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Introduction to Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy: Core Principles, Skills and Integration Considerations for Clinical Practice

The buzz around IFS therapy is undeniable among therapists.

They're raving about its non-pathologizing approach and telling everyone that it’s allowed them to delve into deeper work with greater ease, fostering sessions that feel collaborative, fluid, and more authentic than ever before.

And now with this 1-day course, you can get a robust learning experience complete with lectures, demonstrations, and practical real-world applications that will deepen your understanding of the IFS framework and enhance your therapeutic skills.

You’ll join Stacy Ruse, LPC who specializes in using IFS therapy for gentle and effective trauma work with clients and provides consultation to help other clinicians reach their full potential using the IFS model.

With her specialized guidance and expertise, integrating IFS therapy concepts into your practice will feel easy and natural…adding new and beneficial dimensions to your work right away.

You’ll end this program better able to navigate complex trauma with confidence, facilitate healing conversations, and guide clients toward profound transformation.

Don't miss this opportunity to elevate your therapeutic approach and make a lasting impact on your clients' healing journey.

Register now!

This product is not endorsed by, sponsored by, or affiliated with the IFS Institute and does not qualify for IFS Institute credits or certification.

Program Information

Target Audience

  • Counselors
  • Social workers
  • Marriage and Family Therapists
  • Psychologists
  • Addiction Counselors
  • Nurse Practitioners
  • Physicians
  • Others in caring profession

Outline

Introduction to the IFS Model

  • Brief history of IFS
  • Basic assumptions and holistic approach
  • Inclusivity, cultural humility, and competency
  • Therapeutic and clinical applications

The Self-Led Therapist

  • The core self
  • The 8 C’s of IFS therapy
  • Self-qualities extended
  • How to distinguish self from parts

IFS Therapy Guide to Parts

  • Types of parts
  • How do we clinically relate to parts?
  • Managers: the proactive parts
  • Firefighters: the reactive parts
  • Exiles: the wounded & shadowed parts
  • Guided practice

Foundational IFS Therapy Step-by-Step

  • Unblending the system for emotional regulation
  • The 6 F’s of IFS: Getting to Know Parts
  • Shifting to inner story & connection
  • Getting to know exiles
  • Integration work
  • Video demo – IFS therapy in action
  • Integration with other models

Evidence, Research Limitations, and Treatment Risks

  • Examining the current research and research limitations
  • Addressing potential risks
  • Contraindications and other considerations

Objectives

  1. Discuss integrating the "observer self" concept in psychotherapy by quantifying its impact on enhancing client introspection and self-reflection.
  2. Summarize the fundamental principles of Internal Family Systems (IFS)therapy and how they apply to clinical practice.
  3. Demonstrate an understanding of how therapists' awareness of their internal processes impacts their clinical work, the therapeutic relationship and client interactions.
  4. Evaluate the preliminary support for IFS as a promising practice for the treatment of PTSD among adults with a history of childhood trauma.
  5. Utilize the Internal Family Systems model to enhance self-awareness and improve interpersonal skills in clients.
  6. Examine the potential risks, contraindications, and other considerations associated with using the IFS model.

Copyright : 03/11/2024

Using Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy for Trauma, Anxiety and Grief: Clinical Tools to Connect Clients to their Parts for Deeper Healing

IFS therapy is the clinical approach everyone is talking about...and for good reason.

Widely acclaimed by leading voices in the field and thousands of clinicians who have already integrated it into their practice, IFS therapy is one of the most innovative and effective approaches to psychotherapy available today.

By recognizing that individuals are made up of multiple parts, each with their own thoughts, emotions, and behaviors, IFS therapy transforms your practice and allows you to work with clients on a much-deeper level…

…so you can help them connect with and heal parts of themselves that were previously inaccessible.

And now in this training, you’ll discover how IFS therapy can provide you a unique framework for working with your clients’ many parts so you can help them heal past traumas, reduce symptoms of anxiety, and navigate their biggest losses.

You’ll watch Certified IFS Therapist and Approved IFS Clinical Consultant Daphne Fatter, PhD. Dr. Fatter completed her postdoctoral fellowship in Clinical Psychology under the direct supervision of world-renowned trauma expert Dr. Bessel van der Kolk and has been using IFS to achieve incredible results with clients for over a decade.

