‘Trauma and Addiction: Internal Family Systems’ with Richard Schwartz

“Addiction is a complicated and devastating experience for many people and associated feelings of shame and failure often present a barrier between the individual and their true Self. Because addiction can also be a symptom of trauma, the IFS model is a compassionate means to revisit trauma and initiate healing, and in turn, help the individual to address the subsequent addiction behaviors. By looking at addiction as a means of self protection, staving off deep personal pain, and allowing for compassion and curiosity, IFS can be used to support the individual and empower them as they manage both the catalyst event and the coping mechanism simultaneously.”

𝗗𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘄𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘇 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗴𝗼. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗽𝘆 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝘆𝗺𝗽𝘁𝗼𝗺 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗳 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝘆, 𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 “𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀.” 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗻𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵. 𝗛𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗯𝘆, 𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗳𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗺, 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝗛𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀. 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀 (𝗜𝗙𝗦) 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝟭𝟵𝟴𝟬𝘀.

𝗜𝗙𝗦 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲-𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮 𝘄𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘆-𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝘀𝘆𝗰𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗽𝘆, 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗺𝗮. 𝗜𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗮 𝗻𝗼𝗻-𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗹𝘀, 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀, 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆, 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺𝘀.

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Every month, Jan Winhall (author of Treating Trauma and Addiction with the Felt Sense Polyvagal Model) interviews guests who contribute to our understanding about trauma and addiction. She then opens the conversation to the group for questions and discussion in this live zoom event that runs for 1 hour.

The Felt Sense Polyvagal Approach to Trauma & Addiction group is a place for you to explore with others, through a polyvagal lens, the experiences of trauma and addiction. We are focusing on understanding addiction through the lens of the nervous system, as an adaptive response to maladaptive environments.

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