Using IFS Therapy for Inner Child Reparenting
Practical Clinical Tools for Healing Attachment Trauma
- Speakers:
- Martina Williams, LCMHC | Kyle Wehrend, LICSW, LCSW-C
- Duration:
- Full Day
- Language:
- Presented in EN, subtitles in EN and FR
- Product Code:
- LWC150694
- Brochure Code:
- PWZ95724
- Media Type:
- Live Webinar - Also available: Digital Seminar
Description
- Lead Safe, Effective Inner-Child Work
- Turn Protectors Into Poewrful Allies - Not Obstacles
- Extend Healing Beyond the Session!
So many clients come to you carrying childhood wounds that never had the chance to heal.
On the surface, you see the defenses … people-pleasing, perfectionism, self-sabotage, addiction, and avoidance.
… but in reality, these are parts inside of them still waiting for the safety, love, and attunement they never received.
Your go-to tools don’t land because most therapies treat symptoms and what you truly need is a way to safely enter the territory where the original injury still lives and work with their wounded parts directly.
That’s where this all-new IFS Therapy for Inner Child Reparenting Training comes in.
You’ll join Martina Williams, and Kyle Wehrend, IFS therapy, trauma experts and authors of IFS Reparenting Workbook, and get the tools you need to guide your clients to inner trust so they can finally become the parent they need.
This one-of-a-kind training offers structured teaching, guided exercises, and role-playing scenarios: you’ll get clear strategies, exact language prompts, and somatic micro-skills you can use right away.
You’ll leave this training ready to:
- Turn protectors into partners. Name why they formed and their purpose – and reframe them as allies, not enemies
- Run effective inner-child work using consent scripts, pacing, and containment, so clients meet younger parts with care and emotional safety
- Lock in self-part connection with practical interventions that deepen trust fast
- Extend gains beyond sessions with a clear between-session practices, so clients keep using the skills in real life
Unlock the healing power of IFS therapy – and master self-to-part interventions in a day, not years. Save your seat today!
This event 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
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Speaker
Martina Williams, LCMHC Related seminars and products
Martina Williams, LCMHC, is an international coach, speaker, psychotherapist and author specializing in trauma recovery, attachment healing, and Internal Family Systems therapy with over thirty years of experience in trauma recovery. She is a certified IFS therapist and approved consultant with a focus on high sensitivity, introversion, and spirituality. Martina identifies as a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) and finds great joy in helping other HSPs. She provides training nationally on IFS, reparenting, and trauma-informed care. She is the co-author of the forthcoming book: An IFS Reparenting Workbook: Internal Family Systems Skills to Heal Childhood Trauma, Nurture Secure Attachments, and Embrace Radical Self-Acceptance.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Martina Williams maintains a private practice and has a employment relationship with Susanne Marcus Collins Foundation. She receives compensation as a mindfulness meditation instructor. Martina Williams receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Martina Williams has no relevant non-financial relationships.
Kyle Wehrend, LICSW, LCSW-C Related seminars and products
Kyle Wehrend, LICSW, LCSW-C, is a clinically licensed social worker with over 15 years of experience in the field of social work. He is the owner of Move Within LLC, a private practice that provides individual and group psychotherapy and facilitates IFS workshops and retreats. Kyle has been working with the IFS model since 2016 and is currently Level 2 trained. He was a co-presenter at the IFS International Conference in 2023 and is the co-author of the book An IFS Reparenting Workbook: Internal Family Systems Skills to Heal Childhood Trauma, Nurture Secure Attachments, and Embrace Radical Self-Acceptance. He identifies as a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) and specializes in trauma recovery and the impact of traditional masculine norms on adults raised as men.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Kyle Wehrend is the owner of Move Within, LLC. and receives royalties as a published author. He receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Kyle Wehrend has no relevant non-financial relationships.
Additional Info
Program Information
Access Period for Live WebcastYou will have access for 90 days after the program for review. For live CE credit, you must watch the live webcast in its entirety at its scheduled time and complete the CE quiz and evaluation within one week. Please note that this requirement may vary by credit type. Please see detailed credit information for specific requirements for each credit type.
Webcast Schedule
Please note: There will be a 70-minute lunch and two 15-minute breaks; one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Lunch and break times will be announced by the speaker and at their discretion. A more detailed schedule is available upon request.
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.
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Objectives
- Examine how protective parts (managers, firefighters) and exiles form in response to developmental trauma and attachment wounds.
- Identify the clinical relevance of attachment theory in shaping protector dynamics and inner child needs.
- Choose IFS-informed techniques for establishing safety and negotiating with protective parts.
- Utilize reparenting interventions – including journaling, imagery, and somatic practices – to foster self-to-part trust.
- Evaluate how reparenting can reduce shame, self-blame, and negative internal dialogue.
- Integrate cultural, systemic, and intergenerational factors into the understanding of protector and exile roles to enhance trauma-informed care.
Outline
Foundations of IFS Therapy & Adaptive Strategies
- Parts make sense: Understand the adaptive logic of symptoms and how parts organize around unmet needs and trauma
- Meet the team: Managers, firefighters, exiles; understand their roles, strengths, and clinical costs
- The self as the compassionate healing core: access, amplify, and leverage self energy
- Guided practice: Mapping childhood-born protectors, their strategies and their present-day impact
Attachment Theory & Protective Roles
- Overview of attachment styles and their impact on protectors/exiles
- Links between early attachment disruptions and reparenting needs
- Real-world examples of attachment patterns and how they show up in therapy
Working with Managers: They Know Their Needs, Win Their Trust & Begin Reparenting
- Understand managers’ protective goals (e.g., critic, perfectionist, planner)
- Build trust and negotiate permission for inner work
- Reparenting basics: what it is, do’s and don’ts and why it must come from self
- Practice activity: journaling a dialogue between self and a manager part
Working with Firefighters: What They Need & How to Befriend
- Understand firefighters and their protective goals
- Somatic cues for recognizing managers, firefighters, exiles
- Address common firefighter concerns about access exiled parts
- Guided practice: approach a firefighter part safely
Go Inside & Meet the Inner Child
- Strategies for creating an inner safe space for exploration
- Recognize signs of exile activation and unmet needs
- Guided meditation: first contact with a child part
- Journaling prompt: recording inner world impressions
Practice That Sticks: IFS Therapy and Somatic-Informed Practices Beyond the Therapy Room
- Identify signs of overwhelm and establish clear safety exits
- Self-regulation techniques for when overwhelm shows up in the therapy room
- Build a step between-session plan that sticks
- Daily practices for strengthening self-to-part connection
- Somatic strategies to build parts awareness in daily living
- Risks limitations and ethical considerations of the applied interventions
Target Audience
- Counselors
- Marriage & Family Therapists
- Social Workers
- Psychologists
- Case Managers
- Addiction Counselors
- Physicians
- Nurses
- Other Mental Health Professionals
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