A Guided Tour of Internal Family Systems (IFS) with Amanda Steed, LCSW

On this week’s episode of Enneagram IRL, we meet with Amanda Steed. Amanda is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) serving Texas, Colorado, and Washington through her private practice - Unfolding Collective - Therapy & Consulting. With a mission to facilitate healing and wholeness, Amanda believes in the power of establishing trusting relationships as the cornerstone of therapy.

Her therapeutic approach is rooted in trauma-informed care and attachment-focused techniques. Amanda has completed Level One IFS training, is EMDR-certified and an EMDR consultant in training. She trusts these evidence-based modalities to guide her clients through core wound healing, creating new pathways in the brain, and empowering them to regain a fulfilling life. She specializes in working with spiritual trauma, anxiety disorders, ADHD, and codependency.

While Amanda takes her work very seriously, she does not take herself seriously and enjoys being silly as often as possible. 

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Here are the key takeaways:

A dive into Amanda’s backgroundAmanda’s strengths as a Type Eight therapistWhat is Internal Family Systems Therapy?Discussing the “inner critic” and “inner child” parts of ourselvesHealing vulnerable parts “We all have the ability to hold self-energy”How can IFS help with trauma or ADHD?Resources for Internal Family Systems TherapyHow to connect with Amanda

Resources mentioned in this episode:

IFS InstituteTranscending Trauma by Frank G. AndersonNo Bad Parts by Schwartz Ph.D., RichardTreating Complex Trauma with Internal Family Systems (IFS): An Intensive Online Course by Dr. Frank AndersonGood Inside by Dr. Becky KennedyEMDR + IFS PARTS Protocol: An EMDR Advanced Training with Dr. Kendhal HartInternal Family Systems Therapy - 2nd Edition by Richard C. Schwartz, Martha SweezyThe Persuaders by Anand Giridharadas

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