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Befriending your inner critic with Internal Family Systems
By Vanessa Kredler
Course Summary
When we’re struggling with food, eating and body concerns, we often find a loud inner critic inside of us. Inner critics can be very relentless and persistent in demanding improvement, perfection and action. Their high expectations lead to a lot of internal conflict and feelings of anxiety, anger, shame and a sense of worthlessness. That’s why we hear so much advice on how to ‘silence’, ‘beat’, ‘conquer’ or ‘fight’ your inner critic’! But what happens if we try to befriend our inner critic? What would it be like to change our relationship with it, so that it could become our ally? In three live experiential sessions you will learn about your inner critic through the lens of Internal Family Systems (IFS), a compassionate and curious form of psychotherapy, which has been used to support people struggling with food and eating and body image concerns since the 1980s and has gained a lot of attention in recent years.
What you’ll get:
What you’ll get:
3 x 75-minute live sessions including education and guided practice
Opportunity to share your experience with group members
Suggestions for creative homeplay in between sessions
Recordings of the sessions if you couldn't join live
Downloadable slides
What you’ll learn:
Gain a basic understanding of Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Learn about why inner critics exist
Experience what it’s like to get in touch with your inner critic
Learn basic techniques of how to meet and dialogue with your inner critic
Gain a pathway towards transforming your relationship with your inner critic
WHEN:
3 x 75min Sessions will be on Fridays (1, 8, 15) in March 2024 at 5:30pm Eastern - if you are in Australia, sessions are on Saturdays (2, 9, 16) at 9:30am **Except the 16th is at 8:30am due to time change in the US.
$50USD
Vanessa is a registered counsellor based in Sydney, Australia. She takes a compassionate and curious approach to working with clients with a focus on addiction, complex trauma and the intergenerational nature of trauma. Vanessa’s special area is food addiction, because that was the first addiction that forced her into recovery. Her approach is trauma-informed, person-centred and informed by Internal Family Systems (IFS). Vanessa has an MA in Counselling (UNE), is a certified food addiction counsellor (INFACT), and an IFS Institute trained IFS therapist. Vanessa’s work is influenced by her own recovery journey, and underpinned by the principle of “do your own work”, which means Vanessa is engaged in her own therapy and draws on somatic and other healing modalities. Vanessa is also a passionate advocate for raising awareness of food addiction and complex trauma, and breaking the associated stigma. She collaborates with organisations such as SANE Australia and the Blue Knot Foundation by sharing her lived experience publicly.
