This 3-class series picks up where Level 1, Stepping Stones, and the Online Circle leave off, for clients whose systems won’t let them ‘go inside’ because it’s just too scary or they don’t know how. 

Session 1:

-Reading the room
-Lending Self-energy: Do’s and don’ts
-Building a ‘we’ container, where the therapist is ‘in’ the room
-Confused, fraudulent, and overwhelmed therapist parts
-Targeted psychoeducation: Support for thinking managers
-5 Parts to Start: Fight, flight, freeze, attach/submit, inner critic
-When more skills are needed: DDNOS and DID
-Lecture, experiential, Q & A
Session 2:

Implicit and Explicit Direct Access: Essential Skills

This class will cover implicit and explicit direct access, both essential skills for the IFS therapist, but skills which many clinicians have trouble employing. When to use them,
how to use them effectively, as well as the therapist parts that interfere, will be covered.
Lecture, live demos, Q & A

Session 3:

Implicit and Explicit Direct Access: Final Thoughts
This final class offers a high-level review of the previous two classes and question and answer, highlighting things to remember and practice.