer of the Internal Family Systems Model of psychotherapy, known as IFS. He has authored many books and over 50 articles on IFS and has trained thousands of therapists and practitioners in this transformative model over the last four decades. Today, we will be speaking with him primarily about his latest book, No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model, published this summer by Sounds True.
2021-09-231h 00
IFS TalksWhen “Self” becomes an emotional bypass - with Pam KrauseToday we are interviewing and welcoming back Pam Krause. Pam is a Senior Lead Trainer for theIFS-Institute, and has been leading Level 1, 2 and 3 trainings since 2005. Pam adapted the IFS model for use with children and adolescents, and has created both onsite and online trainings on the topic. Ana Gomez and Pam co-authored the chapter EMDR Therapy and the Use of Internal Family Systems Strategies with Children in EMDR Therapy and Adjunct Approaches with Children. Pam also authored a chapter on IFS with Children & Adolescents in Internal Family Systems Therapy: New Dimensions, and also co-authored a chapter called Getting Unstuck: addre...
2021-08-2937 min
IFS TalksReshaping the Nervous System and Integration with IFS - Deb DanaToday we bring an "Explorations in Psychotherapy" episode, Lexi Rothman as co-host. We are speaking with Deb Dana, a clinician and consultant who specializes in treating complex traumatic stress. Deb is a consultant to the Traumatic Stress Research Consortium in the Kinsey Institute at Indiana University. She lectures internationally on the ways Polyvagal Theory informs clinical interactions with trauma survivors, and she works with organizations wanting to bring a polyvagal-informed approach to working with clients. Deb is the developer of the Rhythm of Regulation Clinical Training Series. She is trained in Internal Family Systems and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy and has complet...
2021-08-191h 17
Explorations in PsychotherapyReshaping the Nervous System and Integration with IFS - Deb DanaToday on Explorations in Psychotherapy, we are speaking with Deb Dana. Deb is a clinician and consultant who specializes in treating complex traumatic stress. She is a consultant to the Traumatic Stress Research Consortium in the Kinsey Institute at Indiana University. She lectures internationally on the ways Polyvagal Theory informs clinical interactions with trauma survivors, and she works with organizations wanting to bring a polyvagal-informed approach to working with clients. Deb is the developer of the Rhythm of Regulation Clinical Training Series. She is trained in Internal Family Systems and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy and has completed the certificate program in Traum...
2021-08-051h 17
Explorations in PsychotherapyReshaping the Nervous System and Integration with IFS - Deb DanaToday on Explorations in Psychotherapy, we are speaking with Deb Dana. Deb is a clinician and consultant who specializes in treating complex traumatic stress. She is a consultant to the Traumatic Stress Research Consortium in the Kinsey Institute at Indiana University. She lectures internationally on the ways Polyvagal Theory informs clinical interactions with trauma survivors, and she works with organizations wanting to bring a polyvagal-informed approach to working with clients. Deb is the developer of the Rhythm of Regulation Clinical Training Series. She is trained in Internal Family Systems and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy and has...
2021-08-051h 17
IFS TalksExplicit Direct Access with Protectors and Exiles - Fran BoothFran Booth, a social worker, is a certified IFS therapist, consultant, and trainer. A clinician for more than 40 years, her practice specialties include trauma, anxiety, depression, grief, cancer/ and other medical concerns, binge eating, and attachment injuries. She graduated from Cornell University (with honors) and Simmons School for Social Work. Early in her career, Fran supervised social work interns and medical students for the Smith College School for Social Work, Tufts Medical School, and the William James College.
Immersed in IFS since 2005, Fran served as a therapist in the seminal research study on IFS and Rheumatoid arthritis.
Sh...
2021-08-0346 min
IFS TalksIFS Principles Applied to Group Psychotherapy with Sue RichmondSue Richmond is a L3 IFS trained, Certified IFS therapist and IFS Assistant Trainer.
Sue came to the IFS world around 2001 as a result of her going back into therapy at a time where she was feeling disconnected and experienced an existential crisis.
Unbeknownst to Sue, she walked into the office of a therapist who quickly announced, “I’ve just been trained in this model called Internal Family Sytems Therapy, and it’s the only model I’m using with clients now, and I hope that’s ok with you”.
Well, the rest is history.Sue lives...
2021-07-2440 min
IFS TalksTurning Disconnection into Intimacy with Mona BarberaMona Barbera, Ph.D is a psychologist with over 35 years experience, specializing in couples therapy, couples workshops, and training psychotherapists. She has been quoted in Better Homes and Gardens, Cosmopolitan,and Mens Fitness and has appeared on Fox25 news in , NBC in New York, News8 in Washington, D.C., Peachtree TV in Atlanta, and KARE11 in Minneapolis. Her book for couples, “Bring Yourself to Love: How Couples Can Turn Disconnection into Intimacy” is the winner of the prestigious 2009 Benjamin Franklin Award in psychology/self-help, the Bronze medalist in the 2008 IPPY awards in Relationships and Sexuality, and a finalist in the 2...
2021-07-0331 min
IFS TalksHow Ancestral Medicine informs IFS Legacy Burdens work - with Daphne FatterDaphne Fatter, Ph.D. (Dallas, TX, USA) is a mid-career licensed psychologist, certified IFS therapist and approved clinical IFS consultant. She has a private practice specializing in trauma and addressing legacy burdens including the impact of oppression, marginalized identities, racism, and collective trauma. She also teaches on trauma treatment and on white race socialization in the US. She is an Ancestral Medicine Practitioner and integrates working ancestral guides with IFS. She is a student of animism and has also studied with teachers of Taoist and Mahayana and Theravada Buddhist meditation practices. She has also published professionally on mindfulness.Her an...
2021-06-2532 min
IFS TalksFour Types of Challenging Protectors with Chris BurrisChris Burris, LPC, LMFT is a Senior Lead Trainer for the IFS Institute. He has been an IFS Therapist since 1999 and is trained as a Marriage and Family Therapist. He uses mind/body approaches of therapy in alleviating traumatic stress, depression, and anxiety disorders. He works extensively with individuals and groups.Since 1990 he has been very active with Men’s, Couples, Self Leadership Groups and Rites of Passage Programs. As the former Director of Counseling at The North Carolina School of the Arts, Chris has considerable experience with performance enhancement with Athletes, Artists, Actors, Filmmakers, Musicians, Writers, an...
