548- How to Heal from Trauma Using Internal Family Systems (IFS)
ADHD Experts Podcast
ADDitude
4.6 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 1 April 2025
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Children with ADHD face more trauma and attacks on self-esteem than their neurotypical peers. Susan Bauerfeld, Ph.D., explains why, and introduces a type of therapy that's especially helpful to people who experience trauma: Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy.
ADHD and Trauma: Additional Resources
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Attention Deficit Disorder Expert Podcast Series by Attitude Magazine. |
| 0:13.8 | Everyone, I'm Carol Fleck, and on behalf of the Attitude team, I'm delighted to welcome you to today's ADHD expert's presentation titled How to Heal from Trauma Using Internal Family Systems. |
| 0:29.2 | Leading today's presentation is Dr. Susan Bauerfeld. |
| 0:33.3 | Dr. Bauerfeld is a licensed clinical psychologist, an executive function coach, and an internal family systems therapist. |
| 0:42.7 | She recently retired from private practice, but lucky for us, she continues to provide workshops and presentations to help children and young adults struggling with ADHD, trauma, anxiety, learning challenges, |
| 0:58.1 | and more. |
| 0:59.7 | In today's webinar, we'll learn about the relationship between ADHD and trauma. |
| 1:05.7 | We'll also explain how a type of talk therapy called internal family systems helps people manage and release |
| 1:13.1 | intense feelings and behaviors associated with trauma. Finally, the sponsor of this webinar is Inflow. |
| 1:21.5 | Living with ADHD while navigating trauma can feel overwhelming and exhausting. Inflow gets it. |
| 1:27.7 | Developed by leading ADHD experts, their science-backed self-help program provides |
| 1:33.4 | proven strategies to help you manage emotional triggers, build resilience, and regain a sense of control. |
| 1:39.7 | Click the link on screen to take Inflow's free ADHD traits quiz to get started. |
| 1:45.3 | Attitude thanks our sponsors for supporting our webinars. |
| 1:48.8 | Sponsorship has no influence on speaker selection or webinar content. |
| 1:53.7 | So without further ado, I'm so delighted to welcome Dr. Susan Bauerfeld. |
| 1:58.4 | Thank you so much for joining us today and leading this discussion. |
| 2:03.3 | Thank you, Carol, and welcome to everyone who's in attendance today, and I'm really looking forward to this opportunity to speak with you about IFS and ADHD and trauma. |
| 2:16.8 | I am not affiliated with or sponsored by any company or entity. |
| 2:21.3 | Okay, so today you're going to learn a little bit about a form of therapy called IFS. |
| 2:29.3 | And this is, I hope, going to give you a different way to understand both the experiences of people with ADHD |
| 2:37.8 | and also the impact of trauma in ADHD and a new and different way of thinking about it and helping. |
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