Talk with Pam Krause on IFS with Children and Adolescents

Pam Krause, a senior lead trainer for the Center for Self Leadership, shares her journey with Internal Family Systems (IFS) and its profound impact on her personal and professional life. Discovering IFS early in her social work career, Krause found the model provided a structure that helped her assist people without burning out her own caretaking parts. She recounts her initial training with IFS founder Dick Schwartz and how IFS has evolved over the years. Krause details how IFS has changed her approach to working with children and adolescents, emphasizing the importance of addressing parental parts and creating a safe environment for young clients. She also touches on the potential for integrating online components into IFS training to increase accessibility while preserving the experiential elements crucial to the model's effectiveness.