The Validation Lounge, All Parts Are Welcome with Sasha Jenkin

In this episode I chat with Lara Krawchuk about parts and grief and loss.

Lara Krawchuk, MSW, LCSW, MPH is Owner and Clinical Director of Healing Concepts, LLC https://www.healingconceptsllc.com a private counseling and consulting practice, in Pennsylvania, USA.  She is a Certified IFS therapist and Certified Level 1 Consultant. She is a long-time Lecturer for the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice MSW Program and an active Practicum Faculty member for Robert Neimeyer’s Portland Institute for Loss and Transition.  Lara is co-owner of Healing Perspectives (coming 2025), offering continuing education opportunities to helping professionals dedicated to excellence in grief, loss, physical illness, and trauma care.  She speaks around the USA, about issues of ambiguous and living losses, caregiving, end of life, grief, the Internal Family Systems Theory model, the psychosocial impact of cancer, self-care for helping professionals, and trauma treatment.   Lara is the author of numerous chapters and articles on cancer care and creative healing for grief and living losses.  Lara likes to tell people she was born to do this work, and she absolutely loves it!  She can be reached at 610-209-3111 or [email protected]

Lara is teaching an introduction to IFS the details of which can be found here:
https://mailchi.mp/75d94cb7653f/virtual-ceu-consultation-group-6747079

https://ifs-institute.com/resources/research/ifs-glossary-terms

The above link is a glossary of common terms used in Internal Family Systems Therapy from the IFS Institute.

More info on my fabulous guests can be found on the podcast website:
https://thevalidationloungeallpartsarewelcome.buzzsprout.com

Sasha Jenkin website for any feedback please:
https://sashajenkin.com/

In this episode we look at attachment theory through a parts lens.

I'm joined again by Cate Mackenzie who as well as being IFS Level 3 trained has training and works using attachment theory.

She is a COSRT Accredited Sex and Relationship Therapist, Love Coach and Artist. She offers therapy, coaching and workshops to individuals and couples of any orientation or gender. Her passion is supporting people to fall in love with themselves, with life and with others.

She has run workshops in France, Spain, Greece, Monaco, Kuwait and the UK since 1998 and was the dating coach for Channel 4’s 'The Undateables', a flirting coach on Channel 5's 'The Jeremy Vine Show' and a Sex Therapist on Channel 4's 'Kinky Britain'.

She is regularly in the media, gives advice in The Independent and has been featured in The Guardian, Red, Esquire, The Telegraph, BBC Radio, and Channel Five News among many others.

Her heart paintings have been sold in 80 countries worldwide through IKEA.

https://catemackenzie.com/media/article/

https://ifs-institute.com/resources/research/ifs-glossary-terms

The above link is a glossary of common terms used in Internal Family Systems Therapy from the IFS Institute.

More info on my fabulous guests can be found on the podcast website:
https://thevalidationloungeallpartsarewelcome.buzzsprout.com

Sasha Jenkin website for any feedback please:
https://sashajenkin.com/

Parts involved with addictions and compulsions.

In this episode I am joined by Sarah McGowan, IFS Level 3 trained Therapist and we discuss parts that manifest in addictive processes.

Sarah is a Strictly Come Dancing and yoga devotee who, thanks to IFS, now enjoys a moderate relationship with her previous nightly coping strategies. Sarah is an experienced psychodynamic counsellor (OXON, Dip. Dist.) in private practice trained to IFS level 3. In her decade steeped in the IFS model, Sarah has been lucky enough to train with best including Frank Anderson, Chris Burris, Paul Ginter, Paul Neustadt and Dick Schwartz in person. But it was the work of IFS Senior Lead Trainer Cece Sykes, Compassion for Addictive Process, that made the biggest impact on Sarah both personally and professionally. Now Sarah is committed to passing on what she has been gifted in both 1-to-1 and group settings. For more information please go to www.circlesofstrength.co.uk

I refer to a recent course I attended with Ann Sinko that I did with Life Architect - here is the link https://lifearchitect.com/polarizations-in-ifs-therapy-ann-sinko/

https://ifs-institute.com/resources/research/ifs-glossary-terms

The above link is a glossary of common terms used in Internal Family Systems Therapy from the IFS Institute.

