Workshops

Being a therapist is fascinating, rewarding, and sometimes quite challenging. For IFS clinicians, however, there is an important added benefit -we work collaboratively, looping in client Self-energy as an active partner in the process. Yet, I hear therapists tell me they often feel overwhelmed, work long hours, and are really tired. Is this ‘normal’? Is it okay? Is it harmful?

In this experiential workshop, we will discuss signs of compassion fatigue and burnout, discovering how our parts view the parameters of therapist responsibility and the intersection of our needs with our clients.

This workshop will explore the application of Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy across various group settings, including group therapy, training sessions, and group retreats.

Exiles become burdened when the response needed to distressing events is not available. This is one definition of trauma. Healing this loss, often profound, includes grieving. This workshop will explore the application of the IFS model to grieve these unattended losses.

We will discuss how to identify and work with protectors that avoid, rush, minimize, distract, etc. from the grief. We will discuss allowing exiles to stay with grief to deepen healing and integration.

Compassionate Inquiry is a psychotherapeutic method developed by Dr. Gabor Maté that reveals what lies beneath the appearance we present to the world.

Dr. Maté will model the process of Compassionate Inquiry with course participants and instruct therapists in the practice of this powerful technique to help clients access deep healing and transformation. This will be both an experiential, participatory workshop where participants will be guided through their own personal process, as well as a training to teach the method of Compassionate Inquiry to health professionals, therapists and social workers.

IFS couples therapy is an area that gets more and more interest. There are many challanges to this kind of work and when we meet a highly conflictual couple we may be surprised with how the process gets complicated. During this series of online workshops Mary Kruger will show you how to approach such couples and how to use IFS to help them.

Mary Kruger, MS, LMFT, founded Rimmon Pond Counseling, an IFS-based private practice in Connecticut, and has specialized in addictions, eating disorders, trauma, and relationships for over 20 years.

One of the biggest challenges for IFS therapists and practitioners are protectors, who are difficult to befriend. These are the parts that doubt the existence of Self, cut us off from our inner experience, are not willing to share their positive intent or have any other extreme strategy that bring stuckness to the process. During this IFS workshop series you will learn new ways to befriend these difficult protectors.

Mike Elkin is an IFS senior Lead trainer who has been involved with the model since 1995. He has been a popular presenter, conducting scores of trainings and workshops throughout the US and Europe and has taught level one trainings in Boston every year since 2003.

In our culture, criticizing addiction is welcome. It’s often believed that this is the only way to control the behaviour of people who are addicted. IFS offers a paradigm shift – a perspective in which we can unlock the healing potential by being compassionate to those who are stuck in their addiction. During this workshop series you will learn how to use compassion to effectively resolve addictive and compulsive practices.
Cece Sykes is a Senior Lead Trainer and she has over thirty years of clinical experience working with individuals, couples and families, specializing in work with the effects of trauma and addiction.

Daily Parts Meditation Practice® for Clients with Michelle Glass is a series of 3 online IFS Therapy workshops.

You will learn 6 IFS therapy tools endorsed by Richard Schwartz and Gabor Mate which will allow you to discover new ways of tracking your healing progress and mapping your parts. This workshop will give you knowdlege, practice and confidence to effectively engage in your inner work between sessions.

Daily Parts Meditation Practice® for Therapists & Practitioners with Michelle Glass is a series of 4 online IFS Therapy workshops.

You will learn 6 IFS therapy tools endorsed by Richard Schwartz and Gabor Mate which will allow you to discover new ways of tracking your clients healing progress and mapping their parts. This workshop will give you knowdlege, practice and confidence to effectively engage your clients between sessions.

What is the true nature of our exiles? How to differentiate them from their burdens and identify their natural qualities and gifts? In this series we will take a deep dive into working with exiles with the focus on the unburdening process. You will also learn how to integrate the unburdened exile’s gifts into your everyday life.
Paul Neustadt is a senior IFS Co-Lead Trainer and AAMFT approved supervisor. In his private practice, he specializes in couples’ therapy, parent coaching, and IFS consultation.