Martha 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 Anderson) - 2017 Martha Sweezy is also responsible for Titles like: 1. Internal Family Systems New Dimensions (with Ellen Ziskind)- Routledge 2013 2. Intimacy from the Inside Out: Courage and Compassion in Couple Therapy with Toni Herbine-Blank and Donna M. Kerpelman - Routledge, 2015 3. Innovations and Elaborations in Internal Family Systems Therapy, with Ellen Ziskind - 2017 by routledge. 4. Internal Family Systems Skills Training Manual: Trauma-Informed Treatment for Anxiety, Depression, PTSD and Substance Abuse, with Frank Anderson and Richard Schwartz - 2017 by Pesi. 5. and more recently the Internal Family Systems Therapy Second Edition - with Dick Schwartz 2019 by Guilford.Martha has a therapy and consultation practice in Northampton, Massachusetts, and has a particular interest in how shame and guilt affect human behavior.Podcast Feedback and Interview Request welcome at https://internalfamilysystems.pt/ifs-talks

This 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. In this Episode Lisa shares about her journey as a Psychotherapist for more than three decades helping children, adolescents and their parents at the Soho Project in New York. Lisa also shares how Internal Family Systems impacted her clinical and personal life.Podcast Feedback and Interview Request welcome at https://internalfamilysystems.pt/ifs-talks

This 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 chapter called Getting Unstuck, in the 2017 book “innovations and elaborations in IFS” - addressing occasional ruptures and impasses in our work in IFS. Pam also has a private practice in Mechanicsburg, PA.Podcast Feedback and Interview Request welcome at https://internalfamilysystems.pt/ifs-talks

This 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, passion, and love of dancing and people. She also offers private therapy, consultations and workshops.Podcast Feedback and Interview Request welcome at https://internalfamilysystems.pt/ifs-talks

This 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 welcome at https://internalfamilysystems.pt/ifs-talks

Cece Sykes, an IFS Senior Trainer with over thirty years in mental health, shares her insights on trauma and addiction. She delves into integrating Internal Family Systems therapy with family dynamics, emphasizing safe environments for healing. Cece recounts her experiences in culturally unique settings and the challenges faced as a lead trainer. The conversation also explores her personal journey with addiction and the intricacies of recovery, highlighting the importance of connection and gratitude in the therapeutic process.