Designed for psychologists, counsellors, psychotherapists, social workers, mental health professionals, and allied health service providers, when you register you get access to:3 days of live expert-led presentationsThe complete set of course materialsOn-demand access to the recording for 14 daysInteractive Q&A with the experts
FREE 3-DAY LIVE EVENT! | Clinical Applications of IFS Therapy: Integrative Approaches for Trauma, Attachment, Neurodiversity & More
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OPD Points: 10
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Day One | 29 November8:30 AM – 5:15 PM AEDTKEYNOTE PRESENTATION | To Forgive or Not to Forgive: Releasing the Pain of Emotional Trauma8:30 AM – 10:00 AM AEDTFrank Anderson explores different dimensions of forgiveness: When it's premature and when it's forced, when it's used to avoid feelings of pain and betrayal, whether it's necessary to fully heal from abuse, whether it serves the victim or the perpetrator, and when it leads to true acceptance and freedom.Session 2 | IFS Skills for Working with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)10:15 AM – 11:15 AM AEDTKaren Harrington reveals the importance of using a trauma-informed IFS therapy approach when working with clients with Complex PTSD and dissociative disorders to prevent worsening clients' symptoms.Session 3 | Applying an IFS Therapy Lens to Attachment Strategies: Connecting Clients to Themselves and Others11:30 AM – 12:30 PM AEDTDr Loranie Leas reveals how viewing attachment strategies developed in childhood through the lens of IFS therapy offers insight into how we connect to ourselves and to others. Using attachment theory and IFS theories together can help clients create more secure relationships inside and outside.Session 4 | Integrating IFS Therapy Perspectives and Psychosexual Therapy for the Management of Sexual Function and Dysfunction1:00 PM – 2:00 PM AEDTKate Dempsey shows how parts work can be an extremely helpful therapeutic approach for addressing a wide range of sexual issues, which can present as feelings of shame, pain, disgust, fear, or negative body image.Session 5 | IFS Therapy-informed Relationship Counselling: The Intimate Relationship as a Container for Healing2:15 PM – 3:15 PM AEDTDr Susi Fox describes how you can use parts work in Relationship Counselling. You'll gain skills you can use in your daily life to enhance relational connections in both personal and professional relationships.Session 6 | Adapting IFS Therapy Strategies in Group Settings: Therapy, Supervision & Consultation3:30 PM – 4:30 PM AEDTDr Shaun Dempsey shares growing evidence in the power applying IFS therapy strategies to clients in group therapy and for clinicians in group supervision and group consultation. Discover the benefits that can be obtained in group therapy that simply cannot be obtained in the individual space.Session 7 | Pain Management Utilising IFS Therapy Interventions: The Connection Between Pain and the Mind4:15 PM – 5:15 PM AEDTDr Adele Stewart provides a new way of conceptualising pain so you can confidently use IFS interventions to offer your clients better pain management in your therapy practice. Case studies will support concepts such as the relationship between tissue damage and pain, pain as a protective buffer, and the critical interconnection between safety, danger, fear, and pain.Day Two | 30 November8:30 AM – 4:00 PM AEDTSession 1 | This is Who I Am: Supporting Non-pathologised, Self-Led Gender Diversity in Clinical IFS Therapy-focused Practice8:30 AM – 9:30 AM AEDTDr Polly McGee looks at how parts work can support clients to work with the burdens and conflicts of their truths while growing up with dominant gender norms. Discover how to use IFS approaches to safely, inclusively, and therapeutically support all parts of gender-diverse clients and their families.Session 2 | Somatic Internal Family Systems Therapy: Working with Parts Through the Body9:45 AM – 10:45 AM AEDTSonia Milohanic discusses how Somatic IFS therapy practices provide a map into the sensory richness of the 'bodymind'. This tool can help IFS therapy and parts work therapists include the body's stories and support clients beyond survival towards greater wholeness and aliveness.Session 3 | Using IFS Therapy Skills with Individuals and Families Caught Within the Cycle of Addiction11:00 AM – 12:00 PM AEDTJen Nield reveals how traditional approaches to addiction focus on ceasing the use of substances or actions driving the addictive process. And IFS therapy recognises that the parts engaged with the addictive process have positive intent. So, rather than eliminating them, we seek to assist them to find preferred ways of doing their job.Session 4 | IFS Therapy-informed Journal Writing: Skills to Deepen Relationships of Our Inner Parts12:30 PM – 1:30 PM AEDTLeona Dawson bases this introduction to the art of IFS therapy-oriented journal writing on the 200+ research studies reporting that therapeutic journaling can improve people's physical and