IFS Skills Lab
A 10-week, live experiential course featuring five 3-hour sessions designed for clinicians with a solid foundation in Internal Family Systems (IFS) who are ready to deepen their skills. Through live demonstrations, small group practicums, and real-time facilitator feedback, participants will enhance their fluency in parts mapping, protector work, direct access, and the IFS healing steps. Limited to 24 participants. Includes 15 NBCC CEs.
A 10-week, live experiential course featuring five 3-hour sessions designed for clinicians with a solid foundation in Internal Family Systems (IFS) who are ready to deepen their skills. Through live demonstrations, small group practicums, and real-time facilitator feedback, participants will enhance their fluency in parts mapping, protector work, direct access, and the IFS healing steps. Limited to 24 participants. Includes 15 NBCC CEs.
A 10-week, live experiential course featuring five 3-hour sessions designed for clinicians with a solid foundation in Internal Family Systems (IFS) who are ready to deepen their skills. Through live demonstrations, small group practicums, and real-time facilitator feedback, participants will enhance their fluency in parts mapping, protector work, direct access, and the IFS healing steps. Limited to 24 participants. Includes 15 NBCC CEs.
IFS Skills Lab
Enhancing Parts Mapping, Befriending, Direct Access, and Healing Steps
A 10-week, live experiential course featuring five 3-hour sessions for therapists and practitioners who are ready to take their Internal Family Systems (IFS) skills to the next level through live demos, hands-on practice, and meaningful feedback in a small group setting.
Limited to just 24 participants, the IFS Skills Lab is intentionally designed for intimate, high-touch learning. With three experienced IFS facilitators present to guide each session, you’ll receive personalized support for your growth, integration, and clinical skill development.
Participants will earn 15 NBCC continuing education hours upon full completion of the course.
What This Course Offers
The IFS Skills Lab bridges the gap between conceptual understanding and embodied application. You’ll learn by doing—through structured practice, real-time feedback, and live demos that bring the model to life.
Each session includes:
Focused instruction on a specific IFS skill
Live demo to model the work
Small group practicums to practice the specific skill with facilitator support
Pre-session prompts to guide your internal preparation
Opportunities to receive direct feedback and grow your clinical intuition
Course Structure
5 live sessions across 10 weeks
3 hours per session (15 hours total)
Meets every other week
Limited to 24 participants for a personalized, interactive experience
Includes live demonstrations, pre-session guidance, and small-group practice
Weekly Content
Week 1: Parts Mapping & Getting to Know Your Parts
Learn how to map your system using different formats and explore parts that show up around a chosen theme or issue.
Week 2: Managers – How They Protect You
Get to know a proactive protector part of your system. Practice identifying, befriending, and interviewing a manager in guided groups.
Week 3: Firefighters & Direct Access
Work with a reactive protector part of your system that steps in to manage overwhelm. Practice using Direct Access and observe the shift to insight with the 6 Fs.
Week 4: Exiles, Healing Steps & Integration
Gently approach vulnerable exiles and practice (or witness) the IFS healing steps: witnessing, unburdening, and integration.
Week 5: Integration Follow-Up & Final Wrap-Up
Revisit previous work, receive support in post-unburdening integration, and participate in final reflection and closing.
Live Session Dates & Times
August to October Cohort
The IFS Skills Lab meets every other Tuesday from 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM Pacific Time on Zoom.
Session Dates:
Tuesday, August 26
Tuesday, September 9
Tuesday, September 23
Tuesday, October 7
Tuesday, October 21
Please plan to attend live, as the experiential nature of this course depends on real-time participation. The meetings will not be recorded.
💡 Who This Course Is For
The IFS Skills Lab is designed for clinicians and practitioners who are already grounded in the core concepts of Internal Family Systems and want to strengthen their application through hands-on practice.
This course is ideal for you if you:
Have a working knowledge of protectors, exiles, Self-energy, and the IFS flow
Are actively using IFS-informed approaches in your clinical work
Want to deepen your fluency in parts mapping, direct access, and the healing steps
Are looking for structured practice and live feedback in a safe, supportive environment
Value experiential learning over didactic lectures
Note: We’ll offer light refreshers and orienting commentary, but this course does not provide instruction in the IFS model itself. If you are not yet trained in the IFS Model, we recommend that participants have completed at least one of the following:
IFS Institute Level One
IFSCA Core Training
PESI
Or another comprehensive training that allows you to apply foundational IFS concepts in clinical settings
What You’ll Gain
Confidence navigating protector systems and healing steps
Real-time experience with parts mapping, direct access, healing steps, and integration
Supportive feedback from experienced facilitators
A stronger connection to your own system and your clients’
A community of thoughtful peers to grow alongside
15 NBCC CEs for live attendance and full participation
Course Fee
$795 USD
Payment plans are available at checkout through Afterpay.
Ready to Join?
Spots are limited and tend to fill quickly. We’d love to support you in deepening your IFS skills in a way that’s embodied, supported, and impactful—for both you and your clients.