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System Updates: IFS ChitchatWhy IFS?Chitchat about why we practice IFS and how we spent our weekends.
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Buffalo Springfield "For What It's Worth"
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2025-05-0919 minSystem Updates: IFS ChitchatPolarizationsChitchat about parts in conflict and the importance of hanging out.
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"Just Plain Old Larry"
Alanis Morissette Ironic video
But I'm a Cheerleader
The Beatles ballads
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Views shared in this podcast are for educational purposes only and are not...2025-05-0627 min
Self-Led in Bed: An IFS and Sexuality Podcast7: Shame and Guilt in the Sexual System, with Martha Sweezy”Either there's a part who is doing some shaming, either internally or externally, or there's a part who is feeling shameful. And those are two different positions to be in.” Martha SweezeyContent Advisory: This episode explores sensitive topics related to sexuality including sexual abuse. Listener discretion is advised.It’s hard to feel Self-Led in Bed when we are flooded with shame and guilt. Yet these feelings are so common in the realm of sexuality where our most vulnerable needs and desires are exposed to inner and outer judgment. In today’s episode I had the p...2025-04-171h 23System Updates: IFS ChitchatExternal Family SystemsChitchat about couples therapy* and our dogs.
*In today's episode, we use the term “couples” when discussing relationships. We’re speaking to any meaningful connection between people navigating intimacy and growth-romantic, platonic, polyamorous, chosen family, and beyond.
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Toni Herbine-Blank's Intimacy from the Inside Out©
Columbo
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System Updates is produced by Fiona Kate Ri...2025-04-1525 min
身心健康工作室48. 不用向外求了，你的「自我」最懂你｜用IFS解锁内在平静与自由IFS（Internal Family Systems，内在家庭系统）也称为“部分心理学”，它的核心理念是：人的心理由多个“部分”（parts）组成，每个部分都有自己的观点、情绪和动机，而“自我”（Self）是内在的领导者，一个稳定、智慧的中心，通过理解和疗愈这些部分，可以实现更高的内在平衡与自由。本期节目我邀请了正在学习IFS的璐璐，一起向大家推荐IFS这个非常赋能、实操性很强的心理学流派，我们都在尝试着用IFS疗愈内在的「流放者」和「保护者」。在面临人生选择和挑战时，我们发现，在“自我”（Self）的领导下，我们有能力更好地让内在的部分紧密合作，成为全力支持自己的内在团队！愿大家都能实现「自我当家」的状态：智慧 慈悲 接纳，爱自己的每个部分。当你链接到「自我」时，你会发现，无需向外求，所有的答案都在自己心里。｜本期嘉宾｜璐璐，现居香港，当过七年的小学老师，目前gap中，一名心灵探险家｜本期主播｜林敏，生命教练，荷兰Linmin Life Coach 一人公司owner，雨果和伊娜的妈妈听友群/链接/预约教练对话：微信 Jaymina本期节目，你将听到：2:50 IFS是什么？7:50 生活情境：如何用IFS疗愈情绪化进食13:40 你的所有内在部分都是为了保护你，需要和「部分」更新信息：有些保护方式已经不适用了17:01 IFS：“流放者”是“保护者 ”保护的部分18:35 多巴胺如何影响我们的行为和情绪22:00 了解多巴胺跷跷板原理，健康多巴胺的来源有哪些29:00 其他的内在部分：讨好者、照顾者、完美主义者、批评者、回避者、工作狂等32:00 如何识别「智者」 ：用身体感受「自我当家」的状态35:10 IFS真我的8个c和5个pCompassion:慈悲 Creativity: 创造 Curiosity:好奇心 Connected:联结 Courage: 勇气Confidence: 自信 Clarity: 清晰 Calm: 冷静Presence: 临在 Persistance: 坚持 Perspective: 视角 Playfulness: 玩耍 Patience: 耐心43:00 掌握运用IFS后，你最终会呈现什么状态？你的内在形成了一个全力支持你的团队45:00 要不要辞职？46:50 IFS里接近真我的「假真我self」长什么样？如何区分真正的智者和假性自我？警惕「灵性正确」53:00 有了IFS知识后，在面对人生选择时会更加笃定和听从内心56:00 璐璐，你要不要生孩子？59:30 IFS系统里的爱自己：就是爱自己的每个部分1:02:00 链接「智者」后，很多选择和决定都是自然发生的1:05:20 教练对话其实就是教练的智者和被教练着的智者的连接和对话1:08：00 问他人的人生建议之前：确定这个人是「自我当家」的状态｜本期相关推荐｜Self-Therapy: A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating Wholeness Using IFS, A Cutting-Edge Psychotherapy, （美）Jay Earley en Karen Donnely《部分心理学》作者: [美]理查德·C.施瓦茨（Richard C. Schwartz） / 玛莎·斯威齐（Martha Sweezy）《头脑特工队》Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence，Book by Anna Lembke44 就连“想自杀”也是我们的保护者——IFS（部分心理学）介绍【咨询手记】2025-04-081h 11
Danser avec la VieSaison 2 - 05 : La HONTELa HONTELa honte… Une émotion silencieuse, parfois paralysante, qui nous pousse à nous cacher ou à nous juger durement. Mais et si, au lieu de la fuir, nous apprenions à l’écouter ? Dans cet épisode, je t’invite à explorer la honte sous un angle bienveillant et transformateur. Pourquoi surgit-elle ? Comment en faire une alliée plutôt qu’un fardeau ? Ensemble, découvrons des clés pour s’en libérer et avancer avec plus de légèreté et d’authenticité. 🌿✨📚 Bibliographie connexe :Guérir de la honte et de la culpabilité avec l’IFS par Martha SweezyHonte, culpabil...2025-04-0114 minSystem Updates: IFS ChitchatSelf help (with a capital "S")Chitchat about burnout and the therapeutic value of brunch.
