Trauma Treatment Course
Foundations of Internal Family Systems Therapy
Trainer:Â Crystal Hines
Available on-demand
Learn the potential of your therapeutic practice with our Foundations of Internal Family Systems Therapy training. Designed for therapists seeking to deepen their understanding of parts work, this beginner-level training offers an immersive exploration into the IFS model, allowing you to integrate its powerful techniques into your sessions effectively. Whether you’re new to IFS or looking to solidify your foundational knowledge, this course provides the essential tools and insights needed to transform your clinical approach.
Our training is crafted to address the common frustrations many therapists face—navigating the complexity of IFS without formal training, understanding the nuanced roles of different parts within a client, and effectively applying these concepts in real-world scenarios. Through a combination of theoretical learning and hands-on practice, you’ll gain clarity on how to build rapport with protective parts, foster self-energy within your clients, and facilitate deep, meaningful healing processes.
We understand the barriers that often come with pursuing specialized training—time, cost, and accessibility. That’s why we’ve designed this course to be both comprehensive and accessible, offering you practical strategies you can start using with your clients right away. With expert guidance and support, you’ll walk away with a robust understanding of the IFS model and the confidence to implement it in your practice.
Don’t miss this opportunity to enhance your therapeutic skills and better serve your clients. This course is not just about learning a new model; it’s about empowering you as a therapist to navigate the complexities of your clients’ inner worlds with greater empathy, clarity, and effectiveness. Join us and take the first step towards mastering Internal Family Systems Therapy, a journey that will not only enrich your professional capabilities but also deepen your connection with the transformative power of IFS.
This course was recorded on November 22nd, 2024.
Available for asynchronous on-demand learning.
Free resource from Crystal Hines
This meditation is designed to help you be with parts!Â
COURSE DETAILS
This course will provide participants with a comprehensive introduction to the foundational principles, concepts, and techniques of the Internal Family Systems model. This training is designed for mental health therapists who wish to integrate IFS into their clinical practice. This is a beginner’s level training, so no prior IFS experience or knowledge is necessary.
This training will include the following:
- Overview of IFS Model: The training begins with an in-depth overview of the Internal Family Systems model, developed by Dr. Richard Schwartz. Participants will learn about the theoretical underpinnings of IFS, including its understanding of the mind as composed of various parts, each with its own unique qualities and motivations.
- Basic Concepts and Principles: Participants will be introduced to core concepts and principles of IFS, such as the idea of “Self” as the compassionate and calm core of the person, and the concept of “parts” as distinct aspects of the psyche that carry emotions, beliefs, behaviors, and experiences.
- Building Access to Self-Energy: A central goal of IFS therapy is to help clients cultivate Self-energy, the ability to access their core of calmness, compassion, and clarity. Participants will learn ways to understand and explain the concept of Self-energy, strategies to build more access to Self-energy within themselves and their clients, and strengthen relationships between parts and Self.
- Understanding Parts: Trainees will learn how to identify and understand different types of parts, including protectors, exiles, and managers, and how these parts interact within an individual’s internal system.
- Working with Protectors: A significant portion of the training will focus on working with protective parts of the psyche. Participants will learn techniques for building rapport with protectors, understanding their positive intentions, how to interview protectors, and help clients build a compassionate relationship with their parts.
- Healing Exiles: Trainees will explore approaches for working with young, vulnerable parts aka exiled parts of the self. This involves an IFS process of healing called Unburdening.
- Experiential Learning and Practice: Trainees will experience a blend of live and recorded IFS therapy sessions and skills, mindfulness exercises to create felt sense of own parts and Self energy, and have the opportunity to practice essential IFS skills in dyads.
- Ethical Considerations and Integration: Trainees will also explore ethical considerations related to using the IFS model in therapy and strategies for integrating IFS techniques into their existing therapeutic approach.
AGENDA
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Introductions and Course Orientation
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 Overview of the Theory of IFS
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Understanding Self-Energy
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Curiosity Experiential
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Understanding Parts of Self
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Essential IFS Skills
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Be with Parts Experiential
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Healing Steps of IFS
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Applying IFS
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Applying IFS cont
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Demo of IFS Session
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Debrief Session
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Working with Protectors
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Therapist Parts
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Externalizing Parts
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Window of Tolerance and Self-Energy
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Building Self-to-Part Relationship
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Limitations to IFS
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Wrap up lecture/Q&A
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
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Integrate IFS therapy skills into current therapeutic practices.
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Assess clinical mental health symptoms through the lens of protective parts of Self.
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Distinguish between Parts of Self and Self-Energy.
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Develop IFS strategies to use to get to know and build safety with protective parts of clients.
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Analyze the concept of Self-energy through a polyvagal perspective.
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Differentiate the IFS therapy model from other treatment modalities.
ABOUT YOUR TRAINER, ALISON LESLIE
Crystal is a licensed professional counselor based out of Firestone, CO and Founder of Align Therapy and Consultation. Crystal and her team are helping therapists go from Surviving to Thriving through providing tailored services to meet the needs of the burnt-out healer. Crystal and her team provide the following services: EMDR Consultation, IFS Consultation, Private Practice Business Coaching, Intuitive Tarot Card Readings, LPCC Supervision, Continuing Education, Therapy for Therapists, and Process Groups for Therapists. Additionally Crystal Hines is part of the Trauma Therapist Institute training team.Â
Crystal has a brain-body-heart approach to healing. She is both direct and compassionate in her work with clients and knows the importance of doing her own healing. Crystal is a complex trauma survivor and is passionate about helping others along their healing journeys. She has a gift of connecting with the inner child who lives in all of us.
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