The Art of Groups

This week Carrie is joined by Annie Weiss, LICSW, CGP, FAGPA. Annie has a private practice in Newton, MA. She holds degrees from Yale University and Smith College, and has taught group dynamics to Harvard Medical Students, at the Boston Institute for Psychotherapy and Boston College. She is a certified group psychotherapist, and a certified IFS therapist. Annie consults with community mental health centers, leads local, national and international training on topics related to group therapy, and leads process-oriented training groups for clinicians online and in person. She is co-author of the book Women, Intersectionality and Power in Group Psychotherapy Leadership.  Together they’ll discuss: *  How Annie blends IFS, interpersonal, and psychodynamic theories *  Working with your own system as a group facilitator *  The unique challenges that people who identify as women face in group leadership roles * The challenges and rewards of training group therapists And much more… You can connect with Annie at http://www.annieweisstherapy.net/ [http://www.annieweisstherapy.net/] You can buy her book: Women, Intersectionality, and Power in Group Psychotherapy Leadership [https://www.amazon.com/Women-Intersectionality-Power-Psychotherapy-Leadership/dp/0367471647/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=]. Visit the Arts of Groups Website to learn more: www.artofgroups.com [http://www.artofgroups.com].  Direction and Original Idea: Carrie Haynes  Production: Hayley Lewis The post Episode 0046 | IFS Informed Psychotherapy Groups with Annie Weiss [https://www.artofgroups.com/episode-0046-ifs-informed-psychotherapy-groups-with-annie-weiss/] first appeared on The Art of Groups [https://www.artofgroups.com]. The post Episode 0046 | IFS Informed Psychotherapy Groups with Annie Weiss [https://www.artofgroups.com/episode-0046-ifs-informed-psychotherapy-groups-with-annie-weiss/] appeared first on The Art of Groups [https://www.artofgroups.com].

EPISODE 0045 | WITH SARA AVANT STOVER This week Carrie is joined by Sara Avant Stover.  Sara Avant Stover (she/her) is a Certified Internal Family Systems (IFS) Practitioner and teacher and mentor of women’s spirituality, empowerment,  and entrepreneurship. She’s also the author of The Way of the Happy Woman , The Book of SHE , and Handbook for the Heartbroken.  After graduating Phi Beta Kappa and Summa cum Laude from Columbia University’s all-women’s Barnard College, Sara had a cancer scare, moved to Chiang Mai, Thailand, and, there, embarked on a decade-long healing and spiritual odyssey throughout Asia. Since then, she’s gone on to uplift tens of thousands of women worldwide.  Sara specializes in supporting women to discover and fulfill their true potential at the intersection where entrepreneurship meets personal and spiritual growth. She has been featured in Yoga Journal, The Huffington Post, Newsweek, Natural Health, and on ABC, NBC, and CBS. She lives in Boulder, CO, and is online at SaraAvantStover.com. Together, they’ll discuss: *  The stigma associated with a “fall from grace” and our cultural aversion to perceived failure *  How hardship serves as an “initiation” to deepen our soul’s work *  How she navigated her healing journey as a public figure * The tools that she used to navigate the most challenging time in her life And much more… You can order Sara’s new book here [https://saraavantstover.com/handbook-heartbroken]. You can connect with Sara at https://saraavantstover.com/ [https://saraavantstover.com/] You can sign up for Sara’s retreat at Drala Mountain Center here [https://www.dralamountain.org/program/ew524-entrepreneurial-women-cultivate-resilience-rest-inspiration-when-the-going-gets-tough/]. Visit the Art of Groups Website to learn more: www.artofgroups.com [http://www.artofgroups.com].  Direction and Original Idea: Carrie Haynes  Production: Hayley Lewis The post From Heartbreak to Wholeness with Sara Avant Stover [https://www.artofgroups.com/from-heartbreak-to-wholeness-with-sara-avant-stover/] first appeared on The Art of Groups [https://www.artofgroups.com]. The post From Heartbreak to Wholeness with Sara Avant Stover [https://www.artofgroups.com/from-heartbreak-to-wholeness-with-sara-avant-stover/] appeared first on The Art of Groups [https://www.artofgroups.com].