emotional health. Discover how you can use it in your practice, and how your clients can use this process to stay connected with parts between sessions.Click here for information about Leona Dawson.Session 5 | Emotion Regulation Using IFS Therapy Skills and Strategies1:45 PM – 2:45 PM AEDTJackie Burke will discuss regulation from different therapeutic lenses before an in-depth exploration of how we build regulated capacity using an IFS therapy approach. You'll develop the skills and confidence to help your clients face the internal experiences they most avidly avoid in a way that is both effective and easy.Session 6 | Using Brainspotting and IFS Therapy Themes to Support Neurodivergent and Highly Sensitive People3:00 PM – 4:00 PM AEDTSarah Mitchell introduces clinicians to a unique way of supporting Autistic, neurodivergent (ND), and highly sensitive (HS) clients' systems to help them process and heal within the IFS therapy framework. Explore the role of the visual field in memory, and how it can be used to externalise and map parts in a powerful and engaging way.Day Three | 1 December8:30 AM – 4:00 PM AEDT Session 1 | Integrating IFS Therapy Skills and Synergetic Play Therapy8:30 AM – 9:30 AM AEDTElsha Young will explore how IFS therapy skills and Synergetic Play Therapy can complement one another in child and family therapy. Discover therapies to help children understand and befriend their parts, how to establish client safety and rapport, and create a therapeutic relationship and environment where all parts are welcome.Session 2 | Whole-School Wellbeing: An IFS Therapy-informed Paradigm9:45 AM – 10:45 AM AEDTShawnee Schmid provides examples of worksheets, expressive art methods, and a composite case study to illustrate the healing potential for promoting whole-school wellbeing from the inside out. Discover new perspectives in your work with children and young people.Session 3 | Interpersonal Neurobiology, Transference, Shame & Enactment: Making Use of IFS Therapy Perspectives11:00 AM – 12:00 PM AEDTStephanie Mitchell shows you how to apply IFS therapy theoretical perspectives with clients who have experienced early developmental and relational trauma and who use transference, projection, and enactment as a path to healing. Discover the current research on Interpersonal Neurobiology, shame, and relational psychotherapy and how these relate to our work as therapists and practitioners.Session 4 | A Compassionate Journey with Suicidal Clients through an Internal Family Systems Therapy Lens12:30 PM – 1:30 PM AEDTKatie Norwell discusses how to use IFS therapy principles to navigate suicidal ideation with empathy and understanding. Uncover positive intentions behind suicidal thoughts, fostering healing and growth. And discover how to create a safe, nurturing space for all parts of a clients' psyche.Session 5 | Psychosis through the Lens of IFS Therapy: A Relational Approach to Working with Non-ordinary States1:45 PM – 2:45 PM AEDTStephanie Mitchell reveals how to view psychosis through an IFS therapy lens. Through a mixture of didactic and experiential learning, you'll gain an understanding of how to work with clients who experience voices, visions, and other alternative experiences.Session 6 | Enhancing Leadership with IFS Therapy Strategies3:00 PM – 4:00 PM AEDTHelen Telford offers her work as both example and encouragement for anyone who is thinking about the IFS model could enhance their leadership in the workplace.FREE ONLINE
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There's a reason why leading experts in the mental health field use approaches like Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy and parts work.Because gentle and non-pathologising parts work provides consistent progress with clients presenting with trauma, attachment disorders, neurodiversity, dissociative identity disorder (DID), psychosis, suicidal ideation, addiction, emotional dysregulation, and much more.Now, you can join Frank Anderson, MD, lead trainer in IFS therapy, and 18 clinical experts for a FREE 3-day live online event!Register today to discover how to adapt their professional experiences to your own practice so you can help your clients thrive!Frank Anderson, MD, will reveal how he uses IFS therapy in his own practice…Jackie Burke, MAPS, ISSTD, APS, will show you how to use parts work in regulating emotions…Sarah Mitchell, B.Psychology, examines why IFS therapy and parts work are so successful in working with Neurodivergent clients…And many more share their clinical experiences! (See below for all the details.)Whether you're new to IFS therapy or parts work, or have been practicing for years, you will discover how to refine and customise these approaches to fit your clients' needs and improve therapeutic outcomes.Don't wait! Register now for this life-changing FREE event!P.S. Don't forget to share this FREE learning experience with your peers.
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- Nina Rehman
- 1300887622
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