Dreams Work and IFS with Heloisa Garman

In this episode of IFS Talks, Heloisa Garman discusses her background in family therapy and Internal Family Systems (IFS), highlighting her work with underprivileged communities in Brazil and her interest in dream work. She explains how her mother influenced her path into psychotherapy and how she discovered IFS during her training, appreciating its integration of internal and external family systems. Garman details her systemic approach to dream work, emphasizing the use of self and exploring the four basic steps: detailing the dream, identifying a key image, working with the part, and navigating polarizations. She also addresses trauma, recurring dreams, lucid dreams, and techniques for remembering dreams, advocating for the importance of dream work in therapy and expressing her future goals to educate therapists on its benefits.