When We Speak is a podcast where we have inspirational, candid, and empowering conversations. It’s a place where we share insight into how we cope, heal, and find meaning in a wide range of experiences. Hosted by mental health therapist, speaker, and author of “What Children Remember”, Tasha Hunter, MSW, LCSW.
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45. Black Clinicians and Internal Family Systems
Today my guests and I are discussing Internal Family Systems ( IFS), how we were introduced to the model, what we've learned about ourselves because of IFS, how it impacts our lives and relationships, and how IFS has given us the language to communicate our pain, and what it means to be a Black woman and Black therapist in the IFS community. Please join me and guests:
Crystal R. Jones, LCSW
Andrieah Johnson, LMHC
Requina Barnes, LICSW
43. Kim Paulus, LMFT
Today I am speaking with my friend and Internal Family Systems peer Kim Paulus, LMFT. Kim and I discuss the intersection of queerness and BIPOC, being a first generation immigrant and biracial. We discuss legacy burdens and ancestral healing among BIPOC queers. We also discuss what it means to speak your truth, how to meet others in the LGBTQ+ community, what it means to live authentically, and how to navigate relationships with those who disapprove of the gay community.
Kim Paulus describes herself as a fat, biracial, queer psychotherapist and IFS clinical consultant in private practice in Oakland, California. With a background in social justice activism, she serves primarily the LGBTQIIA+ and BIPOC communities, including multiracial people and adult children of immigrant parents. She first began using IFS in 2004, and was recently invited to join the IFS training staff as an Assistant Trainer. She is passionate about bringing the beautiful healing and empowerment that IFS offers to more and more of her people.