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Digital Seminar

New Advances in Internal Family Systems

Expanding the Model for Treating Trauma

Average Rating:
   585
Faculty:
Frank Anderson, MD
Duration:
1 Hour 58 Minutes
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
Mar 21, 2026
Product Code:
NOS096699
Media Type:
Digital Seminar

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Description

Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy continues to evolve as a leading approach for trauma treatment, supported by growing neuroscience and clinical evidence. It’s among the most effective, targeted approaches to help clients find safe ways to connect to early childhood emotions, tapping into their innate wisdom and transforming negative beliefs to help them achieve lasting change. In this dynamic workshop, you’ll learn how to integrate IFS with neurobiological and trauma-informed care to deepen your understanding of parts work—whether you’re a seasoned IFS practitioner or just getting started. Blending didactic teaching and clinical demonstrations, we’ll walk through emerging techniques for working with extreme protectors, dissociation, and complex trauma, examining the latest research on memory reconsolidation and polyvagal integration in the process. You’ll learn how to:

  • Take a neuroscientific and polyvagal-informed approach to parts work
  • Use memory reconsolidation techniques to update traumatic imprints
  • Apply IFS with diverse client populations, including children, parents, couples, groups, and LGBTQ+ clients
  • Help clients access states of compassion and curiosity that are essential for healing

 

This event 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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Frank Anderson, MD's Profile

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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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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. Identify two recent neuroscientific findings that support IFS therapy as a trauma treatment model.
  2. Explain how memory reconsolidation processes can be integrated into the IFS model to facilitate trauma healing.
  3. Apply at least one culturally responsive adaptation of IFS therapy for working with diverse client populations.

Outline

Neuroscience Meets IFS: Advances in Trauma-Informed Integration

  • Updates on brain-based research supporting IFS
  • Polyvagal-informed approaches to parts work

Working with Extreme Protectors and Dissociation

  • Identifying and unburdening highly polarized internal systems
  • Approaches for navigating dissociative barriers in trauma survivors

Memory Reconsolidation and IFS

  • Leveraging reconsolidation techniques to update traumatic imprints
  • Integrating somatic memory in parts-based healing

Clinical Demonstration and Case Discussion

  • Live or recorded example of advanced IFS trauma work
  • Audience Q&A and clinical integration strategies

Risks and Limitations

Target Audience

  • Counselors
  • Social Workers
  • Psychologists
  • Psychotherapists
  • Therapists
  • Marriage & Family Therapists
  • Addiction Counselors
  • Case Managers
  • Physicians
  • Nurses
  • Other Mental Health Professionals

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Total Reviews: 585

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