Read our latest research, "A pilot study of an online group-based Internal Family Systems intervention for comorbid posttraumatic stress disorder and substance use" in Frontiers in Psychiatry. Summary and IFSI announcement available here.
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2025-04-0132 min
Scraping ByThe DSM Is My AutobiographyThis week, we catch up per usual (minor existential crises and menty b’s included). Then, Alex brings some fascinating and slightly concerning psychology info from college to the table, because who doesn’t love a fun fact? Lastly, we chat about the genius that is IFS therapy. Join us as we connect some of these concepts to our own lives.Sources**Internal Family Systems Therapy for Shame and Guilt by Martha SweezyNo Bad Parts by Richard Schwartz2025-03-2045 minSystem Updates: IFS ChitchatUncertain times as catalysts for trailheadsChitchat about Severance and uncertain times as catalysts for trailheads.
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2025-03-1828 minSystem Updates: IFS ChitchatIFS as time travelChitchat about David Lynch and IFS as time travel.
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2025-03-1132 minSystem Updates: IFS ChitchatPart 2: How do we know if it's guilt or shame?Chitchat about whether it's guilt or shame, and whether dodgeball should exist. Part 2. If you haven't bought Martha's book yet, what are you waiting for? Get it here.
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Views shared in this podcast are for educational purposes only and are not a substitute for mental health treatment.2025-03-0421 minSystem Updates: IFS ChitchatPart 1: How do we know if it's guilt or shame?Chitchat about whether it's guilt or shame, and why it matters. Part 1. Martha's a bit of an expert on this subject, if you didn't know! Buy her book here.
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Views shared in this podcast are for educational purposes only and are not a substitute for mental health...2025-02-2536 minSystem Updates: IFS ChitchatWhat is the goal of IFS?Chitchat about stressful tv shows and the goal of IFS.
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2025-02-1821 minSystem Updates: IFS ChitchatIs IFS just a metaphor?Chitchat about impression management parts and whether IFS is just a metaphor.
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2025-02-1826 min
Healing with ConfidenceDr. Martha Sweezy: Understanding Shame, Internal Family Systems & The Path to Self-Compassion #16Dr. Martha Sweezy is an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School, a program consultant at Cambridge Health Alliance, and a psychotherapist in private practice. With over 18 years of experience in community mental health, she became a leading figure in Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy after extensive training and clinical application. She has co-authored several influential books and manuals on IFS, including works on couple therapy, addiction, and shame. Martha is also the daughter of renowned cultural and intellectual figures, Nancy and Paul Sweezy. https://marthasweezy.com/ https://ifs-institute.com/ https://www.cecesykeslcsw.com/...2025-01-101h 27
Self Development CollectiveGrowth vs. Change: Embracing Personal Growth in the New Year
Growth vs. Change: Embracing Personal Growth in the New Year
Episode Description: A Journey of Personal Growth
🎧 Hey guys! I'm so excited to share this transformative episode with you. After having my baby (he's two months old now!), I've been doing a lot of reflection on how we approach growth and development, and I want to share something that's completely shifted my perspective.
