Internal Family Systems is rapidly becoming recognised as the most powerful and effective therapy of our time because it unfailingly delivers what clients are seeking: permanent changes in the personality system resulting in less extreme thoughts, feelings and behaviours and a greater sense of peace and contentment.
Gay men who train as mental health professionals usually do so in an environment dominated by heterosexuals that can at times feel unsafe, or less supportive than when we are with community.
This one-day introduction to the model is open to men who identify as gay and are therapists, counsellors, sacred intimates, coaches, psychologists, psychiatrists or other health professionals who work 1:1 with clients.
Click this link to see what gay men say about the day: https://youtu.be/4QV_T9wAR6k
Learning Objectives
Through didactic teaching, demonstrations and experiential exercises you will:
- be invited to recognise that there is nothing wrong with you… or me… or any of us
- understand the basics of the IFS model including the 3 types of parts we typically encounter in session, and introduce the concept of Self energy
- learn how to be a”parts detector”
- have an understanding of working with Protectors, your own Therapist parts, and “unburdening” the “Exiles”
- understand how the model may be applied to specific concerns and populations: gender identity, trauma, couples, addiction, control freaks, grief
- witness a demonstration of the model
- be able to ask as many questions as you need
- recognise “Self” as the Inner Attachment figure
- gain clarity on how to facilitate the client’s Self as the agent for healing internal distress