IFS Down Under
IFS Downunder Video Podcast - Deep conversations with leaders in the IFS space and honorable conversations sharing the stories of homegrown Australian IFS Therapists and practitioners with the Australian and international IFS Communities.
Founded by Certified IFS Therapist Oliver Brooke and Somatic IFS Therapist Suzanne Herrity, in Western Australia (Down Under).
IFS Down Under, Episode 1: IFS, The Others Within Us, Spirituality and Psychedelic Therapy - Bob Falconer Interview - June 2023
A 90-Minute Interview with Robert (Bob) Falconer. Suzanne Herrity and Oliver Brooke interview Robert Falconer about his new book "The Others Within Us: Internal Family Systems, Porous Mind, and Spirit Possession."
SHOW NOTES:
Topics covered:
- Internal Family Systems Therapy
- The Others Within Us: Legacy Burdens, Unattached Burdens, Guides, and Spirit Possession
- Porosity of Mind
- Radical Pragmatism
- Spirituality in Psychotherapy
- Alternative view of mental pathology
- IFS and Psychedelics
- IFS for Preparation and Integration of Psychedelic Experiences
- Intersection of IFS, Psychedelics, and the others within us
- Personalism
People/topics mentioned in this podcast:
Bob’s New Book - https://www.amazon.com.au/Others-Within-Us-Internal-Possession/dp/B0C12JXVBJ#customerReviews
Dr Richard Schwartz - https://ifs-institute.com/
William James - Radical Pragmatism
Tanya Luhrmann - https://www.tanyaluhrmann.com/
Dr Daniel Siegel - https://drdansiegel.com/
Isobel Clarke - https://www.isabelclarke.org/
Dr Stanislav Grof - https://www.stangrof.com/
How to connect with us:
Connect with Bob here: www.robertfalconer.us
You can find Bob's youtube channel here: @bobfalconer
IFS Down Under Youtube Channel here: @IFSDownUnder
Connect with Suzanne here: https://www.suzanneherrity.com/
Connect with Oliver here: www.oliverbrooke.com.au
IFS Down Under, Episode 2: IFS lens on Australia, Suicide Parts, Aboriginal Clients, Uluru Statement and the Voice - Heidi Lethbridge Interview - September 2023
75-minute IFS Down Under Interview with Australian IFS Therapist, Psychologist, and Aboriginal woman Heidi Lethbridge. Hosts Oliver Brooke and Suzanne Herrity.
SHOW NOTES:
Topics include:
- Heidi's IFS story
- Heidi's IFS welcome to country
- Heidi's experience with Dick Schwartz
- IFS lens on Australia as a person
- IFS lens on working with suicidal parts
- IFS lens on working with Aboriginal people
- IFS lens on Uluru Statement from the Heart
- Impact of the media's portrayal of separation and the yes-no campaign on Aboriginal people
- Information about Culture Care and Connect
- National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander suicide prevention program
- Collective healing for Australia from an IFS Framework
- Heidi's research into using the IFS framework with groups of people to address the system-wide exiling of Aboriginal people in Australia
People/topics mentioned in this podcast:
- Aboriginal Health Service - http://tacinc.com.au/programs/health/...
- Uluru Statement from the Heart - https://ulurustatement.org/the-statem...
- Culture Care and Connect - http://tacinc.com.au/culture-care-con...
- Stephanie Mitchell - https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanie...
- Emma Diamond - https://ifs-institute.com/practitione...
- Mindfulness in America - Jack Kornfield - https://jackkornfield.com/
- Dr Richard Schwartz - https://ifs-institute.com/
- IFS Circle - https://ifs-institute.com/online-lear...
- Dick Schwartz and Deran Young Interview - Releasing Racists Legacy Burdens - • Healing the Legacy Burdens of Racism ...
- Black Therapists Rock - https://blacktherapistsrock.com/
- Chris Buris - Collective healing in groups - • The Power of Healing in IFS Circles w...
- Crown's apology to Kenya for colonisation in 2013 - https://www.gov.uk/government/news/st...
- Crown's apology to Ireland - https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/m...
How to connect with us:
Connect with Heidi by contacting Suzanne or Oliver by email and we will forward your message to Heidi.
IFS Down Under Youtube Channel here: @IFSDownUnder
Connect with Suzanne here: https://www.suzanneherrity.com/
Connect with Oliver here: https://www.oliverbrooke.com.au/
IFS Down Under, Episode 3: IFS, Healing Trauma, Self Leadership, Shamanism and Alternatives to Level 1 - Derek Scott Interview - November 2023
70-minute IFS Down Under Interview with Derek Scott, a Certified IFS Therapist, Social Worker, and founder of the Internal Family Systems Counselling Association (IFSCA). Hosts Oliver Brooke and Suzanne Herrity.