2021-06-1946 min
Explorations in PsychotherapyMeditations and Ceremonies for Healing, with Monique LangMonique Lang, LCSW, author of Healing From Post-Traumatic Stress and coauthor of Journey to Wholeness: Healing From the Trauma of Rape, has more than 30 years of experience as a psychotherapist specializing in the treatment of trauma. A psychotherapist in private practice since 1980, she has been staff counselor at the Omega Institute for Holistic Studies since 1998. She also has been a student of meditation for the past 20 years.
In addition to providing psychotherapy to individuals and couples, she is a certified Reiki practitioner and leads yearly vision quests and wilderness retreats. She offers a variety of workshops, and teaches...
2021-06-0142 min
Explorations in PsychotherapyMeditations and Ceremonies for Healing, with Monique LangMonique Lang, LCSW, author of Healing From Post-Traumatic Stress and coauthor of Journey to Wholeness: Healing From the Trauma of Rape, has more than 30 years of experience as a psychotherapist specializing in the treatment of trauma. A psychotherapist in private practice since 1980, she has been staff counselor at the Omega Institute for Holistic Studies since 1998. She also has been a student of meditation for the past 20 years.
In addition to providing psychotherapy to individuals and couples, she is a certified Reiki practitioner and leads yearly vision quests and wilderness retreats. She offers a variety of workshops, and teaches...
2021-06-0142 min
IFS TalksAll experiences welcome: IFS and non-ordinary states with Stephanie MitchellStephanie Mitchell is a psychotherapist, trainer and group therapist . She specialises in working with complex trauma and experiences which often get labelled as 'mental illness'. Stephanie is interested in how healing and change occur in the human to human relationship, within spaces of safety and acceptance and outside the constructs of diagnostic labels.Stephanie's primary focus for all therapeutic work is on creating a safe space where all parts of a person are welcomed and valued, and the pace of therapeutic exploration is set by the client. Stephanie works from a deeply compassionate place that believes that all patterns of behavi...
2021-05-3048 min
IFS TalksDreams Work and IFS with Heloisa GarmanWe can find many theories about dreams. Freud called dreams “the royal road to the unconscious.” Jung believed dreams were a gateway to the “collective unconscious”. Indigenous cultures believe dreams are a way to communicate with spirits and other beings that do not live on this earth plane. For neuroscientists dreams are mostly a way for the brain to integrate experiences and reconsolidate memory. Other cultures believe there is different types of dreams: teaching dreams, in which we are taught something useful in our waking life; prediction dreams that let us know ahead of time what will happen.Heloisa G...
2021-05-2229 min
IFS TalksSexual Abuse through an IFS lens - revisitedIFS Talks will be back soon with brand new episodes. In the meantime, we bring you an episode released April 2020, that we so much enjoyed: Sexual Abuse through an IFS lens, with Bob Falconer.Robert Falconer has an undergraduate degree in cultural anthropology, with a focus on the history of religions.In the early 1980s he pursued his masters degree in psychology while balancing a career in construction and real estate investment.When Robert started as a therapist, he focused on the work of Milton Erickson and hypnotherapy. He then moved into working with Jack and Helen...
2021-05-1347 min
Explorations in PsychotherapyThe new IFS Couple Therapy (IFIO) Skills Manual - with Martha SweezyToday on Explorations in Psychotherapy, we are joined by Dr. Martha Sweezy. Dr. Sweezy is an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School, a program consultant and supervisor at Cambridge Health Alliance, and the former assistant director and director of training for the dialectical behavior therapy program at the Cambridge Health Alliance. She is a co-author of multiple books, including Internal Family Systems Therapy; The IFS Skills Training Manual; and Intimacy from the Inside Out: Courage and Compassion in Couple Therapy. She is also an author and the co-editor for Innovations and Elaborations in Internal Family Systems Therapy and Internal Fa...
2021-05-0634 min
Explorations in PsychotherapyThe new IFS Couple Therapy (IFIO) Skills Manual - with Martha SweezyToday on Explorations in Psychotherapy, we are joined by Dr. Martha Sweezy. Dr. Sweezy is an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School, a program consultant and supervisor at Cambridge Health Alliance, and the former assistant director and director of training for the dialectical behavior therapy program at the Cambridge Health Alliance. She is a co-author of multiple books, including Internal Family Systems Therapy; The IFS Skills Training Manual; and Intimacy from the Inside Out: Courage and Compassion in Couple Therapy. She is also an author and the co-editor for Innovations and Elaborations in Internal Family Systems Therapy...
2021-05-0634 min
Explorations in PsychotherapyThe Development of a Therapist- with Louis CozolinoToday on Explorations in Psychotherapy, we are welcoming Dr. Louis Cozolino. Dr. Cozolino has been a writer, professor, and practicing psychologist in Los Angeles since 1986. He is the Series Editor of the Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology, and he has authored numerous books, including The Neuroscience of Human Relationships, The Neuroscience of Psychotherapy; The Pocket Guide to Neuroscience for Clinicians;Why Therapy Works, and many more. Today, we will be speaking with him about his latest book, The Development of a Therapist, Healing Others, Healing Self, published in 2021. To know more about Dr Cozolino please visit this website: https://www...
2021-05-0459 min
Explorations in PsychotherapyThe Development of a Therapist- with Louis CozolinoToday on Explorations in Psychotherapy, we are welcoming Dr. Louis Cozolino. Dr. Cozolino has been a writer, professor, and practicing psychologist in Los Angeles since 1986. He is the Series Editor of the Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology, and he has authored numerous books, including The Neuroscience of Human Relationships, The Neuroscience of Psychotherapy; The Pocket Guide to Neuroscience for Clinicians; Why Therapy Works, and many more. Today, we will be speaking with him about his latest book, The Development of a Therapist, Healing Others, Healing Self, published in 2021. To know more about Dr Cozolino please visit...