This week Carrie is joined by Dr. Kylin Lee. Kylin is a licensed psychologist based in Austin, TX. She graduated with her Master’s in Educational Psychology, and then her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from Texas A&M University in 2010. She received group therapy training at Colorado State University and has been facilitating interpersonal process groups, as well as training graduate students and early career therapists in group therapy for 10 years in a university setting. Together they’ll discuss: * Dispelling common misconceptions hindering therapists from incorporating group therapy * Harnessing the underlying energy within a group to craft truly transformative experiences * Adapting interventions to the group’s developmental stage for swifter and deeper results And much more… You can connect with Kylin at https://www.kylinhlee.com/ [https://www.kylinhlee.com/] Visit the Arts of Groups Website to learn more: www.artofgroups.com [http://www.artofgroups.com].  Direction and Original Idea: Carrie Haynes  Production: Hayley Lewis The post 3 Keys to Working with Group Dynamics with Dr. Kylin Lee [https://www.artofgroups.com/episode-0044-3-keys-to-working-with-group-dynamics-with-dr-kylin-lee/] first appeared on The Art of Groups [https://www.artofgroups.com]. The post 3 Keys to Working with Group Dynamics with Dr. Kylin Lee [https://www.artofgroups.com/episode-0044-3-keys-to-working-with-group-dynamics-with-dr-kylin-lee/] appeared first on The Art of Groups [https://www.artofgroups.com].

This week Carrie is joined by  Silen Wellington. Silen is a sculptor of sound, artist of people, gender liminal shapeshifter, mercurial name collector, restless poet, and storyteller, among other things. They found their way to wholeness and self-love through mostly “alternative” means, namely: guided rites of passage journeys, performance art, unhinged-unfettered-unapologetic dance, and connections with fiercely humble Elders & mentors who shared some of Silen’s marginalized identities. Silen is a white settler living on Cheyenne, Arapaho & Ute lands seeking to unsettle himself & constantly develop greater awareness and humility, listening to be in the right relationship with the land & advocating for racial justice. A lover of thresholds, Silen is transgender & queer experiencing varying degrees of (quasi-spiritual) madness sometimes self-labeled as neurodivergent and is otherwise abled. Silen is endlessly grateful to have found their way to peer support work, is a certified peer support specialist, and facilitates some of Yarrow’s Alternatives to Suicide & ECHO teen groups in addition to grant writing, budget managing, and overall directing. Together, they’ll discuss: * Silen’s personal journey and the role that group work played in their healing * The role of Peer Support in our communities * The strengths and challenges of Peer Support And much more… You can connect with Silen at https://silenwellington.com/ [https://silenwellington.com/]  Visit the Arts of Groups Website to learn more: www.artofgroups.com [http://www.artofgroups.com].  Direction and Original Idea: Carrie Haynes  Production: Hayley Lewis The post Peer Support Groups: Connecting Through Lived Experience with Silen Wellington [https://www.artofgroups.com/peer-support-groups-connecting-through-lived-experience-with-silen-wellington/] first appeared on The Art of Groups [https://www.artofgroups.com]. The post Peer Support Groups: Connecting Through Lived Experience with Silen Wellington [https://www.artofgroups.com/peer-support-groups-connecting-through-lived-experience-with-silen-wellington/] appeared first on The Art of Groups [https://www.artofgroups.com].

This week Carrie is joined by clinical consultant and psychotherapist Chris Burris, M.Ed, LMFT, LCMHCS Chris is the author of “Creating Healing Circles: Using the Internal Family Systems Model in Facilitating Groups”.  Much of Chris’s career has been devoted to providing training and supervision for psychotherapists who specialize in treating trauma. He has trained thousands of therapists in the IFS model both in the United States and around the world. Chris has a passion for making the IFS model more culturally sensitive, relevant, and accessible for people of the global majority. He has a reputation for being an open-hearted, caring, and innovative trainer. With the growing demand for trained IFS therapists, Chris’s practice has transitioned from individual psychotherapy, individual supervision, and individual consultation to offering only IFS group training and group consultation for IFS trained therapists. Together, they’ll discuss: * Why are IFS circles particularly effective? * How an IFS circle is different or similar to other  types of group work? * Chris’ perspective on the importance of working directly with parts versus talking about parts * How to balance self-disclosure and authenticity while also staying in the leadership role * Self-like parts and their role in facilitation And much more… You can connect with Chris Burris at https://burriscounseling.com/ [https://burriscounseling.com/] Visit the Arts of Groups Website to learn more: www.artofgroups.com [http://www.artofgroups.com].  Direction and Original Idea: Carrie Haynes  Production: Hayley Lewis The post IFS Healing Circles with Chris Burris [https://www.artofgroups.com/ifs-healing-circles-with-chris-burris/] first appeared on The Art of Groups [https://www.artofgroups.com]. The post IFS Healing Circles with Chris Burris [https://www.artofgroups.com/ifs-healing-circles-with-chris-burris/] appeared first on The Art of Groups [https://www.artofgroups.com].