IFS and the Window of Tolerance with Richard Schwartz and Michelle Glass

In this video, I’m talking with Richard Schwartz and Michelle about IFS and the Window of Tolerance.

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0:00 - Introduction and greeting with Dick and Michelle
0:15 - IFS and the Window of Tolerance
3:40 - Dick Schwartz on Parts, Self and Overwhelm
9:00 - Personal experiences with emotional overwhelm and therapy techniques
11:35 - Negotiating with parts to manage emotional intensity
14:18 - Trusting the client’s system to self-correct
14:40 - Systemic approach to understanding backlash and symptoms
15:45 - Addressing fear and dysregulation of therapist and client
18:23 - Discussing boundaries of therapists
21:00 - Importance of Self in the therapist and transparency with clients
22:14 - Trusting the clients system
23:18 - Firefighters in dangerous/triggering environments
26:20 - IFS and Black Lives Matter
27:22 - Parts can be stuck in the past and the power of unburdening
29:20 - Parts wanting us to change our live
29:57 - Parts can influence our physical health
31:25 - Differentiating between personal growth and external changes needed
33:15 - Knowing your own parts as therapist; Self and parts are contagious
38:10 - Dual awareness, practicing unblending
41:35 - Audio taping a session and relistening
43:17 - Conclusion and final thoughts of reminding parts that Self is doing the witnessing


▬ About Stephanie and Connection Heals ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

Stephanie Mitchell is a Certified Level 3 IFS Therapist working in private practice in Australia.
Stephanie is Level 3 trained IFS therapist, trainer, group therapist, and supervisor working in private practice. She specializes in working with complex trauma and has undertaken extensive training in the IFS model including 100+ hours with Richard Schwartz. She is passionate about understanding the nuance of IFS and bringing that to her practice and teachings.


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