2021-05-0459 min
Explorations in PsychotherapyExperiential Psychotherapies and Memory Reconsolidation with Niall GeogheganDr. Geoghegan is a Clinical Psychologist and Certified Advanced Practitioner of Coherence Therapy. He collaborated closely with Bruce Ecker on creating the Coherence Psychology Institute’s Training and Certification Program prior to 2015. He was a contributing author to the groundbreaking book “Unlocking the Emotional Brain” on Coherence Therapy and Memory Reconsolidation. In recent years Dr. Geoghegan has headed the development of the Experiential Psychotherapy Institute. Its mission is to educate practitioners on the theory and techniques of a whole family of related experiential therapies.
To visit the Experiential Psychotherapy Institute please go to&nbs...
2021-04-2835 min
IFS TalksIntroducing Explorations in PsychotherapyIFS Talks will be back with a brand new episode soon. In the meantime, we’re excited to introduce you to a new IFS Informed Podcast. Its called Explorations in Psychotherapy, and is an Internal Family Systems informed audio podcast introducing authors whose work may be of great value and interest to the psychotherapy field as to all communities and practitioners in the helping professions who may benefit from a better understanding and integration of emerging perspectives.In this third episode of Explorations in Psychotherapy, Healing Ancestral Lineages are discussed withDaniel Foor. We hope you can find the time...
2021-04-2555 min
IFS TalksTranscending Relational Trauma - Frank Anderson’s New BookFrank Anderson began his professional journey as a chemistry major at the University of Illinois in the pre-pharmacy program. He quickly developed a fascination with the workings of the human body and switched into a pre-medicine program. He happily entered Rush University Medical College, initially wanting to become a pediatrician due to his love of children, but switched into psychiatry after a close family member developed significant mental health symptoms. He was deeply touched by this experience and also keenly aware of the impact it had on others. During his residency program in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, he...
2021-04-1639 min
Explorations in PsychotherapyHealing Ancestral Lineages with Daniel FoorDaniel is a teacher and practitioner of practical animism who specializes in ancestral and family healing and in helping folks learn to relate well with the rest of life. His recent ancestors are settler-colonialists to Pennsylvania and Ohio from England, Germany, and Ireland. He is a doctor of psychology, marriage and family therapist, amateur naturalist, life-long student of earth-honoring traditions, and the author of Ancestral Medicine: Rituals for Personal and Family Healing. Since 2005 Daniel has guided ancestor-focused trainings, community rituals, and personal sessions throughout North America. Training as a therapist, living in other cultures, and immersion in...
2021-04-1355 min
IFS TalksFrom EFT to IFIO with Liz PhillipsLiz wound her way into therapy after a circuitous route through a few degrees: English, Fine Art and Education; and after a career in Communications writing. Her passion for couples work led her to a training in couples therapy two years before she was even accepted into a formal therapy school. While Liz was studying to be a therapist, she simultaneously trained in Levels one and two of Sensorimotor Psychotherapy and Emotionally Focused Therapy for couples. But it wasn’t until she bumped into IFS and IFIO that Liz felt she found her therapy home. She has completed her Le...
2021-04-0336 min
Explorations in PsychotherapyCompassionate Practices and the Peer Collective with Tim DesmondTim Desmond is a psychotherapist, author, Distinguished Faculty Scholar at Antioch University New England, and student of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. Founder of Peer Collective, and co-founder of Morning Sun Mindfulness Center, he lives in Alstead, NH, and teaches mindfulness and self-compassion practices audiences around the world. His publications include Self-Compassion in Psychotherapy (W.W.Norton, 2015), The Self-Compassion Skills Workbook (W.W.Norton, 2017), and How to Stay Human in a Fucked Up World (HarperOne, 2019). You can find Peer Colective Project at https://peercollective.com
2021-03-301h 00
IFS TalksThe Role of IFS before and after Ketamine Assisted Treatment - with Robert GrantDr. Robert M. Grant is a physician specialized in internal medicine, pulmonary medicine, and HIV medicine. He has more than 30 years of experience with research and clinical practice in sexual health and pulmonary medicine. He pioneered the concept of pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, for HIV prevention by leading the iPrEx trials that led to FDA approvals and transformed clinical practice globally - an achievement for which he was recognized by Time Magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2012.After a deep personal loss in 2014, he pivoted to face the challenges of...
2021-03-2346 min
Explorations in PsychotherapyMultiplicity in Psychotherapy and Beyond, with Robert FalconerToday on Explorations in Psychotherapy, we are welcoming IFS counselor, teacher, and author, Mr. Robert Falconer. Robert earned his undergraduate degree in cultural anthropology, with a focus on the history of religions. In the early 1980s, he pursued his Master’s degree in psychology. In his career as a therapist, Robert spent considerable time at the Esalen Institute and decades involved in Gestalt therapy. For 15 years, he was the executive director of the Institute for Trauma-Oriented Psychotherapy. Over the course of his career, Robert has been extensively trained in multiple therapeutic modalities, but he has completely devoted himself to th...
2021-03-1033 min
IFS TalksToni Herbine-Blank on IFIO and the new IFS Couple Therapy Skills ManualToni Herbine-Blank, MS, RN, C-SP, is a Clinical Specialist Psychotherapist and Senior Trainer for the IFS Institute.Toni was trained in Family Therapy at the University of Pennsylvania where she earned both her RN and advanced practice degree in Psychiatric Nursing. She began training students in Internal Family Systems Therapy in 2004 and since has been instrumental in designing programs and writing curricula for Levels 1 and 2 IFS training programs.Toni has been in private practice since 1996 specializing in the treatment of couples and individuals. In 2009, after designing a training for IFS therapists to apply the model...