The Power of Personal Growth Over Change
You know how at the end of every year, we talk about all the things we want to change about ourselves? Through my deep dive into psychotherapy and...2024-12-2417 min
Listen and Learn With the Power of Full AudiobookInternal Family Systems Couple Therapy Skills Manual: Healing Relationships with Intimacy From the Inside Out Audiobook by Martha SweezyListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 799987
Title: Internal Family Systems Couple Therapy Skills Manual: Healing Relationships with Intimacy From the Inside Out
Author: Martha Sweezy, Toni Herbine-Blank
Narrator: Camille Mazant
Format: Unabridged
Length: 05:24:20
Language: English
Release date: 07-29-24
Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC
Genres: Non-Fiction, Health & Wellness, Marriage & Family, Psychology
Summary:
You can help even the most conflicted, disconnected couples restore and heal their relationship.
IFS Couple Therapy Skills Manual presents clinicians with a powerful, non-pathologizing approach to helping couples better understand themselves, their differences, and the underlying reasons for their suffering.
Working from...2024-07-295h 24
Access Unmissable Full Audiobooks in Health & Wellness, Relationships & IntimacyInternal Family Systems Couple Therapy Skills Manual: Healing Relationships with Intimacy From the Inside Out by Toni Herbine-Blank, Martha SweezyPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/799987to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Internal Family Systems Couple Therapy Skills Manual: Healing Relationships with Intimacy From the Inside Out
Author: Toni Herbine-Blank, Martha Sweezy
Narrator: Camille Mazant
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 5 hours 24 minutes
Release date: July 29, 2024
Genres: Relationships & Intimacy
Publisher's Summary:
You can help even the most conflicted, disconnected couples restore and heal their relationship. IFS Couple Therapy Skills Manual presents clinicians with a powerful, non-pathologizing approach to helping couples better understand themselves, their differences, and the underlying reasons for their suffering. Working from the lens of Intimacy from the Inside Out (IFIO)–a...2024-07-295h 24
The Weekend UniversityHealing Addiction with IFS & Polyvagal Theory — Cece Sykes & Jan WinhallIn this insightful episode, I’m joined by world leading addiction treatment experts — Jan Winhall and Cece Sykes. Jan has been working closely with Stephen Porges to develop a Polyvagal informed model for treating addiction, while Cece is one of the world’s foremost experts on leveraging Internal Family Systems for healing addictive processes, having recently co-authored a book with Richard Schwartz and Martha Sweezy on this subject.
Both Jan and Cece will be teaching a module on our upcoming Holistic Recovery Course, which provides mental health professionals with an evidence-based and multidimensional framework for re-humanizing and healing addiction at its co...2024-07-1159 min
Listen and Learn With the Power of Full AudiobookInternal Family Systems Skills Training Manual: Trauma-Informed Treatment for Anxiety, Depression, PTSD & Substance Abuse Audiobook by Frank G. AndersonListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 791571
Title: Internal Family Systems Skills Training Manual: Trauma-Informed Treatment for Anxiety, Depression, PTSD & Substance Abuse
Author: Frank G. Anderson, Richard C. Schwartz
Narrator: Douglas James
Format: Unabridged
Length: 05:55:22
Language: English
Release date: 06-24-24
Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC
Genres: Non-Fiction, Psychology
Summary:
Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS) provides a revolutionary treatment plan for PTSD, anxiety, depression, substance abuse, eating disorders, and more.