More info on my fabulous guests can be found on the podcast website:
https://thevalidationloungeallpartsarewelcome.buzzsprout.com

Sasha Jenkin website for any feedback please:
https://sashajenkin.com/

Valentina Manini is an IFS Certified Practitioner based in Switzerland, she integrates IFS with psychedelics (where this is legal when given permission).  We discuss the use of ketamine, mdma and psilocybin, alongside IFS.

Valentina has a youtube channel:https://www.youtube.com/@valentinamanini

Also her website gives you more information on her experience and many  trainings.

https://valentinamanini.com/

https://ifs-institute.com/resources/research/ifs-glossary-terms

The above link is a glossary of common terms used in Internal Family Systems Therapy from the IFS Institute.

More info on my fabulous guests can be found on the podcast website:
https://thevalidationloungeallpartsarewelcome.buzzsprout.com

Sasha Jenkin website for any feedback please:
https://sashajenkin.com/

Today we talk to Cate Mackenzie an IFS Level 3 trained and a COSRT Accredited sex and relationship expert about how parts can present in our intimate relationships.

Cate offers therapy, coaching and workshops to individuals and couples of any orientation or gender. Her passion is supporting people to fall in love with themselves, with life and with others.

She has run workshops in France, Spain, Greece, Monaco, Kuwait and the UK since 1998 and was the dating coach for Channel 4’s 'The Undateables', a flirting coach on Channel 5's 'The Jeremy Vine Show' and a Sex Therapist on Channel 4's 'Kinky Britain'.

She is regularly in the media, gives advice in The Independent and has been featured in The Guardian, Red, Esquire, The Telegraph, BBC Radio, and Channel Five News among many others.

Cate recommends this website https://missjaiya.com/

You could get in touch with Cate via her website:
https://catemackenzie.com/

And here is her instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/catemmackenzie/

Here is information on her latest workshop:

https://catemackenzie.com/event/from-anxious-to-secure-two-hour-attachment-workshop/

https://ifs-institute.com/resources/research/ifs-glossary-terms

The above link is a glossary of common terms used in Internal Family Systems Therapy from the IFS Institute.

More info on my fabulous guests can be found on the podcast website:
https://thevalidationloungeallpartsarewelcome.buzzsprout.com

Sasha Jenkin website for any feedback please:
https://sashajenkin.com/

In this episode I chat with Phil de la Haye about how parts can manifest as chronic physical symptoms. 

Phil de la Haye is a Certified Internal Family Systems (IFS) Practitioner, coach,
trainee counsellor, and a Stress Illness Recovery Practitioner (SIRPA). He works
with a particular focus on the mindbody connection, the neuroscience of pain,
nervous system dysregulation, and is interested in how these can help to
explain many chronic symptoms.
To put that in IFS terms, he’s interested in how parts can impact the body and how working with parts can help to regulate the nervous system and reduce physical symptoms.

You can find out more about Phil on his social media platforms:
https://www.instagram.com/phildelahayeifs/

https://www.facebook.com/phildelahayeifs

And his website:

 https://phildelahaye.com/

Article on IFS and chronic pain:
https://phildelahaye.com/internal-family-systems-and-chronic-pain/

Ruth Culvers website:
https://calmheart.co.uk

https://ifs-institute.com/resources/research/ifs-glossary-terms

The above link is a glossary of common terms used in Internal Family Systems Therapy from the IFS Institute.

More info on my fabulous guests can be found on the podcast website:
https://thevalidationloungeallpartsarewelcome.buzzsprout.com

Sasha Jenkin website for any feedback please:
https://sashajenkin.com/

This episode is a different format to usual as I am really lucky to chat to Sacha Mardou about her fabulous new book Past Tense, Facing Family Secrets and Finding Myself in Therapy.   In this deeply personal and visually stunning work, Mardou shares her experience of overcoming anxiety and generational trauma
through the power of therapy, offering a fresh and compelling approach to the timely subject of mental health and the quest for healing.   A theme central to the book, Internal Family Systems therapy (IFS) plays a major role as readers
are taken inside Mardou's therapy sessions, witnessing the life-changing breakthroughs as she unravels her complicated upbringing and confronts the violent relationship between her parents.
For more information about Sacha and what she is up to you can find her on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/mardou_draws/ and facebook at https://www.facebook.com/sachamardou
Her website https://ifscomics.com/ has her back catalogue of comics.

https://ifs-institute.com/resources/research/ifs-glossary-terms

The above link is a glossary of common terms used in Internal Family Systems Therapy from the IFS Institute.

