PESI offers several free training courses every year on the most current and effective approaches in therapy. It's our way of giving back to our community of clinicians who are doing such important work in the world.
"The treatment method that all clinicians should know to treat clients effectively" —Bessel van der Kolk, author of the New York Times Best-seller The Body Keeps the Score.
Join renowned IFS therapist and consultant, Dr. Alexia Rothman, for a FREE live virtual event and learn the most effective IFS interventions to facilitate deep, lasting healing for even your toughest cases!
Whether you're new to IFS therapy or practicing for years, you will walk away with new IFS based insights, powerful strategies, and tailored interventions that fit your clients' needs and improve therapeutic outcomes.
When you register for this event, you'll receive:- 1 FREE all-access pass to the live professional workshop on March 1st, 2024
- The complete set of training materials to keep
- 14 days of unlimited access to the recording
- Live Q&A to get your questions answered during the training!
Don't wait! Register now for this FREE event and help your clients thrive!
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This event is not endorsed by, sponsored by, or affiliated with the IFS Institute and does not qualify for IFS Institute credits or certification
—Richard Schwartz PhD — Creator of IFS
This exclusive offer is your chance to integrate the transformative IFS therapy approach into your practice and gain a powerful and effective set of tools to heal clients with a wide range of clinical issues.
After this live training, you will:- Understand the key concepts and principles of IFS therapy: Explore the IFS model of parts work, how parts interact with each other, and the importance of creating a safe and compassionate therapeutic environment.
- Know how to apply IFS in your professional practice: Identify, access and work with your clients' different parts — including protective parts, wounded parts, and the Self, in order to promote healing and integration.
- Develop skills for self-exploration and self-reflection in yourself and your clients: Utilize IFS techniques to explore your own internal system and gain insight into your own patterns of behavior and emotions.
- Work effectively with trauma and other challenging issues: Use IFS informed strategies to work with trauma and other challenging issues, including addiction, eating disorders, and anxiety.
Designed for counselors, social workers, psychologists, addiction counselors, marriage and family therapists, and other mental health professionals… once you experience this powerful modality, you will want to incorporate it into your practice immediately.
This event is not endorsed by, sponsored by, or affiliated with the IFS Institute and does not qualify for IFS Institute credits or certification
Alexia (Lexi) D. Rothman, PhD,, is a certified IFS therapist and consultant in Atlanta, GA. Dr. Rothman has been in private practice since 2004. She has received extensive training in Internal Family Systems Therapy from IFS developer Dr. Richard Schwartz and has assisted in multiple Level 1 and IFS trainings around the country, as well as serving as a professional consultant for IFS therapists.
She is a United States Presidential Scholar who graduated summa cum laude from Emory University as a Robert W. Woodruff Scholar. Dr. Rothman received her PhD in clinical psychology from 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.
Click here for information about Alexia Rothman.Internal Family Systems (IFS)
- Comprehensive, compassionate, non-pathologizing treatment approach
- Paradigm-shifting perspective on “psychopathology”
- Easily integrated into other therapeutic modalities
- Each client to access inner wisdom and self-compassion to permanently heal traumatic wounds
- Development of the IFS model by Richard C. Schwartz, Ph.D.
- IFS as an empirically validated treatment: Summary of research support
- Concept of multiplicity: "We are all multiple personalities."
- Components of the psyche:
- Wounded, vulnerable, parts
- Protective parts: proactive and reactive
- Burdens: Negative beliefs about oneself
- The Self: compassionate inner leader and internal source of wisdom and healing energy
- Guide clients to access their own inner wisdom and healing potential
- IFS-specific techniques for in-the-moment emotion regulation, helpful even with panic, flashbacks, and dissociation
- Assumptions of the model
- Goals of IFS therapy
- Flow of the IFS model over the course of treatment
- low of an individual IFS session
- Diversity and cultural sensitivity
- How IFS understands personality disorders, dissociative identity disorder, and addiction
- Step 1: Using Meditative Processes to Identify and Connect with a Target Part
- Differentiate the person from the symptom
- Access a state of compassion and curiosity essential for healing
- Establish a relationship with the target part
- Learn the history and benevolent intention behind the symptom
- Step 2: Working with Protective Parts
- Facilitate internal attachment work
- Learn and address the fears/concerns of protective parts
- Establish a trusting and appreciative relationship with proactive and reactive protectors
- Gain permission to proceed to healing
- Step 3: Healing the Traumatic Wound
- Develop a compassionate, connected relationship with the wounded part
- Witness the pain rather than re-experience it: Learn to be “with”, not “in”, to avoid re-traumatization
- Retrieve the wounded part from “trauma time”
- Release/unburden thoughts, feelings, and beliefs
- Integrate change into the system and use maintenance and troubleshooting strategies
- Experiential exercise
- Video demonstration of IFS therapy with a real client
- Step-by-step commentary to solidify understanding of techniques illustrated in the video session
This event is not endorsed by, sponsored by, or affiliated with the IFS Institute and does not qualify for IFS Institute credits or certification
PESI offers several free training courses every year on the most current and effective approaches in therapy. It's our way of giving back to our community of clinicians who are doing such important work in the world.
This event is free to attend, however, if you would like to earn CE credit, be sure to click the "Add CE" tab in your portal after registering. Enter your credit card information and complete the upgrade to become eligible to earn CE for attending this event. It's that easy!
Yes! This training is designed for:
- Counselors
- Social Workers
- Psychiatrists
- Addiction Counselors
- Marriage and Family Therapists
- Therapists
- Physicians
- Chaplains/Clergy
- Nurses
- Other Professionals Who Work within the Mental Health Fields
If you would like to be a part of this event but you are unable to attend live, you can sign up for free and receive 14 days of access to the event recordings to watch on your own or purchase the self-study version of the summit to complete whenever is most convenient for you and earn up to 6.25 CE credits!
Yes, you will have the opportunity to ask questions and interact with Dr. Rothman live during the training. This ensures you get the most out of this educational experience.
There is no obligation or commitment required when registering for the free training. It's an opportunity for you to learn and explore IFS therapy strategies at no cost.