Using a non-pathologizing, accelerated approachrooted in neuroscienceIFS applies inner resources and self-compassion for healing emotional wounding at its core. This new audio manual offers straight-forward explanations...2024-06-245h 55
Listen to Best Full Audiobooks in Health & Wellness, Relationships & IntimacyInternal Family Systems Therapy: Second Edition by Martha Sweezy, Richard C. SchwartzPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/789614to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Internal Family Systems Therapy: Second Edition
Author: Martha Sweezy, Richard C. Schwartz
Narrator: Brian Arens
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 12 hours 41 minutes
Release date: June 11, 2024
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1
Genres: Relationships & Intimacy
Publisher's Summary:
Now significantly revised with over 70 percent new material, this is the authoritative audio presentation of Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy, which is taught and practiced around the world. IFS reveals how the subpersonalities or parts of each individual's psyche relate to each other like members of a family, and how - just as in...2024-06-1112h 41
Perfectly Panicked - a wellness podcast30. The Power of IFS Therapy w/ Cece Sykes, LCSWIn this episode, I am joined by Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy expert Cece Sykes, LCSW. IFS has changed my life, my relationships, how I coach and how I continue on my own path to recovery, self-discovery and never-ending growth.
🔑IFS therapy is the key that will unlock your inner world.
🎥 WATCH the EXTRA 17 MIN. THERAPY DEMO VIDEO HERE!
This episode includes...
3:30 - Cece's bio
6:00 - Cece's background
8:28 - How she found IFS (psst. 🤫 in Chicago with IFS creator Richard Schwartz, Ph.D)
13:30 - Core Assumptions...2024-05-2245 min
That Wellness Podcast with Natalie Deering: Internal Family Systems (IFS) with a TwistUnderstanding Guilt and Shame from an IFS Perspective, with Dr. Martha SweezyIn this episode Natalie talks with Dr. Martha Sweezy, author of the book "Internal Family Systems Therapy for Shame and Guilt".
Topics Discussed Include:
1. Martha's journey to IFS: The missing piece to the paradigm
2. What is guilt
3. Maladaptive vs. Adaptive guilt
4. Survivor guilt, separation guilt, mom guilt, anticipatory guilt
5. What is shame
6. External shaming vs. Internal shaming
7. Shame cycle
8. Can shame every be useful or healing
Martha Sweezy, PhD, is an assistant professor, part-time, in ps...2024-02-261h 01That Wellness Podcast with Natalie Deering: Internal Family Systems (IFS) with a TwistUnderstanding Guilt and Shame from an IFS Perspective, with Dr. Martha SweezyIn this episode Natalie talks with Dr. Martha Sweezy, author of the book "Internal Family Systems Therapy for Shame and Guilt".
Topics Discussed Include:
1. Martha's journey to IFS: The missing piece to the paradigm
2. What is guilt
3. Maladaptive vs. Adaptive guilt
4. Survivor guilt, separation guilt, mom guilt, anticipatory guilt
5. What is shame
6. External shaming vs. Internal shaming
7. Shame cycle
8. Can shame every be useful or healing
Martha Sweezy, PhD, is an assistant professor, part-time, in ps...2024-02-261h 01
Resilient BirthThe Complexities of Exploring HealingIn this episode we talk about whether healing from trauma is like healing from a physical wound: do our bodies innately know how to do it? How do we tap into that knowledge? And what is the role of others, such as a therapist, in the healing process? Sarah shares a quote this week from the book Internal Family Systems Therapy, 2nd edition, by Richard C. Schwartz and Martha Sweezy.
On the Resilient Birth podcast, Justine and Sarah explore the impact of trauma in the perinatal period. Through an inspirational quote that drives the weekly content, Justine...2024-02-0138 min
Empowered Through Compassion: EMDR and IFS Informed TherapyHealing Shame Through Compassion: Martha Sweezy on Shame and Guilt Part 1I am reloading the first part of this episode as a special bonus this month! Martha was on the second episode from season 1. She was such a fun and interesting guest and a pleasure to speak with. She spoke about her book Internal Family Systes Therapy for Shame and Guilt, which is one of my most favorite books on my bookshelf! Not only did it deepen my understanding of IFS, but it also helps to get a better handle on something that afflicts all of us: shame! Thanks Martha for having this compassionate conversation with me!
