IFS-Informed EMDR
The Internal Family Systems Interweave - Now 6 Credit Hours
A key piece for your practice.
Description
A one-day didactic & experiential workshop offering a specific view of ego-states, in the context of EMDR therapy through an IFS lens, regarding their ubiquitous appearance, defenses, & relational phenomena. A conceptual bridge is formed between the two models, yielding additional language to enrich therapist-client communication about the client’s internal process, and much more.
Understand the importance of Self-Presence and the co-presence or activation of a Target Part in relationship to the Self. Cultivate and maintain Functional Dual Attention in the Assessment & Desensitization Phases using measurement scales (beyond SUD & VOC) relating to Self-Energy, state-binding affect & protective intention.
Alignment with Memory Reconsolidation research ala Coherence Therapy for additional precision in targeting underlying implicit memories, to increase the accuracy of identifying and elaborating appropriate positive and negative cognitions in the Assessment Phase.
These methods will be demonstrated via session clips or live with participant volunteers, and supervised practice time is planned for participants to learn by doing.
Dates and Locations
SOLD OUT/Completed
March 22, 2018 Altoona, PA - Completed
October 13, 2018 Philadelphia Area - Sold Out
REGISTRATION OPEN
September 14, 2018 Asheville, NC - Sold Out
October 27, 2018 Philadelphia Area - Sold Out
May 3, 2019 Sacramento, CA
INTEREST LISTS
December, 2018 Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Interest List
Date TBD Santa Fe, NM - Interest List
Date TBD Portland, ME - Interest List --- high interest
Date TBD New York City Area - Interest List
Date TBD Altoona, PA - Interest List
GET ON A WAITING LIST FOR CANCELLATION OPENINGS AT SOLD OUT LOCATIONS
Prerequisite
Registrants for IFS-Informed EMDR must have
completed EMDR basic training and have
familiarity with the IFS model either
through workshop or retreat experience.
This workshop does not provide training in either model. It assumes participants have knowledge of both. Reading IFS doesn't quite do it sometimes. There is a process aspect to it, and experiential, video, or demo exposure gets that across in a way that reading does not. If you do not meet this requirement, use the time before the workshop to meet the IFS prerequisite.
My experience has shown that participants with minimal IFS experience struggle to integrate the material, especially in practice exercises. If you haven't already begun to use IFS principles in your practice, you will not optimally benefit from the workshop.
CEU Information
Approved for 6.0 CE hours by EMDRIA, CSL, ASWB & NBCC
Approved by EMDRIA for 6.0 CE credits.
Approved by the Center for Self-Leadership for 6.0 CE hours toward IFS cert. & recert.
Approved by ASWB & NBCC for 6.0 CE credits.
Cancellation Policy:
Will refund fee less $20 until 30 days before workshop date. No refunds after that.
Program Outline
- Defining Dual Attention: Energy, Ego States, Self & the Protective System
- Measuring the Energy: EMDR & IFS Scales
- Optimizing Target Conditions: IFS-Informed Assessment Phase
Course Objectives
After completing this workshop, participants will be able to:
- Name one advantageous aspect of the IFS concept of Self that is not explicitly included in EMDR’s Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) system.
- Explain the relationship between functional Dual Attention and Self-Presence.
- Describe the concept of energy as it applies to Protective Parts and how this can be measured and processed within EMDR.
- Describe the concept of energy as it applies to qualities of Self and how these can be measured and installed as a resource within EMDR.
- Name at least one way that IFS language can used in obtaining a PC or VOC.
Workshop Leader and Consultant
Bruce is an experienced workshop and retreat leader who will facilitate the co-creation of a gentle and safe learning environment wherever this workshop is offered. He has led and co-led many local IFS workshops, as well as several IFS conference presentations. Bruce has also published short animated educational introduction videos on IFS (
Finding Your Parts) and EMDR (
EMDR at a Glance) on YouTube.
An LCSW in private practice at Altoona, PA for the past 30 years, Bruce provides advanced consultation in IFS, EMDR, Clinical Hypnosis and Sex Therapy in person, by phone and Skype.
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