In this episode, we roleplay a case example from Gayle's supervision group that highlights the importance of specific IFS supervision if you're practising as an IFS therapist. The therapist in question was having trouble using the model with a client who has suffered several losses, and when Tina 'went inside' she discovered there was a very good reason for this.

**Thanks to Tina (not her real name) for allowing us to spotlight this work for this episode!

We also give a roleplay example of using the No-overwhelm Contract - always good to make sure you're familiar with for those times when a client is hijacked in session by a strong part.

Emma's new book: Internal Family Systems: Making a start - getting curious about parts.

Emma E Redfern MBACP (Snr Accred) initially trained in humanistic integrative psychotherapy. Emma is a certified IFS psychotherapist as well as approved IFS clinical consultant. She edited Internal Family Systems Therapy: supervision and consultation (2022, Routledge) and authored Transitioning to Internal Family Systems Therapy: A companion for therapists and practitioners (2023, Routledge). Her most recent publication, co-edited with Helen Foot, is Freeing Self: IFS Beyond the Therapy Room (2023) .
See www.emmaredfern.co.uk for details of workshops and articles as well as books. You can also follow Emma on Linked In.

Gayle Williamson (MIACP) initially trained in humanistic integrative psychotherapy. She took one of the alternative routes to IFS training now available, through IFSCA and the Adler College, Canada.
She works fulltime as a pure-IFS psychotherapist and also writes widely on mental health. Her most recent article 'The Myth of Mental Illness' is published in the latest IAHIP professional journal. Gayle runs small-group, online trainings and skills workshops for IFS beginners as well as group supervision. She also edited Emma's book, Transitioning to Internal Family Systems Therapy: A companion for therapists and practitioners.
See www.ferneytherapy.ie for further info, resources and Gayle's articles.