2024-01-3116 min
Anxiety Book ClubEpisode 48 - Internal Family Systems Therapy for Shame and GuiltIn this episode, I speak with Dr. Martha Sweezy, IFS therapist, author and assistant professor at Harvard Medical School. We discuss her book, Internal Family Systems Therapy for Shame and Guilt. These topics are covered:
The multiplicity hypothesis of IFS
The difference between some Buddhist traditions and IFS
The ontology of IFS
The shame cycle
Soothing parts
Shaming parts
Outward shaming parts
“Scouting” managerial parts
The kinds of burdens of parts
How children are self-referential
Karlen Lyons-Ruth’s research
The usefulness (or not) of shame
2023-11-1058 min
The Armen Show415: Dr. Martha Sweezy & Rebecca Faith Lawson | Therapy, IFS, Self-Esteem, Forgiveness, Validation
What are internal family systems in terms of therapy? How are shame and guilt different and meant to be worked on? What does it take to bring about tangible change in a person’s well-being? Guest therapist Dr. Martha Sweezy joins myself and co-host Rebecca Faith Lawson on episode 415 to discuss these topics and her breadth of experience in the therapy field.
Having worked in community mental health at the outpatient department of the Cambridge Health Alliance for 18 years as a therapist, supervisor and the associate director of the DBT program, Dr. Martha Sweezy has experience with a wi...2023-10-261h 18
The One Inside: An Internal Family Systems (IFS) podcastIFS and Shame and Guilt with Martha Sweezy On today's podcast I talk with Martha Sweezy. Martha has authored all the IFS books with all the IFS people. Her latest solo book project is entitled, "Internal Family Systems for Shame and Guilt." Martha says, "Understanding shame and guilt in the context of psychic multiplicity is to understand how trauma becomes traumatic over time and how an external insult becomes an internal identity and process." I took notes. I think you may want to also. Check out all the things Martha Sweezy here: Martha Sweezy, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor, Harvard University Medical S...2023-09-2944 min
Enneagram in Real LifeA Guided Tour of Internal Family Systems (IFS) with Amanda Steed, LCSWOn this week’s episode of Enneagram IRL, we meet with Amanda Steed. Amanda is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) serving Texas, Colorado, and Washington through her private practice - Unfolding Collective - Therapy & Consulting. With a mission to facilitate healing and wholeness, Amanda believes in the power of establishing trusting relationships as the cornerstone of therapy.Her therapeutic approach is rooted in trauma-informed care and attachment-focused techniques. Amanda has completed Level One IFS training, is EMDR-certified and an EMDR consultant in training. She trusts these evidence-based modalities to guide her clients through co...2023-09-261h 26The One Inside: An Internal Family Systems (IFS) podcastIFS and Addiction with Cece Sykes and Mary KrugerWe like to talk about Addiction on the podcast! I'm excited to talk to Mary Kruger (again!) and Cece Skyes who wrote a Chapter in the Altogether Us book entitled, "IFS and Addiction: Compassion for the Addictive Process." We talk about: Alternatives to a manager led (client's or family or therapist's) "Plan" Working with your own parts (helper, rescue, fixer, advice giving) when working (or living) with others who have 'Extreme Firefighters' "Exiling firefighters is not working"- What if we welcomed their advice and wisdom? Bridges how IFS can Bridge the polarization between th...2023-09-0856 min
IFS TalksFinding Your Own Way as an IFS Therapist with Paul NeustadtToday we are welcoming IFS Lead Trainer, Paul Neustadt. Paul is a clinical social worker who has worked in community mental health and the counseling program of a working class state university, and he has been the director of a community based counseling and prevention program. He is an IFS senior co-lead trainer who also provides IFS consultation for individuals and groups. He has given workshops on The Gifts of Our Exiles: Reconnecting with Our True Self; Direct Access: An Essential Skill of IFS; Self Led Parenting; Self Led Feedback; Skeptical Parts; and other topics. He has written a...2023-08-151h 08
Explorations in PsychotherapyFinding Your Own Way as an IFS Therapist with Paul NeustadtToday on Explorations in Psychotherapy, we are welcoming IFS Lead Trainer, Paul Neustadt. Paul is a clinical social worker who has worked in community mental health and the counseling program of a working class state university, and he has been the director of a community based counseling and prevention program. He is an IFS senior co-lead trainer who also provides IFS consultation for individuals and groups. He has given workshops on The Gifts of Our Exiles: Reconnecting with Our True Self; Direct Access: An Essential Skill of IFS; Self Led Parenting; Self Led Feedback; Skeptical Parts; and other topics...2023-08-141h 08