Full of specific skills, knowledge, techniques and insight building case studies, Dr. Fatter will empower you to:

  • Use simple steps and guided exercises to get started with IFS in your practice
  • Work with anxious parts in the IFS framework to reduce their intensity
  • Provide clients a sense of inner stability through the grieving process
  • Release emotional and physical trauma stored in the body with IFS techniques
  • Integrate IFS with EMDR, CBT and other treatment modalities you already use
  • And much more!

This is your chance to enhance your skills as a therapist and join the thousands of therapists who’ve already discovered the transformative power of IFS therapy.

Purchase now!

This product is not endorsed by, sponsored by, or affiliated with the IFS Institute and does not qualify for IFS Institute credits or certification. 

Program Information

Objectives

  1. Analyze the fundamental principles of Internal Family Systems (IFS) and how they apply to clinical practice. 
  2. Evaluate the characteristics of Self and its role in the internal system of the client. 
  3. Examine the three types of parts in IFS and their impact on the client's internal system. 
  4. Interpret clinical symptoms through the lens of IFS and develop a comprehensive understanding of how to apply the model to the client's specific needs. 
  5. Describe the principles of IFS and how they can be applied in working with anxious parts to reduce their intensity and impact on clients' daily lives. 
  6. Implement self-leadership techniques to provide a sense of inner stability and support for clients navigating the grieving process, including working with exiles in grief and addressing common protectors. 
  7. Explore how to address trauma-related fears and concerns by working with protective parts and facilitating communication with exiles in the client's system.

Outline

Internal Family Systems: Heal Wounded Parts, Transform Protective Parts, and Deepen Connection with Self

  • Foundational principles and goals of IFS
  • Understand different parts of your clients’ internal system
  • Parts Led Systems vs Self-Led Systems
  • IFS, Cultural Identities, and Intersectionality

Steps of IFS Therapy and How to Get Started

  • The IFS approach to assessment and treatment planning
  • Develop a relationship with clients’ core self and develop self-leadership skills
  • Facilitating communication and collaboration between parts
  • How to integrate IFS therapy experiences into clients’ daily lives
  • Guided Experiential Exercises to help clients identify and connect with different parts

IFS for Anxiety: Working with Anxious Parts to Reduce Their Intensity

  • How IFS shifts a client’s relationship with anxiety and reduces symptoms
  • Identify “worrier” or “perfectionist” parts that activate in response to anxiety triggers
  • Facilitate communication with an anxious parts to understand their motivations
  • Unburden exiled parts and release blocked or stuck anxiety-related emotions
  • Practice self-compassion and self-care to reduce anxiety over time
  • Case Examples

An Internal Family Systems Approach to Grief: Providing Stability and Support for Clients Navigating the Grieving Process

  • The latest grief research and DSM-TR Prolonged Grief Disorder Criteria
  • Self-leadership to provide a sense of inner stability through the grieving process
  • Exiles in grief and how they can be accessed and worked with in IFS therapy
  • Addressing common protectors, such as avoidance, dissociation, and numbing
  • Integration of Art, Writing, Ritual & Cultural Practices with IFS
  • Using IFS to identify and process secondary losses
  • Working with acute loss, ambiguous grief, prolonged grief disorder
  • Intergenerational Trauma: Legacy Burdens & Grief
  • Case examples

IFS Therapy for Trauma, PTSD and Complex Trauma

  • How IFS differs in emotion regulation strategies from other approaches
  • Common therapist missteps in IFS
  • Address trauma-related fears and concerns by working with protective parts
  • Work with exiles to help clients process and heal from traumatic experiences
  • Developing self-leadership in clients to increase their resilience and coping skills
  • IFS techniques to help clients release emotional and physical trauma stored in the body
  • Navigating polarizations in the client’s system
  • How does IFS address Intergenerational, collective and ancestral trauma
  • Case Examples

Additional Considerations in IFS

  • Limitations of the Research & Potential Risks
  • Using IFS in Groups
  • IFS & Therapeutic Relationship
  • IFS & Countertransference, Vicarious Trauma, & Burnout
  • Therapist Self-Disclosure
  • Medications in IFS

Target Audience

  • Counselors
  • Social Workers
  • Psychiatrists
  • Psychologists
  • Addiction Counselors
  • Marriage and Family Therapists
  • Therapists
  • Physicians
  • Nurses
  • Other Professionals Who Work within the Mental Health Fields

Copyright : 09/26/2023