2021-03-0447 min
IFS TalksThe Therapeutic Dose of Empathy in IFS with Alexia RothmanDr. Alexia Rothman is a licensed psychologist and Certified IFS therapist in private practice in Atlanta, GA. She is a United States Presidential Scholar who completed her doctoral work in Clinical Psychology in 2003 at the University of California, Los Angeles, where she was a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow. She has formerly held adjunct professor positions in the Psychology Departments of Emory University and Agnes Scott College. Dr. Rothman was drawn to the IFS model through her therapeutic work with trauma survivors, and she began her formal training in the IFS model in 2011. Over the past 11 years, Dr. Roth...
2021-02-2748 min
IFS TalksA Talk with Robert Fox on OCD type PartsRobert Fox, a therapist in Woburn, Massachusetts, also wishes more people knew about IFS. Diagnosed with obsessive- compulsive disorder at age 21 after a lifetime of unusual compulsions, Robert spent 23 years receiving the standard care: cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and exposure response prevention (ERP).Neither had much effect, especially ERP, which involved repeatedly exposing himself to things he was anxious about in the hopes of gradually habituating to them. “When you think about it, it’s a very painful method of therapy,” he says.Robert discovered IFS in 2008. Before, he had always been encouraged to think...
2021-02-2040 min
IFS TalksBecoming a sucessful Program Assistant: A Talk with Lead Trainer Rina DubinRina Dubin, Ed.D, LPC, is a certified IFS therapist and IFS trainer in private practice in Newton, MA. Her involvement with the IFS community began in 2004, and loves being part of the healing process which has allowed IFS to become a centerpiece in her work. She has been affiliated with Internal Family Systems of New England (IFSNE) since its beginning in 2009 (until 2018), and as a member of the steering committee, she has been thrilled with the accelerating growth of IFS in the greater New England area. Rina has a broad background in trauma, and offers supervision and consultation.
2021-02-1729 min
IFS TalksSelf-led Eating during Stressful Times - with Jeanne CatanzaroToday, on IFS Talks we welcome back Jeanne Catanzaro PhD. Jeanne is a licensed clinical psychologist with 25 years experience in treating eating and trauma-related issues. She’s written articles about IFS and eating disorders and is dedicated to helping people develop self-led relationships with food and their bodies. Jeanne is a certified IFS therapist in private practice in Brookline, Massachusetts and she’s the Vice Chair of the executive committee for the IFS Institute. We hope you enjoy this episode as we did.
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2021-01-3047 min
IFS TalksOur Relational Lives - with Terry RealTerry Real is the bestselling author of I Don’t Want to Talk About It: Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male Depression, the straight-talking How Can I Get Through to You? Reconnecting Men and Women, and most recently The New Rules of Marriage: What You Need to Make Love Work. Terry knows how to lead couples on a step-by-step journey to greater intimacy—and greater personal fulfillment.He founded the Relational Life Institute, offering workshops for couples, individuals, and parents as well as a professional training program for clinicians.Terry’s work, with...
2021-01-2242 min
IFS TalksSexuality through IFS Lens with Patricia RichPatricia Rich, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Certified IFS Therapist and AASECT Certified Sex Therapist and Supervisor. She fell in love with IFS in 2011 and has since completed Level 3, served as a Program Assistant and offered IFS workshops. She founded The Relating Well Center, LLC, a relationship and sexuality focused private practice in the Philadelphia area. When Patty first became interested in IFS, she thought it would be useful in the treatment of sexual dysfunction. Then, as she learned the model she got curious about how sexuality “lives” in the internal system. Now she believes that IFS i...
2021-01-1052 min
IFS TalksA Meditation on Legacies - with Osnat ArbelThis is a Meditation on Legacies, with Osnat Arbel.
Its called "Legacy Meditation - Our Burdens an Heirlooms".
It will take you about 17 minutes.
Hoping you can find the time and moment to enjoy it.
2021-01-0420 min
IFS TalksLegacy Burdens and Heirlooms: a Talk with Osnat ArbelOsnat Arbel grew up in Israel. She began her journey in the helping profession during her military service as a social work officer and by now has over 3 decades of experience in psychotherapy.
Ossi has completed her Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision with an emphasis on Marriage and Family Therapy, at the University of Northern Colorado, focusing on mindfulness and existential/humanistic therapy approaches.
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and an AAMFT Clinical Fellow & Approved Supervisor. She is also a Certified Marriage and Family Therapist & a Supervisor at the Israeli Association for M...
2021-01-0349 min
IFS TalksA Talk with Lead Trainer Paul GinterPaul Ginter is a licensed psychologist who serves as the Clinical Director for IFS Telehealth Collective, bringing more than 30 years of experience in Internal Family Systems. Working closely with IFS developer Richard Schwartz, Paul is an IFS Senior Lead Trainer for over 15 years, who has traveled the globe training professionals on nearly every continent, China and Bali as well.
In addition to IFS, Paul facilitates mindfulness meditation courses for businesses, conferences and clinical groups. Based in Kalamazoo, MI, Paul is also co-founder of the Center for Psychotherapy and Wellness and previously served as the Organizational Learning Officer at Fet...
2020-12-2340 min
IFS TalksShaming and Shamed: a Talk with Martha SweezyMartha Sweezy grew up in Cambridge, MA. Her mother, Nancy Sweezy, was instrumental at the legendary folk music venue Club 47, revived and managed Jugtown Pottery in North Carolina, founded Refugee Arts Group to work with refugees from Southeast Asia and was finally awarded a National Heritage Fellowship by the NEA for her work in traditional arts.
Her father, Paul Sweezy, the founder of Monthly Review magazine and press and the author of numerous books, most famously Monopoly Capital written with Paul Baran, was known around the world as the “dean of American Marxists.”Martha is an assis...
2020-12-1241 min
IFS TalksMDMA Assisted Therapy with Michael MithoeferMichael Mithoefer, MD is a Clinical Investigator and acting Medical Director of MAPS Public Benefit Corporation. He and his wife, Annie, completed the first phase 2 clinical trial of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD in 2009 and a subsequent study of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD in military veterans, firefighters and police officers. They are now supervising therapists in the ongoing MAPS Phase 3 trials of MDMA-assisted Psychotheapy for PTSD, leading trainings in MDMA- assisted psychotherapy for therapists interested in working on clinical trials, and providing FDA-approved MDMA sessions for research therapists. He is Clinical Assistant Professor of...
