Talk with Susan McConnell on Embodying IFS

Susan McConnell, a senior IFS trainer, discusses her journey with Internal Family Systems, from her early work integrating bodywork and mental health to becoming a lead trainer. She recounts how a consultation group with Dick Schwartz led her to IFS, drawn by its integration with Hakomi and its focus on inner systems. McConnell shares a dream that propelled her into teaching IFS and emphasizes the importance of developing leadership within the IFS community. She details her approach to somatic IFS, incorporating practices like somatic awareness and radical resonance to address trauma and relational wounds. McConnell illustrates this with a client case involving prenatal experiences and highlights the body's role in both carrying and releasing burdens, advocating for awareness as a transformative tool in therapy.