IFS TalksMartha Sweezy's Internal Family Systems Therapy for Shame and GuiltHaving worked in community mental health at the outpatient department of the Cambridge Health Alliance for 18 years as a therapist, supervisor and the associate director of the DBT program, Martha Sweezy experienced with a wide variety of mental health challenges, many related to the sequelae of trauma. She is currently an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School and a clinical and program development consultant at Cambridge Health Alliance. Until January, 2015, Martha was the Associate Director and Director of Training of DBT at Cambridge Health Alliance. In addition to being the author of several articles, Martha is a co-editor or co-au...2023-07-2849 min
TURNING INEpisode 12: Cece Sykes, LCSW/Addictive ProcessThis is a special episode. Meghan and Amy spend time with Cece Sykes, LCSW. Cece has been involved in the IFS community since it's conception in the 80's and 90's, she shares her love for firefighters and explains her philosophy on Parts who hold addictive processes, and more!Cece Sykes, LCSW is a consultant, senior trainer and certified therapist with the IFS Institute and recently co-authored a book with Martha Sweezy, Ph.D., and Richard Schwartz, Ph.D. called 'Internal Family Systems Therapy for Addictions: Trauma -Informed, Compassion-Based Interventions for Substance Use, Eating, Gambling and More'. She...2023-04-171h 05
Brain Unblocked: The Brainspotting PodcastHow is self Brainspotting different from Self Led BrainspottingIf you’ve ever tried Brainspotting on your own and wondered if you were doing it right or wondered if it was really as simple as it sounds, this episode is for you. In it, I discuss the nuanced differences between self-brainspotting and Self-led brainspotting. I also share some updates that have been happening behind the scenes over here at Brain Unblocked. You don’t want to miss: Why I went on indefinite leave of absence from my thriving private therapy practice. My new course for already-optimized AF entrepreneurs who feel...2023-04-1323 min
Humanizing Mental HealthUnderstanding Therapy Series: Don’t Judge a Book By its Cover… Self HelpThere's a never expanding Library of self-help books out there. From specific workbooks on dialectical behavior therapy, on how to work through depression or anxiety, to books that are written to educate and inform about mental illness, mental wellness, boundaries, relationships family of origin issues, and the list goes on and on. In this episode we speak about the merits of self-help and bibliotherapy and make some recommendations for the resources that we think would be most helpful.
Here are some of the recommendations that we have for books that we found transformational.
-Gabor mate: When the Body says No. Sc...2023-02-2740 min
IFS TalksTherapeutic Relationships and Addictive Processes: Help for Managers!Cece Sykes, LCSW 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 treating addictive processes appears in IFS: Innovations & Elaborations, 2016). She is co-author of a new book on IFS therapy with Martha Sweezy, due out in early 2023: Treating Addictive Processes with Internal Family Systems Therapy: A Compassionate and Effective Approach for Helping People Who Soothe or Distract with Substances, Food, Gambling, Pornography, and More. Cece also developed the Heart Lessons of the Journey retreat for an on-going study of therapist narratives. She...2022-10-0237 min
The Art LifeIs Art Therapy? (with Ameya Calvocoressi)EPISODE DESCRIPTION:"This is my therapy," we say while entering the theatre. "That was therapeutic," we exhale after dancing out our stress. We know that art is healing, but can it truly replace therapy? In Episode 83 Grace talks with therapist Ameya Calvocoressi about the ways art can heal us, and how therapy can help us create better art.SHOW NOTES:Ameya's band Rotary Ghost is on InstagramThe Art Life (David Lynch documentary) is currently streaming on HBO MaxNarrative HumilityInternal Family Systems Therapy by Richard C, Schwartz and Martha SweezyGhetto Klown (John Leguizamo's return to t...2022-07-221h 09
YOU Better!At the Edge of Growth with Phill NosworthyIn this episode, Kiesha heads over to Australia (virtually!) to connect with Phill Nosworthy to indulge in mutual curiosity about how it feels to grow and how you compassionately guide yourself when you find yourself at the edge of growth. The two discuss the idea of slowing down to move at the speed of wisdom so you can do less, better. And they also talk about how to tackle that gap between all those things you learn and the things you actually put into practice. At the time this episode airs in March of 2022, our human family on...2022-03-111h 10
Ohemaa Health and WellnessYou BelongWelcome Ohemaas to the season 2 premier! Hosts Kat and Mitra talk with us about their experiences finding a safe space in life as well as carving one out, their current wellness journeys, and what they are looking forward to in this new season. Stay as long as you'd like, and you can support by sharing this episode with friends and family (18+ due to sensitive content). Thank you for your time, and a special thank you to our guests, and you the listener, and everyone who has been with us and is continuing with us in this journey, we support...2021-09-1040 min