More info on my fabulous guests can be found on the podcast website:
https://thevalidationloungeallpartsarewelcome.buzzsprout.com

Sasha Jenkin website for any feedback please:
https://sashajenkin.com/

In this episode Ellen Yun and host, Sasha Jenkin discuss the theme of power and control through an Internal Family Systems lens.   A huge subject this is a first chance to explore this and there will be further episodes on the same theme at a later date.

Ellen Yun is an IFS therapist Level 3 trained on route to Certification.

If you would like more information about Ellen there is a full bio in her guest info on the Validation Lounge website https://www.buzzsprout.com/2416145 Also you can find her here:  https://www.facebook.com/ellenyuncounselling and here https://www.instagram.com/the_journeying_therapist/

You can also enquire about working with Ellen via this webite:

https://www.counselling-directory.org.uk/counsellors/ellen-yun

This is the info for the biologist specialising in the effects of trauma: https://biologyoftrauma.com

https://ifs-institute.com/resources/research/ifs-glossary-terms

The above link is a glossary of common terms used in Internal Family Systems Therapy from the IFS Institute.

More info on my fabulous guests can be found on the podcast website:
https://thevalidationloungeallpartsarewelcome.buzzsprout.com

Sasha Jenkin website for any feedback please:
https://sashajenkin.com/

Sanjay Kumar Part 2: Continuing the discussion with Sanjay. 

https://ifs-institute.com/resources/research/ifs-glossary-terms

The above link is a glossary of common terms used in Internal Family Systems Therapy from the IFS Institute.

More info on my fabulous guests can be found on the podcast website:
https://thevalidationloungeallpartsarewelcome.buzzsprout.com

Sasha Jenkin website for any feedback please:
https://sashajenkin.com/

This discussion/podcast is split into two parts.Part 1: In this episode I talk to Sanjay Kumar who is now back in Bangalore in India (where he grew up) after living in London for 17 years. Whilst in the UK he trained to be a psychotherapist and worked specialising in supporting gay men and also offered bereavement therapy. This episode was recorded before the horrendous spread of Covid in India. Before the full episode we have a brief discussion on this (recorded more recently) as Sanjay and I felt it would be appropriate to acknowledge the effects of Covid in his country.Here are details for 2 charities working on the ground in India supporting families affected by Covid if you would like to help out:https://www.khalsaaid.org/news/india-covid-reliefhttps://www.ketto.orgIf you would like to work with Sanjay you can get in touch with him via the following sites:https://www.facebook.com/positivetherapytodayhttps://www.instagram.com/positivetherapytoday/Definitions and information about various things we discuss in the show:Integrative: A model of Therapy that draws from several modalities.Existential: https://www.counselling-directory.org.uk/existential-therapy.htmlPhenomenology: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenomenology_(philosophy)Humanistic: https://www.counselling-directory.org.uk/humanistic.htmlMindfulness: https://www.mindful.org/meditation/mindfulness-getting-started/Vipassana Meditation: https://www.dhamma.org/en/about/vipassana Gaie Houston: http://www.gaiehouston.co.ukPACE: PACE Health was of the oldest LGBT charities in London offered therapeutic and advocacy services to the community, sadly closed in 2014.Loving Men: https://www.lovingmen.org 

https://ifs-institute.com/resources/research/ifs-glossary-terms

The above link is a glossary of common terms used in Internal Family Systems Therapy from the IFS Institute.

More info on my fabulous guests can be found on the podcast website:
https://thevalidationloungeallpartsarewelcome.buzzsprout.com

Sasha Jenkin website for any feedback please:
https://sashajenkin.com/