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Applying IFS Therapy for Addictive Processes

Bringing Compassion to Clients’ Polarized Parts

Average Rating:
   11
Speaker:
Alexia Rothman, PhD
Duration:
1 Hour 53 Minutes
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
Mar 22, 2024
Product Code:
NOS096367
Media Type:
Digital Recording
Access:
Never expires.


Description

When therapists hear the word addiction, they often think about drugs and alcohol. Yet many clients are caught in the grip of addictive processes that include binge eating, self-injury, or other compulsive behaviours such as gambling, overspending, gaming, and more. Often, the underlying processes fueling addictions are shrouded in shame and judgment. In this workshop, you’ll explore different kinds of compulsive comfort-seeking behaviours and discover IFS strategies that facilitate compassionate, respectful, and collaborative healing work. You’ll learn to:  

  • Use specific IFS techniques to help clients address and resolve compulsory and addictive behaviours 
  • Help clients develop trusting, collaborative relationships with the parts of themselves seeking comfort through addictive processes 
  • Guide clients toward healing the vulnerability and wounding that often underlie addictions 

 

This product is not endorsed by, sponsored by, or affiliated with the IFS Institute and does not qualify for IFS Institute credits or certification. 

CPD

Planning Committee Disclosure - No relevant relationships

All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners.  For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.



CPD

This online program is worth 2 hours CPD.



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Alexia Rothman, PhD's Profile

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Dr. Alexia Rothman is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Atlanta, GA, since 2004. She is a lead trainer for the IFS Institute, a Certified Internal Family Systems therapist, an international speaker and educator on the IFS model, and an IFSI-approved professional consultant. Dr. Rothman offers workshops and retreats on the IFS model throughout the U.S. and internationally. She co-hosts the IFS-based podcasts IFS Talks and Conversas IFS and has published a book chapter on the integration of IFS and Polyvagal Theory.
Dr. Rothman is a United States Presidential Scholar who graduated summa cum laude from Emory University as a Robert W. Woodruff Scholar. She received her PhD in clinical psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where she was an Edwin W. Pauley Fellow and a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow. She has held adjunct faculty positions at Emory University and Agnes Scott College.
To learn more about her, you can visit her website at dralexiarothman.com


Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Alexia Rothman maintains a private practice. She is co-hosts of the podcasts IFS Masters and Explorations in Psychotherapy. She is a paid trainer with the IFS Institute, and she receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. Dr. Rothman receives compensation as a consultant. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Alexia Rothman is a member of the American Psychological Association, the Georgia Psychological Association, and the National Register of Health Service Psychologists.


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Objectives

  1. Conceptualize the cycle of addiction through an IFS lens. 
  2. Discuss how to help clients with addictions approach their systems with compassion. 
  3. Explain the concept of intrapsychic polarization. 
  4. Apply the concept of intrapsychic polarization to understanding addictive processes in clients’ systems. 
  5. Apply IFS techniques for working with the polarized protective parts associated with addictive behaviours and processes. 

Outline

  • The cycle of addiction through an IFS lens 
  • Understanding the function of addictive processes and the role of polarized protector parts 
  • How to help clients with addictions approach their systems with compassion 
  • Helping clients to access their core, compassionate essence 
  • How to stay present with polarized protectors and urges to engage in addictive processes from a centred place 
  • The IFS definition of intrapsychic polarization and how it helps us understand addictive processes in clients’ systems 
  • How IFS can help clients access healing potential when working with and defusing addiction-related polarizations  
  • IFS techniques for working with polarized protective parts associated with addictive behaviours and processes 
  • The limitations of the research and potential risks 
  • Video Demonstration 

Target Audience

  • Psychologists
  • Physicians
  • Nurses
  • Counsellors
  • Marriage and Family Therapists
  • Addiction Counsellors
  • Social Workers

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