Friday, March 21st, 2025: An Experiential Exploration of Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy

Program Content:

This introductory workshop will provide you with the basic theory, goals, and tenets of IFS therapy.  You will learn the basic concepts, experience the model with self-exploration, observe demos, and practice the model in small groups.   

Facilitator:

Carol J. Hollandsworth, LCMHCS, LMFT, AAMFT-S, Certified IFS Therapist 

Location:

TBD 

Date:

Friday, March 21st, 2025 

Time:  9-4; Lunch on your own


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


Cost:  $225.00 

Learning Objectives:

1. To learn the basic tenets of the theory, goals, and practice of Internal Family Systems.

2. Participants will receive an explanation and examples of the concepts of Self and parts (managers, firefighters, and exiles). This objective will instruct the students on applying the therapy to clients.

3. The participants will use exercises to explore their core, authentic Self vs. their own protective (managers and firefighters) and wounded (exiles) parts. Self-exploration helps participants learn how to apply the model to clients.

4. Additionally, participants will learn experiential therapy methods (meditations and the use of art) for use with IFS. This objective helps students adjust therapeutic methods based on learning styles and client differences. 


Contact Hours:   5 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 Level III certified IFS therapist and consultant; she has been practicing and studying the model since 2007.  It is her passion to encourage growth of the Self of the therapist, help participants work with their therapist parts and deepen knowledge and application of IFS with clients.  She has been a Program Assistant with IFS Level I 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 with IFS therapy.

   
 
 

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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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