Friday,  September 20, 2024:  Serenity and Courage - Applying the Wisdom of IFS in Work with Addiction

Program Content:

This workshop requires a working knowledge of IFS. This workshop explores the disease model of addiction through the lens of Internal Family Systems (IFS).  Participants will learn the application of IFS in treating addictive behavior and working with the parts in the various stages of change.   

Facilitator:

Carol Hollandsworth, LCMHCS, LMFT, AAMFT-S, Certified Level 3 IFS Therapist 

(She is an AAMFT-approved supervisor and LCMHC supervisor in North And South Carolina.)

 

Location:

Forest Hill Counseling - 7224 Park Road (Large house on your left)

Charlotte, NC 28209

 

Date:

Friday, September 20th, 2024 

Time:  9:00-3:00  one hour lunch on your own


Registration: Register online to reserve your spot. Full refunds available up to one week prior to the workshop.


Cost:  $210.00  

Learning Objectives:

1.  As a foundation, we will review the disease model of addiction, including the DSM5 classification of "Substance-related and Addictive Disorders," as well as the 12-step recovery perspective.  

2.  Participants will learn how to view addiction through the lens of the Internal Family Systems therapy model.  This will include looking at the various parts surrounding and related to addictive behavior.  

3.  Students will explore how and when to apply IFS therapy at the various stages of change, including dealing with resistance, denial, and other constraints to abstinence and engaging in recovery.   

4.  This program will provide information on safety concerns in working with addiction.   We will discuss therapist's parts, fears, or discomfort in working with the disease of addiction  


Contact Hours:   4 hours  

   
 

Contact:   704-334-0524   or   carol@bareitercc.com  

   
 

About:  

 

Internal family systems, or IFS, is a type of therapy that believes people are made up of several parts or sub-personalities. It draws from structural, strategic, narrative, and Bowenian types of family therapy. The theory, according to the founder of IFS, Dr. Richard Schwartz, is that people have several parts living within them that have both healthy and unhealthy roles. The assumption is all parts belong and in their non-extreme roles, have something positive for the individual. One goal of IFS therapy is to discover the core Self and become Self-led, which can bring harmony and balance to and with these parts in one’s internal family system.



 

About the Facilitator:

   
 

Carol is a certified IFS therapist; she has been practicing and studying the model since 2007.  Her passion is to encourage the growth of the therapist's Self, help participants work with their therapist parts, and deepen their knowledge and application of IFS with clients.  In addition, she has been a Program Assistant with IFS Level 1 training and presented on IFS in various venues.   In addition, Carol has training in psychodrama and experiential methods of therapy that may be included as an adjunct to IFS therapy.  Carol spent several years working in inpatient and outpatient chemical dependency treatment centers early in her career.  

   
 
 

Register Here  

Bareiter Counseling Center has been approved by NBCC as an approved continuing education provider, ACEP No. 7172. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Bareiter Counseling Center is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

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