2020-12-0352 min
IFS TalksIntegrating IFS and 12 steps, with Robert FalconerRobert Falconer has an undergraduate degree in cultural anthropology, with a focus on the history of religions.In the early 1980s he pursued his masters degree in psychology while balancing a career in construction and real estate investment.When Robert started as a therapist, he focused on the work of Milton Erickson and hypnotherapy. He then moved into working with Jack and Helen Watkins; who developed ego state therapy. In his career as a therapist, Robert spent considerable time at the Esalen Institute and decades involved in gestalt therapy. Robert has been familiar with IFS therapy for 20 years, but...
2020-11-2934 min
IFS TalksJanina Fisher's Perspective on Trauma and IFSJanina Fisher, PhD is a licensed Clinical Psychologist and Instructor at the Trauma Center, an outpatient clinic and research center founded by Bessel van der Kolk. Known for her expertise as both a therapist and consultant, she is also past president of the New England Society for the Treatment of Trauma and Dissociation, an EMDR International Association Credit Provider, a faculty member of the Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute, and a former Instructor, Harvard Medical School. Dr. Fisher has been an invited speaker at the Cape Cod Institute, Harvard Medical School Conference Series, the EMDR International Association Annual Conference, University of...
2020-11-2843 min
IFS TalksAn IFS Journey with Michelle GlassMichelle Glass is a level three Certified IFS Practitioner, Alternative Counselor*, and SoulCollage® Facilitator in Eugene, Oregon. She is the author of the well-received book, Daily Parts Meditation Practice©: A Journey of Embodied Integration for Clients and Therapists and provides DPMP workshops at the Annual IFS Conference and around the world, as well as offers support for those wanting to work with the tools of the DPMP process.Having over 15 years of experience with the IFS Model and learning it first from the inside out, Michelle brings a palpable nature of a Self-led / mostly-unburdened system to the wo...
2020-11-1833 min
IFS TalksSelf Led Parenting with Frank AndersonFrank Anderson, MD, completed his residency and was a clinical instructor in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He is both a psychiatrist and psychotherapist and specializes in the treatment of trauma and dissociation. He is passionate about teaching brain-based psychotherapy and integrating current neuroscience knowledge with the IFS model of therapy. Dr. Anderson is a lead trainer at the IFS Institute with Richard Schwartz and maintains a long affiliation with, and trains for, Bessel van der Kolk’s Trauma Center. He serves as an advisor to the International Association of Trauma Professionals (IATP) and was the former ch...
2020-11-1551 min
IFS TalksBefriending your Inner Critic with Chris BurrisChris Burris, LPC, LMFT, is a IFS Senior Lead Trainer for the IFS Institute. He has been an IFS Therapist since 1999 and is trained as a Marriage and Family Therapist. He utilizes mind/body approaches of therapy in alleviating traumatic stress, depression, and anxiety disorders. He has worked extensively with couples, families, teenagers, and children. He is currently in Private Practice in Asheville North Carolina.
In this episode Chris shares aspects of his journey as a therapist, and some of his special interest as an IFS therapist and lead trainer. A special focus on befriending your...
2020-10-3031 min
IFS TalksAn IFS and Polyvagal integration with Ruth CulverRuth Culver is an Internal Family Systems Therapist based in Brighton, UK. Ruth says it felt like ‘coming home’ when she came across IFS a few years ago, and the model is now at the core of all her work. She loves facilitating groups and has adapted two somatic processes - Constellations, and Intuitive Drawing - to fully incorporate all the steps of IFS. Her infographic called ‘The Survive/Thrive Spiral’ - which maps Polyvagal Theory alongside Internal Family Systems - went viral earlier this year. She presented her work at the 2019 London Trauma Conference and the 2020 Online Embodiment Conference...
2020-10-2440 min
IFS TalksSomatic IFS: Susan McConnell new BookSusan is a Lead Trainer for IFS Institute since the early days, and helped Richard Schwartz to develop the model all along the way. Susan just published a book on Somatic Internal Family Systems Therapy: Awareness, Breath, Resonance, Movement and Touch in Practice - North Atlantic Books.
In this episode we welcome back Susan and check in with her on this pandemic tough days. Then we dive in Susan's new book: writing process, main ideas and practices.
For more on this Podcast, and to get episodes transcriptions, please visit our website:
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2020-10-151h 01
IFS TalksThe UK IFS Open Space: a talk with Liz MartinsAfter a career in social work management, Liz became interested in alternative approaches to leadership and organisational change, working as an independent consultant and facilitator for public services.
She particularly engaged with participatory approaches based on ideas around systems theory, including Open Space Technology.In 2008, Liz trained in psychosynthesis, a model that has many similarities with IFS, not least the idea of sub-personalities and a core self, within a spiritual context. She qualified as a therapist and set up in private practice, with an emphasis on working with trauma. She trained in other (Therapeutic ) modalities including E...
2020-09-1245 min
IFS TalksOur Journeys as Therapists: a Talk with Cece SykesIn this episode focused on our journeys as therapists and counselors, we welcome back Cece Sykes. Cece has over 40 years of experience of clinical work with individuals, couples and families, specializing in recovery from trauma and addictive processes. She is a Senior Trainer of Internal Family Systems (IFS) and travels internationally teaching, lecturing and consulting. Cece also developed workshop retreat as part of an ongoing worldwide project to explore the personal narratives of therapists and the impact on their work.Podcast Feedback and Interview Request welcome at https://internalfamilysystems.pt/ifs-talks
2020-08-241h 03
IFS TalksHealing our Relationships with Food and Body:
A Talk with Jeanne CatanzaroJeanne Catanzaro, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist with 25 years’ experience in treating eating and trauma related issues. She has written articles about IFS and eating disorders, and is dedicated to helping people develop Self-led relationships with food and their bodies.