Ohemaa Health and WellnessYou BelongWelcome Ohemaas to the season 2 premier! Hosts Kat and Mitra talk with us about their experiences finding a safe space in life as well as carving one out, their current wellness journeys, and what they are looking forward to in this new season. Stay as long as you'd like, and you can support by sharing this episode with friends and family (18+ due to sensitive content). Thank you for your time, and a special thank you to our guests, and you the listener, and everyone who has been with us and is continuing with us in this journey, we support...2021-09-0740 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
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 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
Tough Mama PodcastEpisode - Internal Family Systems Therapy with Jen Rodriguez, LPCIn this interesting episode, Professional Counselor and Owner of Counsel-Me.com, Jen Rodriguez explains IFS (Internal Family Systems) and EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing). Jen's undergraduate work was completed at University of Maryland and she worked as a licensed social worker in Baltimore City. She served children and adults living with HIV and AIDS and worked closely with survivors of human trafficking. Through her graduate studies at Liberty University she worked with victims of intimate partner violence and received licensure as a licensed professional counselor. She received extensive post-graduate training in Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral...2020-09-0839 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
Skillful Means Podcast#17 A Conversation with Sarah PowersText me your feedback.Our primary teacher Sarah Powers has spent decades studying, living, and teaching from the Wisdom traditions--Buddhism, Yoga, Taoism, and contemporary western psychology. As the new coronavirus pandemic spread, Sarah joined us via Zoom from London to talk about the wisdom and opportunity for awakening amidst this suffering. From how to be sick, to parenting, to lifestyle medicine, in this episode we hear about aspects of the harmonious approach to living Sarah developed well before our current circumstances. We examine the question, "how do we foreground what is most important and bring...2020-05-071h 18
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 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
Darya Haitoglou5 Best Books on Systemic Psychology
Systemic Psychology is the psychology of interpersonal relationships with a system in mind (family, social, organisational). It has been the most influential field of psychology in the work that I do with clients and groups.
Based on the conceptual framework provided by system theory, systemic psychology considers the ongoing interaction among human beings and is essentially focused on interpersonal systems.
Here are my top 5 books on Systemic Psychology (click on the book title for the link to read or buy)
The Satir Model: Family Therapy and Beyond by Virginia Satir, John Banman, J...2019-11-1300 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
The Therapy SpotReissue: Martha Sweezy, Ph.D., on Shame, Guilt, and Self CompassionAs a bonus this month, I am reissuing my interview with Martha Sweezy, Ph.D., from May of 2017. Martha weighed in on important issues at the core of shame, such as: What is shame and why is it important? How do we learn to shame ourselves and others? How can criticism and blame help us, and how do they hurt? Where can we begin to relate to ourselves differently on the inside? Does shame have an antidote? For more, visit: bethrogerson.com2019-02-2636 minThe Therapy SpotHeal Your Relationship From the Inside Out with Self CompassionHello everyone, and welcome back to the Therapy Spot! I recently attended a professional training on working with couples, where I ran into Toni Herbine-Blank. Toni has operated a private practice for over 20 years, counseling both couples and individuals. Along with Donna M. Kerpelman and Martha Sweezy, she co-authored a book about her curriculum, Intimacy from the Inside Out: Courage and Compassion in Couple Therapy. She also appeared as a guest on my podcast back in 2015! I don’t know about you, but 2015 certainly feels like a long time ago to me! My audience has grown a lo...2018-03-0514 minThe Therapy SpotMartha Sweezy, Ph.D., on Shame, Guilt, and Self CompassionI welcomed the opportunity to discover what my fellow IFS practitioner Martha Sweezy had to say about shame. Martha weighed in on important issues at the core of shame, such as: What is shame and why is it important? How do we learn to shame ourselves and others? How can criticism and blame help us, and how do they hurt? Where can we begin to relate to ourselves differently on the inside? Does shame have an antidote? For more, visit: bethrogerson.com2017-05-3036 min