Essentials of IFS
Online Program
Next Course:
Fridays — September 6, 2024
to January 17, 2025
Providing a practical understanding of the IFS modality
“IFS is more than a therapeutic technique, it is a conceptual framework and practice for developing love for ourselves and each other”
-Richard Schwartz, PHD
Have you ever said, “I wish I didn’t…” or “I wish I could stop...”? Does this mean that there is more than one “I” inside of you? In a way, yes. Despite sincere intentions, different parts of our psyche can sometimes take on extreme roles or behave in ways that are out of touch with our own best interests.
How does Internal Family Systems help?
IFS is an approach to psychotherapy that identifies and harmonizes sub-personalities that are in discord within the psyche. Through healing these discordant parts of our psyche, IFS restores balance among the sub-personalities and the Self. Developed by Richard Schwartz, Ph.D. in the ’90s, IFS is a dynamic, effective way to allow Self-energy to bring balance and healing to our internal system. IFS guides us towards the foundation of being that has been with us from the first breath... the core of our true Self.
Get more of a feel for IFS
If you are new to IFS, this article describes some of its history, theory, and application.
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Course Details
This course will be conducted via Zoom.
Nine training sessions and nine fully supervised practice sessions from September 6 thru January 17.
Modules are recorded for absences.
For those new to IFS, one optional personal IFS session before the course begins, which will enable you to experience the system firsthand before putting it into practice.
35.5 Continuing Education hours (see below).
In order to create an intimate learning environment and provide more personal attention to each student, enrollment in this course will be limited to 18.
The course is directed towards therapists, coaches, counselors, medical professionals, and others who work with (or will soon be working with) clients to explore their inner worlds.
The Schedule
We will meet every Friday morning except November 29 and December 27.
The modules will run from 10:00 am until 12:45 pm Eastern time with a 15-minute break.
The triad practice sessions will last 75-90 minutes, with some beginning at 9:45 am and some at 11:30 am.
1. Sep 6, 2024: Module 1
2. Sep 13, 2024: Module 2
3. Sep 20, 2024: Module 3
4. Sep 27, 2024: Module 4
5. Oct 4, 2024: Module 5
6. Oct 11, 2024: Triad 1A
7. Oct 18, 2024: Triad 1B
8. Oct 25, 2024: Triad 1C
9. Nov 1, 2024: Module 6
10. Nov 8, 2024: Module 7
11. Nov 15, 2024: Triad 2A
12. Nov 22, 2024: Triad 2B
13. Dec 6, 2024: Triad 2C
14. Dec 13, 2024: Module 8
15. Dec 20, 2024: Triad 3A
16. Jan 3, 2025: Triad 3B
17. Jan 10, 2025: Triad 3C
18. Jan 17, 2025: Module 9
Tuition
$1950 if received before August 16.
$2100 after.
Payment plans available.
Some scholarship funds are available to promote diversity.
What You Can Expect from This Course
Internal Family Systems is a way of conceptualizing the human experience, as well as a specific protocol for therapy. We expect that all graduates of this course will be comfortable with and adept at bringing the IFS perspective to their work with clients. However, as some students learn the steps of the protocol more easily than others, no training in IFS can promise that all graduates will be proficient in the protocol at completion. Graduates of first-level courses often elect to pursue further training and practice in the model.
IMPORTANT: If you would like to refer to yourself as “certified” in IFS, you will need to complete a Level One Training sponsored by The IFS Institute and meet other criteria. Information on these in-depth training opportunities can be found here.
Continuing Education Credit
We will provide a certificate of completion for up to 35.5 hours (depending on attendance), providing credits for NC social workers. We have also been approved by CRCC, an NC-approved provider, for 35.5 hours for LCMHCs. Participants from other states would need to check with your Board to see about credit.
Harry and Ted discuss the course.
Facilitators
Ted Riskin
Ted Riskin, LCSW is a psychotherapist specializing in relationship issues and transpersonal therapy. He has certifications in Internal Family Systems, Holotropic Breathwork, Core Energetics, hypnotherapy, Breath Therapy, and EMDR. He is currently developing new approaches to offer Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy in groups.
www.tedriskin.com
Elisa Cabal
Elisa Cabal comes to IFS with over four decades of experience in meditation, meditation instruction and group facilitation. She is a Level 2 trained IFS Practitioner, as well as a certified Spanish Interpreter who conducts IFS sessions in Spanish with some clients. She is especially gifted at creating safe space, listening deeply and reflecting back content and meaning.
If enrollment exceeds 12 students, additional teachers will be added to facilitate triad practice sessions.