IFS and Addiction: A Compassionate Paradigm - Cece Sykes Interview June 2024

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