Jeanne is a certified IFS therapist in private practice in Brookline, Massachusetts, and is Vice Chair of the executive committee for the IFS Institute.Podcast Feedback and Interview Request welcome at https://internalfamilysystems.pt/ifs-talks
2020-08-1453 min
IFS TalksA recovery journey: a talk with Mary KrugerIn this episode we are welcoming back Mary Kruger, an AAMFT supervisor and an IFS Lead Trainer. Mary is the founder of Rimmon Pond Counseling, an IFS-based private practice located in New Haven, Connecticut; specializing in addictions, eating disorders, and trauma for over 25 years. Mary incorporates IFS with her own penchant for the experience, and has developed a variety of creative ways to work with parts and access Self-energy in individual, relational, and group contexts. She enjoys sharing her experience in teaching and consulting on a national level. Mary is noted for her humor, creativity, passion, and love of danci...
2020-08-0459 min
IFS TalksPolyvagal meets IFS: A Talk with Deb DanaDeb Dana is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, specialized in treating complex traumatic stress and lectures internationally on the ways Polyvagal Theory informs clinical interactions with trauma survivors. She is the consulting to the Traumatic Stress Research Consortium in the Kinsey Institute at Indiana University and the developer of the Rhythm of Regulation clinical training series. Deb is trained in Internal Family Systems and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, and completed the Certificate Program in Traumatic Stress Studies at the Trauma Center. Deb is the author of The Polyvagal Theory in Therapy (Norton, 2018), Polyvagal Exercises for Safety and Connection (from Norton) and co-edi...
2020-07-2552 min
IFS TalksThe Therapeutic Relationship in IFS: a Talk with Einat BronsteinIn this episode Einat Bronstein, a Lead Trainer for IFS-I, and co-founder and co-director of the Israeli Institute of IFS, shares her journey with IFS since the early nineties. With a Law degree at Tel Aviv University, Israel, and Masters in Clinical Social Work at Washington University in St Louis, MO, USA, Einat studied with Dick Schwartz and practiced IFS from its early years in Chicago. She graduated from Level 1, 2 and 3 IFS trainings; an International Lead Trainer, an IFS supervisor and a Certified IFS Therapist with over 25 years of clinical experience in private practice. Einat taught Couples Therapy for 8 years...
2020-07-1146 min
IFS TalksIntimacy from the Inside Out: working with couples and relationshipsIn this episode Kate Lingren helps us to understand how IFIO approaches communication and negative cycles both in couples and relationships.IFIO is a relationship therapy born out of a desire to carry the concepts of IFS into a relational setting and to use the intimate relationship itself as a vehicle for growth and healing of the individual, as well as the couple.
You can find more on this model at Toni Herbine-Blank website (https://www.toniherbineblank.com)You can learn more reading:
Self in Relationship: An Introduction to IFS Couple Therapy, in...
2020-06-1439 min
IFS TalksAnxiety, Depression and Shame. A Talk with Michael ElkinMike Elkin is an IFS senior Lead trainer who has been involved with the model since 1995. He has been a popular presenter, conducting scores of trainings and workshops throughout the US and Europe and has taught level one trainings in Boston every year since 2003. He was a pioneer in applying hypnotic and strategic approaches to addiction treatment and has integrated those tools into IFS treatment. He is the author of, “Families Under the Influence” and several articles.Michael has a private practice in marriage, family, and individual psychotherapy, and he is very focused on training ther...
2020-06-0349 min
IFS TalksNoticing the Gifts of an Exile. A MeditationThis is a Meditation with Paul Neustadt, on Noticing the Gifts of an Exile.
It will take you about 13 minutes.
2020-05-2813 min
IFS TalksThe Gifts of our Exiles: a Talk with Paul NeustadtIn this Episode Paul Neustadt help us recognize the true nature of our exiles, differentiating them from their burdens, and identifying their natural qualities and Gifts, hiden behind experiences of neglet and abuse. Paul suggests some tools to find and reflect back this qualities and gifts, and shares some personal stories to ilustrate this inner processes. Paul also offers a Meditation and a writing exercise.Podcast Feedback and Interview Request welcome at https://internalfamilysystems.pt/ifs-talks
2020-05-231h 16
IFS TalksA Talk with Richard SchwartzThis is an episode with Richard Schwartz, author and founder of this amazing and unique Psychotherapy Model. Internal Family Systems is for many a Metamodel, a model of the Mind, a Map and a Path to our lives, a new Paradigm, a Social Mouvement. Please welcome Dick Schwartz.Podcast Feedback and Interview Request welcome at https://internalfamilysystems.pt/ifs-talks
2020-04-2943 min
IFS TalksSexual Abuse through an IFS lens with Bob FalconerRobert Falconer has an undergraduate degree in cultural anthropology, with a focus on the history of religions.In the early 1980s he pursued his masters degree in psychology while balancing a career in construction and real estate investment.When Robert started as a therapist, he focused on the work of Milton Erickson and hypnotherapy. He then moved into working with Jack and Helen Watkins; who developed ego state therapy. In his career as a therapist, Robert spent considerable time at the Esalen Institute and decades involved in gestalt therapy. Robert has been familiar with IFS therapy for 20 years, but...
2020-04-1647 min
Explorations in PsychotherapyTodas as Partes Bem Vindas: encontro com praticante IFSNeste episódio sentamo-nos com alguém que, de forma corajosa e generosa, partilha aspectos da sua experiência em psicoterapia de sistemas Internos. O resultado é uma conversa muito franca, aberta e tocante, revelando profundas transformações que vão decorrendo ao longo do processo de psicoterapia. Com imensa gratidão pela coragem.
2020-04-1100 min
IFS TalksAll Parts are Welcome: a Talk with an IFS ClientOur guest for this episode is a young woman in her thirties, sharing her life as well as a research job with a kind and loving partner, with whom she feels connected and safe.However, eighteen months ago, this young woman started seeing a therapist. Back then, Mary was struggling with extreme perfectionist and demanding parts, that could exaust her, trigger anxious and depressed parts, that very often exiled Mary in her bedroom, for days.Today we ask Mary to share her journey in internal family systems therapy.Podcast Feedback and Interview Request welcome at https://internalfamilysystems.pt...
