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Digital Seminar

2-Day Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy for Children and Adolescents Course

Speaker:
Leslie Petruk, MA, LPC-S, NCC, BCC
Duration:
12 Hours 49 Minutes
Language:
Presented in EN, subtitles in EN, ES, DE, IT, and FR, handouts in EN, ES, DE, IT, and FR
Copyright:
13 May, 2021
Product Code:
POS057835
Media Type:
Digital Seminar
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Description

Most therapeutic models with set agendas do not work with children, especially when they are not ready to tell their story because of behavioural challenges, trauma, anxiety, and depression. 

In this unique integrative training, practice creative and playful approaches to successfully engage children, move at their own pace and help them overcome their challenges. 

You’ll be given an all-new process to follow so you can: 

  • Integrate IFS therapy into your work with child and adolescent clients 
  • Help your young clients identify and befriend their parts. 
  • Use fun and engaging activities to reduce difficulties met in their young lives! 

Discover IFS therapy as a non-directive, and non-pathologizing model that can be effectively applied to working with children of all ages. Whether incorporating in non-directive play therapy with younger children or engaging activities with older children, utilizing IFS techniques is easily adapted to therapy with children. 

This product is not endorsed by, sponsored by, or affiliated with the IFS Institute and does not qualify for IFS Institute credits or certification. 

Credit

Self-Study Credit

This self-study program consists of 13.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary by country and local regulatory bodies. Please save the course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from the activity and contact your local regulatory organization to determine specific eligibility and requirements. 

Handouts

File type File name Number of pages
PDF Manual - 2-Day Internal Family Systems (IFS) for Children and Adolescents (9.3 MB) 67 Pages Available after Purchase
PDF Manual - 2-Day Internal Family Systems (IFS) for Children and Adolescents - French (9.3 MB) 67 Pages Available after Purchase
PDF Manual - 2-Day Internal Family Systems (IFS) for Children and Adolescents - Italian (9.3 MB) 67 Pages Available after Purchase
PDF Manual - 2-Day Internal Family Systems (IFS) for Children and Adolescents - German (9.3 MB) 67 Pages Available after Purchase
PDF Manual - 2-Day Internal Family Systems (IFS) for Children and Adolescents - Spanish (9.3 MB) 67 Pages Available after Purchase

Speaker

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Additional Info

Program Information

Access for Self-Study (Non-Interactive)

Access never expires for this product.


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. Investigate the basic tenets of the IFS therapeutic model as created by Dr. Richard Schwartz.
  2. Categorize the different types of parts: managers, firefighters & exiles.
  3. Determine the positive intention of parts in child client sessions to inform treatment planning.
  4. Utilize the “YOU turn” to help your child clients become acquainted with their internal system as relates to behaviors and emotional regulation.
  5. Practice befriending and working with the child’s/adolescent’s protective parts in session.
  6. Demonstrate how to help child and adolescent clients access Self and help them to heal exiled parts.
  7. Propose how to apply IFS with children to help them understand and identify the intentions of their protective parts.
  8. Integrate IFS techniques in with play therapy techniques to improve treatment outcomes with young clients.
  9. Formulate age appropriate activities to help children identify, befriend and heal their parts.
  10. Demonstrate to child/adolescent clients the difference between speaking for their parts vs. speaking from their parts to improve emotion regulation and behaviors.
  11. Practice with the parents of child/adolescent clients in how to support their child’s use of parts language.
  12. Support parents in identifying how their parts become activated and polarized with their child’s parts.

Outline

DAY 1: The IFS Model Step by Step
Internal Family Systems (IFS) Model
  • Comprehensive, compassionate, nonpathologizing paradigm
  • Integration with various therapeutic modalities
  • Shift perspective on “psychopathology”
  • Understand the inner world of clients, self and parts
  • Heighten internal strengths for healing
  • Empirically validated treatment (Study limitations: small sample size, no control group)
  • Risks: review clinical considerations
Step-by-Step Technique
Step 1: Identify, understand, connect
  • Translate the presenting concern into part/parts
  • Map the system of parts
  • Identify protectors and exiles
  • Know where to begin
Step 2: Employ a Meditative Process, Mindfulness
  • Differentiate the person from the symptom
  • Access a state of compassion
  • Help clients to become curious
  • Connect with the target part
  • Facilitate internal attachment work
Step 3: Work with Protective Parts
  • Learn the history and benevolent intention behind the symptom
  • Establish a trusting relationship with all parts
  • Understand the fears and address concerns of protective parts
  • Discover the real story behind the symptom
  • Resolve internal conflicts
  • Gain permission to heal
Step 4: Heal the Wound
  • Inner attachment work for wounds
  • Connect with the wounded/vulnerable part
  • Witness the pain rather than relieve it
  • Retrieve the wounded part from past
  • Release feelings, thoughts, sensations, negative beliefs
Step 5: Integration
  • Invite additional inner resources
  • Integrate systemic reorganization
  • Solidify strengths/gains
DAY 2: IFS for Children and Adolescents
IFS: A Non-Directive, Child-Centered Model
  • Getting started: how to help parts feel safe and welcomed
  • Child chooses the nature of play/therapeutic process
  • Trust that the parts will emerge during play/conversation
  • Unconditional positive regard remains paramount
Incorporating IFS with Play Strategies
  • Identifying parts
  • Interviewing the parts
  • Parts mapping
  • Shaping your parts
  • Parts’ drama
  • Drawing your parts and self
  • And more!
Trauma, Attachment, Behavioral Challenges, Anxiety, Depression
  • Track the client’s parts (and yours!) throughout session
  • Work with blended parts & how to externalize parts
  • Direct access vs. in-sight
  • Developing a self-to-part relationship
Bring IFS To Life in Your Clinical Practice
  • Activities, case studies & videos
  • Externalizing a part clay activity
  • Experiential parts activity
  • Sand tray therapy video
  • Parts, exiles, and self in the sand tray
  • Developing self-to-part relationship activity

Target Audience

  • Psychologists
  • School Psychologists
  • Counselors
  • School Counselors
  • Marriage & Family Counselors
  • Social Workers
  • Educators
  • Speech-Language Pathologists
  • Creative Arts Therapists
  • Nurses
  • Any mental health professional who works with children

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