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Digital Seminar

Using IFS Therapy for Inner Child Reparenting

Practical Clinical Tools for Healing Attachment Trauma

Speakers:
Martina Williams, LCMHC |  Kyle Wehrend, LICSW, LCSW-C
Duration:
Approx 6 hours
Language:
Presented in EN
Copyright:
Jun 23, 2026
Product Code:
POS150694
Media Type:
Digital Seminar - Also available: Live Webinar


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 watch 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. Purchase 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

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 - CE Information Coming Soon

Continuing education credit information is coming soon for this non-interactive self-study package.

CEs may be available for select professions, as listed in the target audience. Hours will be dependent on the actual recording time. Please check with your state licensing board or organization for specific requirements. 

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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 professions standards.



Speaker

Martina Williams, LCMHC's Profile

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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's Profile

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 for Self-Study (Non-Interactive)

Access never expires for this product.


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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. Examine how protective parts (managers, firefighters) and exiles form in response to developmental trauma and attachment wounds.
  2. Identify the clinical relevance of attachment theory in shaping protector dynamics and inner child needs.
  3. Choose IFS-informed techniques for establishing safety and negotiating with protective parts.
  4. Utilize reparenting interventions – including journaling, imagery, and somatic practices – to foster self-to-part trust.
  5. Evaluate how reparenting can reduce shame, self-blame, and negative internal dialogue.
  6. 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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