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Learn and practice the theory and basic process of IFS.  Through presentation, video and live demonstration, guided visualization, discussion, and small group practice, become familiar with parts, Self, and the flow of the IFS model.  Compassion based mindfulness practice will be integrated into the workshop to help clients access SELF during and after trauma processing.  

CE’s:  
Social Workers:  16 CEs approved by NASW-NJ

Approved by:
The New Jersey State Board of Social Work Examiners, The New Jersey Department of Education Professional Development (Provider #705), The State Board...

Course Description:

The IFS model has gained acclaim as a most powerful and comprehensive approach that changes the entire psychotherapy landscape. IFS views multiplicity of mind as our natural state and our “parts” as sub personalities that may be healed and transformed by bringing the Self into its rightful role as leader of the internal system. The Self, a core of valuable leadership qualities, is our true nature–compassionate and loving.

We rarely experience this Self because it is obscured by Self-protective psychological mechanisms, or lost in the fear, pain, and shame of past...

Credits: 12 CEs

Description

This presentation will provide a brief review of the basics of the IFS model by Richard Schwartz, PhD, who developed the model, then will focus in detail on its use with attachment and trauma. IFS is a non-pathologizing, hopeful framework within which to practice psychotherapy now certified as an evidence-based practice by SAMHSA. IFS offers both a conceptual umbrella under which a variety of practices and different approaches can be grounded and guided, and a set of original techniques for creating safety and fostering Self-to-Self connection in individuals...