2020-04-0427 min
IFS TalksDiversity and Inclusion; Biases in Pandemic Times: a talk with Kate LingrenKate Lingren is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker in private practice with over 30 years of experience. She is a Certified IFS therapist and on the faculty of Intimacy From the Inside Out (using IFS in couples work) as a Lead Trainer.
She is also on the faculty of Boston College School of Social Work, where she teaches a class on IFS. Most recently she has been on a quest to discover, welcome and heal her parts that hold both explicit and implicit biases in an effort to more fully embody her true Self.
Kate lives and p...
2020-03-3046 min
IFS TalksAdult Health and IFS: a Talk with Nancy SowellNancy Sowell is an IFS Senior Trainer, consultant, and therapist who teaches frequently in Europe and the US. She is a teaching associate at Harvard Medical School where she has been a clinical supervisor for over 20 years. She has pursued training from many therapeutic schools of thought and in various therapeutic techniques, such as IFS, hypnosis, biofeedback, EMDR and mindfulness meditation. She integrates mindful awareness of the body, emotions, thoughts, and deeply held beliefs, as they influence our mood, vitality, behavior, relationships and health. Nancy is the co-creator of the IFS program and research study with rheumatoid arthritis patients...
2020-03-1349 min
IFS TalksCelebrating the Unburdened System: a Talk with Mariel PastorMariel Pastor is a Lead Trainer who began her IFS journey back in 1998. She trains across the United States and internationally and is widely known for her clarity, warmth, and humor.Mariel recently wrote and edited the new Level 1 training manual, and has created advanced workshops designed around the Unburdened Internal System mandala. Prior to becoming a psychotherapist she worked in the entertainment industry in Hollywood. Her love of working with artists has inspired her most recent project called Character Mapping - a psychological toolbox for actors, writers, and directors to build deeper characters and to find them selves...
2020-02-1949 min
IFS TalksThe Spiritual Practice of Self-leadershipIn this episode Derek Scott describes how Self-leadership is a Spiritual Practice. The conversation includes a consideration of how all major world religions have at their core the desire for Peace; the calm of Self; and how Love may be considered synonymous with the term God.In discussing the Self quality of joy, he draws on sacred music from different traditions to exemplify their commonalities and articulates how Self seeks to connect with the “Self-energy”, the happiness of the parts.He describes the “miraculous” nature of Self from a part’s perspective and in consideration of the dif...
2020-02-0951 min
Explorations in PsychotherapyLeituras IFS - Episódio 4 - As Leis da Física InternaNeste episódio os autores discutem as Leis da Física Interna de acordo com o modelo.Nesta abordagem da multiplicidade da mente (ou mentes) os nossos sistemas internos organizam-se segundo leis e normas que obedecem a uma ecologia única e universal. O foco da leitura no Internal Family Systems Therapy, Second edition,capitulo 20.
2020-01-0600 min
IFS TalksIFS Talk with Derek Scott on Self-led GrievingDerek Scott is a certified IFS (Internal Family Systems) therapist with an international online practice based near Toronto, Canada. He is the founder of IFSCA– an organization dedicated to bringing awareness of the IFS model to counsellors and therapists in Canada and beyond.Through IFSCA he offers courses teaching the IFS model online and in person at his retreat centre, Namaskar.Derek has worked in the field of counselling/therapy for over 35 years, including 15 working exclusively as an IFS therapist and for 18 years as an AIDS counsellor specializing in multiple losses. He is a popular guest lecturer in the de...
2020-01-0457 min
Explorations in PsychotherapyLeituras IFS - Episódio 3 - Self: como se acede, se experiencia, qualidadesNeste episódio os autores discutem um conceito central neste modelo - o Self: como se acede, como se experiencia, e quais a suas características dominantes. O foco da leitura no Internal Family Systems Therapy, Second edition, capitulo 3.
2019-12-2900 min
IFS TalksIFS Talk with Larry Rosenberg on Welcoming Erotic PartsLawrence Rosenberg is a psychologist in Cambridge, Massachusetts with a therapy and consultation practice for individuals and couples. Lawrence is a supervisor at Cambridge Health Alliance and an Instructor in Psychology at Harvard Medical School.He received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology in 1989 from Yale University, where being introduced to psychodynamic and cognitive-behavioral models established his outlook as an integrative therapist.
During his internship and subsequent trainings, he incorporated trauma-informed, hypnosis and behavioral medicine perspectives.Today, IFS is the primary lens through which Larry views the world and he loves teaching it. He is on the staff...
2019-12-2142 min
Explorations in PsychotherapyLeituras IFS - Episódio 2 - Pensamento Sistémico, Multiplicidade, Partes e SelfNeste episódio os autores discutem alguns conceitos base do modelo: o pensamento sistémico,sistemas humanos, equilíbrio e harmonia, multiplicidade da mente, partes, Self. O foco na leitura do Internal Family Systems Therapy, Second edition, capitulo 2.
2019-12-1700 min
Explorations in PsychotherapyLeituras IFS ApresentaçãoNeste Episódio de Apresentação, os autores, psicólogos e psicoterapeutas com treino em Internal Family Systems, partilham o seu percurso e experiência com o modelo, nos planos pessoal e profissional, e ainda as suas experiências de tradução e leitura relevantes no modelo. O propósito didáctico e experiencial deste podcast é também abordado.
2019-12-0900 min
IFS TalksIFS Talk with Frank Anderson on Trauma and NeurosciencesFrank Anderson began his journey by earning his bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the University of Illinois in 1985, followed by his M.D. from Rush University Medical School in 1989. He completed his residency in psychiatry at Harver Medical School.After graduation, he stayed on as a clinical instructor at Harvard working as a staff psychiatrist at the Trauma Center at the Justice Resource Institute, under the direction of Bessel van der Kolk.In 1994, Frank launched his private practice, centered on the treatment of trauma,including single-incident trauma, complex trauma, dissociative identity disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Frank al...
