— Dr Bessel van der Kolk, world-leading trauma treatment innovator and author of the New York Times bestseller The Body Keeps the Score
You’ve heard about the astonishing results thousands of therapists globally are achieving with their clients using the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model...
... now you can discover the transformative power of this revolutionary modality for yourself with our FREE online CPD course!
You’ll get access to over four hours of premium content from world-renowned IFS therapists Dr Frank Anderson, Dr Alexia Rothman and Nancy Sowell, LICSW...
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... that will show you how you can begin using the IFS model when working with trauma, anxiety, depression, shame, children, couples, addictions, eating disorders, LGBTQIA+, racial trauma, and so much more.
Complete this on-demand online course at your own pace and get the tools you need to help clients safely connect to their true selves and transform their lives.
Step-by-Step Procedures for Healing Trauma, Anxiety, Depression and More
This free online CPD course will introduce you to the basics of Internal Family Systems therapy, equip you with some of its most powerful techniques and show them in action via a real-client demonstration! The course is split into four modules:
MODULE 1 - An Introduction to the Internal Family Systems Model
With Dr Alexia Rothman
Alexia uses her decades of clinical experience as an IFS certified therapist to introduce you to the basics of the IFS model. You’ll learn the foundational principles and methods that underlie all IFS techniques you may go on to use in your practice.
MODULE 2 - Leading by Example: The Presence of the IFS Therapist
With With Nancy Sowell, LICSW
Senior IFS lead trainer Nancy Sowell explains the importance of being Self-led for the IFS therapist. She shows you proven techniques that will enable you to stay attuned, engaged, and present when working with clients so that you can facilitate the deep work that leads to lasting change.
MODULE 3 - Powerful Interventions for Working With Parts
With Nancy Sowell, LICSW
Direct access is one of the most powerful tools available to the IFS therapist. Nancy teaches you the ideology and practical applications behind the technique so that you can facilitate deep, internal parts work with your clients.
MODULE 4 - IFS Therapy in Action: Real Client Demonstration
With Dr Frank Anderson
Now you have a foundational understanding of IFS therapy and its techniques, watch certified IFS clinical consultant and therapist Dr Frank Anderson in action as he uses parts work to help a client struggling with procrastination. The session deepens as more of the client’s younger parts come forward and reveal how they felt criticized and unsupported during childhood.
practical steps for emotional healing and for leading a self-led life."
— Dr Gabor Maté, celebrated trauma and addictions expert and author of In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts
Step-by-Step Procedures for Healing Trauma, Anxiety, Depression and More
DR FRANK ANDERSON completed his residency and was a clinical instructor in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He is both a psychiatrist and psychotherapist. He specializes in the treatment of trauma and dissociation and is passionate about teaching brain-based psychotherapy and integrating current neuroscience knowledge with the IFS model of therapy.
DR ALEXIA ROTHMAN is a certified IFS therapist and consultant in Atlanta, GA. Dr Rothman has been in private practice since 2004. She has received extensive training in Internal Family Systems Therapy from IFS developer, Dr Richard Schwartz, and has assisted in multiple Level 1 and 2 IFS trainings around the country, as well as serving as a professional consultant for IFS therapists. She is a United States Presidential Scholar who graduated summa cum laude from Emory University as a Robert W. Woodruff Scholar. Dr Rothman received her PhD in clinical psychology from UCLA, where she was an Edwin W. Pauley Fellow and a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow. She has held adjunct faculty positions at Emory University and Agnes Scott College.
NANCY SOWELL, LICSW, is an Internal Family Systems senior lead trainer and consultant in private practice on Cape Cod and in Newton, Massachusetts. She is a teaching associate at Harvard Medical School in the Department of Psychiatry at the Cambridge Health Alliance, where she has been a clinical supervisor for many years. Nancy has been a psychotherapist since 1992, working with individuals, couples, and groups. She has pursued training from many therapeutic schools of thought and in various therapeutic techniques, such as hypnosis, biofeedback, EMDR (Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) and meditation.
She integrates mindful awareness of the body, emotions, thoughts, and deeply held beliefs, as they influence our mood, behaviour, health, and relationships. Specializing in behavioural medicine and IFS-based treatment for pain and illness, Nancy co-created an IFS treatment program for rheumatoid arthritis patients in a pioneering research study at Brigham and Womens Hospital in Boston. She knows both personally and professionally the power of Self compassion in healing and restoring health.
Step-by-Step Procedures for Healing Trauma, Anxiety, Depression and More