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Digital Seminar

Exploring the Heart of IFS Therapy


Speaker:
Alexia Rothman, PhD
Duration:
2 Hours
Language:
Presented in EN, subtitles in EN and FR, handouts in EN and FR
Copyright:
Mar 21, 2025
Product Code:
NOS096471
Media Type:
Digital Seminar


Description

Internal Family Systems (IFS) is a compassionate, nonpathologising, evidence-based approach to helping clients change entrenched patterns of thinking and behavior, and heal deep, traumatic wounding. IFS honours the natural multiplicity of the mind through parts work. It takes into account the various contexts and systems within which we’re embedded that shape our psyches. This workshop invites participants to honour and befriend their own protective parts as they explore fundamental principles and assumptions of IFS theory. You’ll learn to:  

  • Understand your clients' symptoms through a non-pathologising lens 
  • Introduce clients to core components of the psyche, including parts, burdens, and the Self 
  • Shift clients from the “story” to guided internal parts work 
  • Help clients develop trusting, connected relationships with their protective parts 

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

Credit

Program Information

Planning Committee Disclosure - No relevant relationships

All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners.  For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.



Canada Credit - *

NOTE: Tuition includes one free CE Certificate (participant will be able to print the certificate of completion after passing the online post-test (80% passing score) and completing the evaluation). Instructional methods will include PowerPoint, didactic lecture, and others.

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Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of your profession.  As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your profession's standards.  

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Canada Credit - ---

Earn up to 2.0 CE hours. Please see below, for more details, as credit amounts vary by jurisdiction and profession. 


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PESI, Inc. is approved by the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association to offer continuing education for counsellors and psychotherapists. PESI, Inc. maintains responsibility for the program. This self-study activity is approved for 2.0 credit hours.


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Course Level: Intermediate Format: Recorded asynchronous distance. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance.

 

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Canada Credit - Canadian Psychologists

PESI, Inc. is approved by the Canadian Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. PESI, Inc. maintains responsibility for the program. This program is approved for 2.0 self-study continuing education hours. Full credit statement at: www.pesi.com/cpa-statement


Canada Credit - Other Professions

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This self-study course has been approved by PESI, Inc., as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider #77553. PESI, Inc. is responsible for all aspects of their programming.

This self-study course offers 2.0 continuing education contact hours in the Counseling Services skill group. Full attendance is required; no partial credit will be awarded for partial attendance.



Handouts

Speaker

Alexia Rothman, PhD's Profile

Alexia Rothman, PhD Related seminars and products


Dr. Alexia Rothman is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Atlanta, GA, since 2004. She is a lead trainer for the IFS Institute, a Certified Internal Family Systems therapist, an international speaker and educator on the IFS model, and an IFSI-approved professional consultant. Dr. Rothman offers workshops and retreats on the IFS model throughout the U.S. and internationally. She co-hosts the IFS-based podcasts IFS Talks and Conversas IFS and has published a book chapter on the integration of IFS and Polyvagal Theory.
Dr. Rothman is a United States Presidential Scholar who graduated summa cum laude from Emory University as a Robert W. Woodruff Scholar. She received her PhD in clinical psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where she was an Edwin W. Pauley Fellow and a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow. She has held adjunct faculty positions at Emory University and Agnes Scott College.
To learn more about her, you can visit her website at dralexiarothman.com  

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Alexia Rothman maintains a private practice. She is co-host of the podcasts Conversas IFS and Explorations in Psychotherapy. She is a paid trainer with the IFS Institute, and she receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. Dr. Rothman receives compensation as a consultant. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Alexia Rothman is a member of the American Psychological Association, the Georgia Psychological Association, and the National Register of Health Service Psychologists.


Additional Info

Program Information

Access for Self-Study (Non-Interactive)

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Please Note

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


Objectives

  1. Describe the fundamental components of the psyche according to IFS theory, including parts, burdens, and the Self.
  2. Utilise IFS techniques to assist clients in transitioning from describing their concerns to engaging in guided internal parts work.
  3. Implement the steps of the IFS protocol for helping clients befriend, understand, and honour the protective parts of their internal systems.

Outline

Internal Family Systems (IFS) 

  • Comprehensive, compassionate, non-pathologising treatment approach 

  • Paradigm-shifting perspective on “psychopathology” 

  • 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. 

  • Limitations of the research and potential risks 

Composition of the Psyche 

  • Concept of multiplicity 

  • Components of the psyche: 

Protective Parts 

  • Transition from the “story” to guided internal parts work 

  • Access a state of compassion and curiosity essential for healing 

  • Learn the history and benevolent intention behind the symptom(s) 

  • Establish a trusting and appreciative relationship with proactive and reactive protectors 

  • Understand the factors constraining parts in their extreme roles 

  • Gain permission to proceed to healing 

Bringing IFS Concepts to Life 

  • Experiential exercise: identify and befriend a protective part through the steps of the IFS protocol 

Target Audience

  • Counsellors
  • Marriage and Family Therapists
  • Social Workers
  • Physicians 
  • Psychologists
  • Nurses
  • Addiction Counsellors

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