2019-12-0955 min
IFS TalksIFS Talk with Paul Neustadt on Self Led ParentingPaul Neustadt, MSS, LICSW, is a senior IFS Co-Lead Trainer and AAMFT Approved Supervisor.In his private practice he specializes in couples therapy, parent coaching, and IFS consultation. He co-leads a monthly seminar for level 1 graduates focused on integrating the skills learned in level 1. He has led workshops on:-Self Led Parenting
-the Therapeutic Relationship in IFS
-Direct Access: An Essential Skill of IFS
-IFS and Climate Change
-The Power of Presence in IFS Therapy: Transforming our Reactivity to Challenging Clients and Deepening our Capacity to be Present and Attuned
-The Gifts...
2019-11-2650 min
IFS TalksTalk with Arthur Mones on IFS as a Metamodel of TherapyDr. Arthur Mones is a Diplomate in Clinical Psychology who works with children, teens, adults, couples and families.He is an Approved Supervisor for the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy -licensed in New York and Massachusetts,Certifïed Internal Family Systems Therapist. Dr Mones is on the faculty of the Adelphi University Derner Institute Postgraduate Training Program in Couples Therapy. Art was Coordinator of Marriage and Family Therapy Training in the Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology at St. John’s University for 18 years. He also was a faculty member of the Long Island Institute for Psychoanalysis and Psyc...
2019-11-2148 min
IFS TalksIFS Talk with Ann Sinko on the role of Legacy Burdens on Anxiety, Depression and ShameAnn L. Sinko, LMFT has 30 years of clinical experience and is licensed marriage and family therapist in Connecticut. She is in private practice and has been teaching as a adjunct Professor in the Marriage and family therapy program at Central CT State University for 25 years.Ann has integrated IFS theory and technique in all facets of her creative work with families, couples, individuals and groups. She has a background in gestalt therapy and uses sandtray therapy in her work with client. Ann conducts continuing education workshops on Legacy Burdens and creative externalization of parts. She brings her down to...
2019-11-2044 min
IFS TalksTalk with Martha Sweezy on Shame and Guilt as central for IFS WorkMartha Sweezy, PhD, is Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School, Program Consultant and Supervisor at Cambridge Health Alliance, and former Assistant Director and Director of Training for the Dialectical Behavior Therapy Program at Cambridge Health Alliance.Martha Sweezy has published several books on IFS therapy, and has authored articles and chapters like:
The Teenager’s Confession: Regulating Shame in Internal Family Systems Therapy, AJP,2011.
Emotional Cannibalism: Shame in Action - in innovations and elaborations - 2013
Getting Unstuck (with Pam krause and Lawrence Rosenberg) - 2017
What IFS Offers to the treatment of trauma (with Frank An...
2019-11-1252 min
IFS TalksTalk with Lisa Spiegel on Bringing IFS to Children and ParentingThis is an IFS Talks with Lisa Spiegel. Lisa Spiegel received her BA from Vassar College, and has a Master's degree in Developmental Psychology from Columbia University. From her three decades of working with adults and children she has developed an approach that draws from an eclectic array of disciplines - talk therapy, yoga and mindfulness, and parent coaching. Lisa is a certified Internal Family Systems therapist, LifeForce Yoga practitioner, and a couples counselor from the Relational Life Institute.In addition to her clinical work, she founded and maintains Soho Parenting's New Orleans Project and is a published author.
2019-10-2357 min
IFS TalksTalk with Pam Krause on IFS with Children and AdolescentsThis is an IFS Talks with Pam Krause. Pam Krause is a Senior Lead Trainer for the Center for Self-leadership and has been leading Level 1 and Level 2 trainings since 2005. Pam adapted the IFS model for use with children and adolescents and has created both onsite and online trainings on the topic. Ana Gomez and Pam co-authored the chapter EMDR Therapy and the Use of Internal Family Systems Strategies with Children in EMDR Therapy and Adjunct Approaches with Children. Pam authored a chapter on IFS with Children and Adolescents in Internal Family Systems Therapy: New Dimensions, and also co-authored a...
2019-10-1755 min
IFS TalksIFS Talk with Mary Kruger on Addictions and Eating DisordersThis is an IFS Talks with Mary Kruger.Mary Kruger, MS, LMFT, is an AAMFT supervisor and an IFS Lead Trainer. She is the founder of Rimmon Pond Counseling, an IFS-based private practice located in New Haven, Connecticut, specializing in addictions, eating disorders, and trauma for over 25 years. Mary incorporates IFS with her own penchant for the experience, and has developed a variety of creative ways to work with parts and access Self-energy in individual, relational, and group contexts. She enjoys sharing her experience in teaching and consulting on a national level. Mary is noted for her humor, creativity...
2019-10-0433 min
IFS TalksTalk with Susan McConnell on Embodying IFSThis is an IFS Talks with Susan McConnell. Susan has taught IFS throughout the US and in Europe since 1997. Her involvement as Senior Trainer with the Center includes developing training curricula, training IFS training staff, and designing and leading somatic psychotherapy retreats and seminars. In her private practice in Chicago, Susan specializes in recovering the wholeness of body, mind and spirit, drawing from her bodywork and movement experience and her Buddhist practice. She brings commitment and passion to her work and her play with her partner and her dogs along Lake Michigan shores.
Podcast Feedback and Interview Request w...
2019-09-2352 min
IFS TalksTalk with Cece Sykes on Bringing IFS into Extreme PartsThis is an IFS Talk with Cece Sykes, an IFS Senior Trainer, US and international. She has Contributed to Levels 1 and 2 IFS training manuals and teaches L1 as well as L2 Trauma and Addiction. Cece has over thirty years of clinical experience working with individuals, couples and families, specializing in work with the effects of trauma and addiction. Her chapter on compassionate approaches to addictive process appears in IFS: Innovations and Elaborations. Cece also has special interests in spiritual practices intersecting with therapy and in the impact of psychotherapy upon the life of the therapist and she lectures, consults...
2019-09-211h 00