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2-Day Advanced Workshop: Clinical Applications of Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy with Frank Anderson MD

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Revolutionize your clinical approach and help your clients heal themselves by applying the Internal Family Systems therapy model. 

Discover why thousands of clinicians utilize the IFS model as their go-to treatment tool to make greater therapeutic progress with clients struggling with anxiety, depression, trauma, addiction, and other mental health conditions. 

This 2-day recording is your opportunity to learn the IFS method step-by-step from Dr. Frank Anderson, one of the biggest names in the field. 

Whether you are an experienced IFS therapist, a novice, or someone new to this approach, this workshop will increase your clinical sophistication and confidence so you can treat a wide range of clients more effectively than ever before. 

In this 2-day workshop, you will learn the IFS method, a non-pathologizing approach to healing that is sweeping the field of mental health and beyond. 

Join IFS expert, author, prominent clinician & psychiatrist Frank Anderson, MD, in this recording to learn how to help clients heal from the inside out. Dr. Anderson will teach you the steps that he has learned to hone his clinical work – and that have produced such transformation in his clients. He will clearly present all the tools and techniques in an easy-to-learn fashion. 

Explore several different applications of the IFS model of therapy including; trauma and attachment, depression, anxiety, psychosis, addictions, eating disorders, and shame to name a few. Learn how to apply IFS therapy when working with groups, children, parents, couples, and LGBTQ clients. 

This is an experiential workshop that includes didactic lecture, video examples, practice, live demonstrations, and meditations. 

Finish this recording feeling confident to start incorporating the IFS model into your clinical practice!  

***Content Note: Due to sensitive information, some live demonstrations are not included in this self-study version of the seminar. 

This product is not endorsed by, sponsored by, or affiliated with the IFS Institute and does not qualify for IFS Institute credits or certification. 

Here's What You'll Learn


Internal Family Systems (IFS)
  • Comprehensive, compassionate, non-pathologizing treatment approach
  • Paradigm-shifting perspective on “psychopathology”
  • Easily integrated into other therapeutic modalities
  • Teach clients to access inner wisdom and self-compassion to heal traumatic wounds
Evolution of the Model
  • Development of the IFS model by Richard C. Schwartz, Ph.D.
  • IFS as an empirically validated treatment: Summary of research support
  • Goals of IFS therapy
  • Starting an IFS session and the flow of the model
The Neuroscience of IFS
  • The mind and the brain
  • Neurons-networks and parts
  • Meditation and self energy
  • Understanding the fear response

IFS STEP-BY-STEP

Step 1: Using Meditative Processes to Identify and Connect with a Target Part

  • Differentiate the person from the symptom
  • Access a state of compassion and curiosity essential for healing
  • Establish a relationship with the target part
  • Learn the history and benevolent intention behind the symptom
Step 2: Working with Protective Parts
  • Facilitate internal attachment work
  • Learn to address the fears/concerns of protective parts
  • Establish a trusting relationship with proactive and reactive parts
  • Resolve internal conflicts
  • Gain permission to proceed with healing
Step 3: Healing the Wound
  • Connect with the wounded part
  • Witness the pain rather than relive it
  • Retrieve the wounded part
  • Release/unburden thoughts, feelings, and physical sensations
  • Life without the wound, the post-healing process
Therapist Parts
  • Countertransference redefined
  • Identifying parts that get in the way
  • The Science of extreme reactions in therapists and clients

CLINICAL APPLICATIONS OF IFS

Trauma and Attachment

  • Roadblocks to healing trauma
  • Neurobiology of PTSD and Dissociation
  • Dealing with the extreme symptoms and staying in Self
  • Healing attachment wounds: What IFS offers
Depression and Anxiety
  • Differentiating feelings from symptoms
  • Address the biology and process the wound
  • Protection or genetics
Psychosis and Bipolar Disorder
  • Addressing psychotic parts
  • Differentiating psychosis from trauma dysregulation
  • Treating biological issues while addressing emotional pain
Substances and Addictions
  • Befriending addictive parts
  • Healing wounds or stopping use?
  • Addressing the biology and the behavior after healing
Eating Disorders
  • When food “abstinence” is not an option
  • Multiple eating parts
  • Self-led eating
Shame and Grief
  • The shamer and the shamed
  • Critical and neglect shame cycles
  • Loss, letting go, and healing
IFS With Specific Client Populations
  • Children and adolescents
  • Parenting
  • Couples
  • Groups and inpatient settings
  • LGBTQ
  • Spirituality and culture

Everything You're Getting


  • More than 10 hours of video content
  • CE information to come
  • Handouts and resources

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Frank Anderson, MD

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Frank Anderson, MD, completed his residency and was a clinical instructor in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He is both a psychiatrist and psychotherapist. He specializes in the treatment of trauma and dissociation and is passionate about teaching brain-based psychotherapy and integrating current neuroscience knowledge with the IFS model of therapy.

Dr. Anderson has lectured extensively on the Neurobiology of PTSD and Dissociation and wrote the chapter “Who’s Taking What” Connecting Neuroscience, Psychopharmacology and Internal Family Systems for Trauma in Internal Family Systems Therapy – New Dimensions. He co-authored a chapter on What IFS Brings to Trauma Treatment in Innovations and Elaborations in Internal Family Systems Therapy, and recently co-authored Internal Family Systems Skills Training Manual.

His most recent book, entitled Transcending Trauma: Healing Complex PTSD with Internal Family Systems was released on May 19, 2021.

His memoir, To Be Loved, was released on May 7, 2024.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Frank Anderson maintains a private practice, is the co-founder of the Trauma Institute, and is the co-founding producer of Trauma Informed Media. He receives royalties as a published author. He receives a speaking honorarium, recording, and book royalties from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Frank Anderson is a member of the New England Society Studying Trauma and Dissociation and the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation.

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This product is not endorsed by, sponsored by, or affiliated with the IFS Institute and does not qualify for IFS Institute credits or certification.

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Media Type:
Digital Seminar
Product Code:
POS055925
Duration:
10 hours, 49 minutes
Copyright:
Mar 12, 2020
Closed Captions:
Available
Format:
Audio and Video

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