Cece Sykes, LCSW, ACSW; IFS Senior Trainer for L1, L2 and L3 trainings and leads retreats, workshops and webinars Internationally. Cece has over thirty-five years of clinical experience specializing in the effects of trauma and addiction. She co-authored IFS Therapy for Addictions: Trauma-Informed, Compassion-Based Interventions for Substance Use, Eating, Gambling and More with Martha Sweezy and Dick Schwartz, released in 2023.

Richard C. Schwartz, PhD, is the creator of Internal Family Systems, a highly effective, evidence-based therapeutic model that de-pathologizes the multi-part personality. His IFS Institute offers training for professionals and the general public. He is currently on the faculty of Harvard Medical School, and has published five books, including No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model. Dick lives with his wife Jeanne near Chicago, close to his three daughters and his growing number of grandchildren.