The One Inside: An Internal Family Systems (IFS) podcast

IFS and Starting IFS with Beth Mullen-Houser

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Dec 15, 2023

Clinical psychologist Beth Mullen-Houser discusses starting IFS therapy after mindfulness practice, internal chaos and finding self, the importance of noticing in the moment, unblending ideas, and the healing power of connection in relationships. They also talk about challenges in parenting, the therapeutic process of talking through parts, and various IFS initiatives and projects.

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Introduction

00:00 • 2min

Beginning the IFS Therapy Journey

01:30 • 24min

Challenges and Frustrations of Parenting

25:16 • 2min

Sadness, Attachment, and Consistency

26:56 • 6min

The Importance of Connection in the Healing Process

32:49 • 24min

Views from the Window and Snow Excitement

56:27 • 2min

Exploring and Supporting IFS Initiatives

58:43 • 6min

On today's episode I chat with Beth Mullen-Houser. Beth is a clinical psychologist with a passion for working with providers new to IFS. Her IFS journey includes being an IFS-informed therapist for 4 years, an IFS researcher, speaker and consultant and currently PAing a L1 training. She has presented at the IFS 2023 Annual Conference and the Great Lakes IFS retreat and is a member of the Foundation for Self Leadership’s Research Development team including recent collaboration on a research article submitted to a peer-reviewed journal.

We talk about:

Starting IFS after years of mindfulness practice
Internal chaos- Where is SELF?!
"My Breath is always me."
I am With in, not In it
Research around mindfulness related adverse events
Parts of therapists, parts of Supervisiors
Importance of Noticing in the moment when Blended
Our (Tammy's!) activated Mom parts
Talking about parts as a way to unblend
Witness, Community, and validation
We are wounded in relationship, we heal in relationship
Unblending ideas
Stages of Competence

Find out more about Beth here: Self-Leadership Journeys, LLC (selfleadershipjourneys.com)

Enjoy!

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Tammy is grateful for Jack Reardon who created music for the podcast. Jack is a graduate of Derek Scott’s IFS Stepping Stones Program. You can follow Jack at bonzemusic on Instagram.