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Purely IFS with Emma and Gayle
Purely IFS is for you if you are a mental health professional who is transitioning to using the Internal Family Systems model with clients.
Hosted by IFS psychotherapists Gayle Williamson and Emma Redfern, this show aims to support IFS beginners by offering clarity and discussion on the various aspects of the model and the key skills. We're also hoping that you'll get many useful additions to your IFS vocabulary and that our podcast will keep you engaged with learning this amazing approach.
We put the emphasis on working as a 'pure' IFS therapist because IFS is a complete approach - it gives you just about everything you would ever need as a therapist. Combining it with other approaches not only makes it harder for beginners to master but dilutes the transformational power of what IFS offers.
Join us each episode for stimulating and educational conversations.
Episodes
18 episodes
Ep 18: Being aware of our own parts: a case example
In this episode, we roleplay a case example from Gayle's supervision group that highlights the importance of specific IFS supervision if you're practising as an IFS therapist. The therapist in question was having trouble using the model with a ...
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Episode 17: Legacy Burdens part two: case study
IN PART TWO of our focus on Legacy Burdens, we detail fascinating work with client *Jo, where legacy work was the last piece in the jigsaw to help resolve stuckness in her career. It involves Jo connecting to her dead father and grandmot...
Episode 16: Legacy Burdens: part one
IN THE first of two episodes focusing on Legacy Burdens, Emma and Gayle talk about the many benefits of learning this fascinating aspect of the IFS model. We discuss what exactly they are, how you might spot them and discuss the bigger picture ...
What change looks like in IFS therapy: part 2
IN THE second part of our focus on what change looks like in IFS, we talk about:the pressures to change that clients and therapists face;the concept of constraint release;the importance of encouraging our cl...
What change looks like in IFS therapy
TODAY we're exploring what we mean when we talk about change in IFS therapy... what are the expectations around this and how much change is actually possible? And if there is an urgent agenda for change, a key thing to consider is: who inside o...
Practising ethically as an IFS therapist
IN this episode, we look at the ethical aspects of working as an IFS therapist. It's a very different way of working, so the psychotherapy profession's existing, mono-minded ethical framework inevitably will not cover everything for the IFS pro...
Episode 12: the step-back process
In today’s episode, we’re focusing on the process of asking parts to step back. It's a part of the protocol that often causes a lot of uncertainty, about when to ask parts to step back, whether this was the right decision or not, or whether the...
How IFS equips us as therapists and supervisors
In this episode, we're talking about just how well the IFS model equips us as therapists and supervisors. We provide plenty of useful examples and draw comparisons with traditional talk therapy.Both Gayle and Emma talk about their experienc...
Working with polarisations: Part two
IN part two of our focus on polarisations we look at polarisations involving more than two parts, polarisations across systems, eg, between client and therapist or parent and child; and addictive processes. We also discuss navigating conflicts ...
Working with polarisations
After taking a break for summer, we're back with a new episode focusing on polarisations.Being able to detect relationships between parts, particularly parts who are fighting against each other, has lots of benefits - including reducing the...
Skilled Parts Detecting
In today's episode, we’re focusing on parts detecting - a key IFS skill to develop that is crucial to maintaining confidence and clarity in the work. We cover: - 'Universal truth' parts- The weaponising of parts-...
How our parts affect our health: part two
IN today's fascinating episode, the second of two on this topic, we're focusing on how parts affect our health, how our bodies affect our parts and how body sensations and illnesses can be approached as valuable trailheads.We discuss how th...
How our parts affect our health
IN today's fascinating episode, which is part one of two, we're focusing on how parts affect our health, how our bodies affect our parts and how body sensations and illnesses can be approached as valuable trailheads.Among several interestin...
Making the most of IFS supervision
In today's episode, we're hoping to inspire therapists to embrace the variety that IFS brings to supervision. We cover a lot, including:· Examples of individual and group IFS supervision· ...
Updating part 2: case example
IN today's episode, it's part two of our focus on the updating process and meeting Self. We look at a fairly advanced case example in detail and go through it step by step. The case - involving Hazel**, and her parts Coco (an exile...
Updating and meeting Self - part 1
Today we focus on updating parts - a process that is much more than just telling a part your present day, adult age. There are many reasons why we do the update with protectors, but it's particularly helpful in negotiating a Self-to-part relati...