SHOW NOTES:
Topics covered:
- Derek's IFS story
- Derek's first experience with Dick Schwartz
- The most accurate personality system
- Starting IFSCA and uploading the first IFS YouTube videos
- We are not broken
- Self Leadership
- Spirituality and IFS
- IFS and Shamanism
- IFS and addictive processes
- Teaching IFS
- IFSCA Offerings
People mentioned:
Tammy Sollenberger - https://tammysollenberger.com/
Dick Schwartz - https://ifs-institute.com/about-us/richard-c-schwartz-phd
Ed Yates - https://ifs-institute.com/practitioners/all/14530
Michael Harner - https://www.shamanism.org/
Cece Sykes - https://www.cecesykeslcsw.com/
Loch Kelly - https://lochkelly.org/
IFSCA offerings:
IFSCA Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/c/DerekScott
Dick Schwartz IFS and Trauma - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UfmGwENz9M
IFS Complete Session with Derek and Tammy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqIhczaF9W8
IFSCA Master Classes - https://ifsca.ca/workshops/
Stepping Stones - https://ifsca.ca/courses/stepping-stones/
How to connect with our hosts and guest?
IFS Down Under - https://www.youtube.com/@IFSDownUnder
Derek Scott - https://ifsca.ca/
Oliver Brooke - www.oliverbrooke.com.au
Suzanne Herrity - www.suzanneherrity.com
IFS Down Under, Episode 4: IFS, Dissociation and DID a compassionate perspective - Niclés Bestel Interview - February 2024
78-minute IFS Down Under Interview with Niclés Bestel is a clinical psychologist and level 2 IFS therapist. She is the practice director of Aspire Wellness and Psychology, a Telehealth private practice dedicated to supporting clients with complex trauma and dissociative disorders using Internal Family Systems.
SHOW NOTES:
Get in touch with Niclés, Suzanne or Oliver:
Niclés - https://www.aspirewellnessandpsycholo...
Suzanne - www.suzanneherrity.com
Oliver - www.oliverbrooke.com.au
Topics covered:
- Niclés IFS story
- What is Dissociation?
- Dissociation as a strategy and dissociation as a systemic framework
- The causes of dissociation and dissociated systems
- Language around dissociation
- Compassion for dissociation (a natural strategy of the psyche)
- Using IFS to be with parts who use dissociation as a strategy
- DID and how to work with DID using IFS
- How Self shows up in Dissociative systems
- What not to do with Dissociative systems
- Grounding and dissociation
People mentioned:
Dick Schwartz - https://ifs-institute.com/about-us/ri...
Frank Anderson - https://frankandersonmd.com/
Cece Sykes - https://www.cecesykeslcsw.com/
IFS Down Under, Episode 5: What is Internal Family Systems Therapy? Explore your inner world - Oliver Brooke Interview- April 2024
Oliver Brooke, Host of IFS Down Under is interviewed by Gabrielle Walker for the Flourishing Healing Practice Podcast.
About Oliver
Olly creates and holds a sacred healing space for people to open to their inner wisdom and healing intelligence. Through Internal Family Systems (IFS) he gently guides them to be with the protective parts of their psyche, understand them, and acknowledge their role in the person’s system. 90% of his waking moments in the week he is a dad to two enchanting, magical beings.
In this episode
Internal Family Systems (IFS), is a process that guides people into seeking permission from their protectors to connect with their hurt, vulnerable, and exiled parts which hold burdens of painful or traumatic experiences. From their center, I then witness an unfolding of compassionate healing where the person can witness, retrieve, unload their burdens, and deeply connect with these parts. Bringing them out of exile and into their body and inner family.
Thank you for listening, may we all keep rising as a collective, Gabrielle.
Connect with Oliver:
Website: www.oliverbrooke.com.au
Youtube: @IFSDownUnder
Connect with Gabrielle:
Insta: @flourishinghealing.practice
FB & insta: @wanderkindenergy
Linkedin: www.linedin.com/in/gabriellewalkerperth
IFS Down Under, Episode 6: IFS and Addiction: A compassionate Paradigm - Cece Sykes Interview- June 2024
Show Notes
IFS and Addiction: A Compassionate Paradigm - Cece Sykes Interview June 2024
75 Minute Interview with Cece Sykes, Senior Lead Trainer for the IFS Institute
TOPICS
Cece's IFS History Shared humanity and person-centered focus
The positive intentions of extreme parts
Definitions of addiction Trauma underlying addictive processes
Compassions place in psychotherapy
Addictive polarities
The Shame, Blame and Flame Triangle
Therapist managers polarised with clients firefighters
U-Turn for firefighters
The Mini-Unblend - pause "What's it like to talk to me about this?"
Psychotherapy vs addiction recovery facilities - pros and cons
Vision for more collaboration in the addiction field
The new IFS-informed, trauma-informed, compassionate paradigm for addiction
Clarity of teachings and focus on how psychotherapy impacts the therapist across their lifespan
Cece's offerings
PEOPLE
Richard Schwartz
Patrick Kahn
Jeanne Catanzaro
Gabor Mate
Carl Rogers
BOOKS
'An IFS Lens on Addiction: Compassion for Extreme Parts' - Cece Sykes - Chapter 2 in Innovations and Elaborations in Internal Family Systems Therapy
'Internal Family Systems Therapy for Addictions: Trauma-Informed, Compassion-Based Interventions' - Cece Sykes, Richard Schwartz, and Martha Sweezy
'Unburdened Eating: Healing Your Relationships with Food and Your Body Using an Internal Family Systems (IFS) Approach' - Jeanne Catanzaro PhD
'In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction' - Gabor Mate