Intercultural Competence and IFS: A Conversation with Fatimah Finney

The podcast explores intercultural competence within the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model, emphasizing the balance between cultural self-awareness and awareness of others. Fatimah Finney, a certified IFS therapist and consultant, discusses the importance of addressing systemic issues like racism in therapy to facilitate healing. She highlights challenges in exploring personal biases, such as grief over past actions and legacy burdens of perfectionism. Finney stresses the need for community support in navigating intercultural competence, especially for white individuals confronting historical truths and people of color seeking recovery. She also explains the interplay between intent and impact, advocating for acknowledgment and repair in relational interactions to foster connection over being right.