IFS Classes & Groups
Upcoming IFS Classes and groups with Karen (Rennie) Grayson, LPC
Classes for Therapists & Coaches
IFS Basics 1: Protectors
Seven-Week Small Group. Once a week for two hours.
IFS Basics 2: Exiles
Seven-Week Small Group. Once a week for 2 hours.
IFS Basics 3: IFS w/Clients
IFS Basics 1
Tuesdays 11am – 1pm Central Time. January 24 – March 7, 2023
Includes 14 hours of in-person instruction, drop-in office hours for Q&A, plus a downloadable workbook & resource guide for the course.
This course is the first in a three-part series designed for professional therapists, coaches, and others in the Healing Arts, who want to learn IFS. In this first course, we explore the building blocks of the model and focus mostly on our protective systems. This course encourages confidence in working with one’s own internal system, and prepares beginning clinicians to use the model for themselves. No prior IFS training or experience is necessary. Before class begins, you will receive a detailed resource guide to help you prepare.
Topics By Week:
- Building safety in the group, and comfort with Parts language and Parts Work
- Understanding The Internal System as a whole – Self-energy, multiplicity, and parts development over time
- Working with Protectors (both healthy and extreme)
- Exploring the nature of The Self in IFS
- Protector protocols and “The Six F’s”
- Stress-free Practice interlude — experience protector protocols as client and facilitator.
- Taking IFS into your life and work setting
Each session includes short lectures, pair practice, and either a demonstration of the model in real-time or a chance to do your own personal work. Together we will create a small, safe, confidential environment in which to learn the building blocks of the IFS model, to feel and contribute to the profound Self-Energy that arises in such a group, and to develop skills for living well.
IFS Basics 2
Tuesdays 11am – 1pm Central Time. March 21 – May 2, 2023
Includes 14 hours of in-person instruction, drop-in office hours for Q&A, plus a downloadable workbook & resource guide for the course.
This course is the second in the three part-series. In this course, we focus on the wounded or exiled system. I called is the “second tier” of the IFS model since skills and capacities needed to work with exiles. Take special care to teach. We will devote considerable energy to working with these tender often young parts. This class is for students who have already taken basics one: protectors.
Topics By Week:
- Building safety in the group and getting clarity about the differences between Protector and Exile work
- Beginning to work with second-tier IFS: identifying and caring for Exiles.
- Continuing second-tier work: witnessing, rescuing, and unburdening Exiles.
- Working with parts who get stuck, fearful, or confused during Exile work. Watch a demo or two.
- Stress-free Practice interlude — experience Exile protocols as client and facilitator.
- More practice and demos. Plus, nuances in unburdening and reintegrating healed parts.
- Self assessment and suggestions for next steps.
Each session includes short lectures, pair practice, and either a demonstration of the model in real-time or a chance to do your own personal work. Together we will create a small, safe, confidential environment in which to deepen your skills and confidence using the IFS model and feel and contribute to the profound Self-Energy that arises in the group.
IFS Basics 3
Tuesdays or Fridays Spring, 2023 TBA
Includes 14 hours of in-person instruction, drop-in office hours for Q&A, plus a downloadable workbook & resource guide for the course.
This course is the final course in the three part intro series. In this course, we begin to take the model to our clients. We vote on the question of how to bring the model forward. Different clients require different kinds of psycho-education or introduction. We also devote time to practicing the model with each other and outside the group in order to gain experience and confidence. This class is for students who have already taken Basics One & Two, or have permission of instructor.
Each session includes short lectures, pair practice, and either a demonstration of the model in real-time or a chance to do your own personal work. Together we will create a small, safe, confidential environment in which to deepen your skills and confidence using the IFS model and feel and contribute to the profound Self-Energy that arises in the group.
IFS Deep Dive
6 week small group. Once a week for two and a half hours.
For experienced Therapists and Coaches who use the model with clients and seek to refresh, deepen, and hone their skills. Our two and a half hour sessions will include short lectures, pair practice with supervision, demonstrations of the model in real-time and a chance to do your own personal work. Safe, gentle feedback. No high stakes.
Prerequisites:
Confidence using the model with clients
Completion of Level One training with the IFS institute (or comparable readiness and approval of instructor)
Successful facilitation of client unburdenings
Individual work with a trained IFS practitioner
Topics will come from you, but will likely include: Understanding the cosmology of our protective system, working with tough polarities, accessing Self-Energy from both secular and spiritual angles, and helping clients do the same.
Who Should Take These Courses?
IFS Basics 1
This course is for you if you have a cursory sense of the IFS model (through reading, personal work, and/or short trainings) and feel ready to learn.
IFS Basics 2
This course is for you if you have completed Basics 1, want to learn the Exile/healing aspect of IFS and are able to bring the model to your own system.
IFS Basics 3
This course is for you if you have done a good bit of your own personal IFS work, feel Self-Led much of the time, and are ready to bring the model to clients.
Meet the Teacher
Dr Karen Grayson, LPC Certified -- I go by my family name, Rennie!
IFS Therapist
I offer classes for therapists and coaches. I offer a support and learning group for the general public. I work individually with coaches and therapist as they grow their own practices and become more adept at doing personal IFS work themselves.
Questions?
Unsure? Contact Rennie!