The Integrated EMDR and IFS Model: Level 1

Confidently Integrate EMDR and IFS: Learn the Complete Framework Therapists Trust and Earn 18 EMDRIA CE

The Integrated EMDR and IFS Model – Level 1
A Clinician’s Guide to Blending Internal Family Systems with EMDR Therapy

If you love EMDR but find yourself wanting more clarity when working with clients who shut down, avoid, or emotionally flood—this course is for you. Parts work, and IFS specifically, offers a way to meet those protective blocks with curiosity rather than conflict. This training gives you a practical, phase-by-phase method for integrating EMDR and IFS in a way that stays true to both models while expanding your clinical flexibility.

Whether you're just beginning to bring parts language into sessions, or you've been circling around IFS for a while and want a grounded framework, you'll leave this course with tools you can immediately apply to make trauma work more adaptive, client-led, and sustainable.

What You’ll Learn

This course walks you through the entire EMDR protocol with an IFS lens, helping you:

  • Use parts mapping to uncover and organize memory networks

  • Adapt EMDR history-taking to gather parts-aware data

  • Identify Negative Cognitions as part-held burdens

  • Integrate Self-energy resourcing in Phase 2

  • Work with protectors to gain buy-in for trauma processing

  • Use the 6 Fs to navigate toward an exile part and transition to EMDR phases 3–8

  • Apply IFS healing steps as interweaves during Phase 4

  • Understand how to adaptively lead with IFS, EMDR, or a blended approach

  • Address cultural and legacy burdens using an integrated lens

  • Make EMDR more accessible for clients with complex trauma or strong protective systems who struggle to enter Phase 4

By the end of the course, you’ll feel more fluent in accessing internal systems, collaborating with protectors, and deepening trauma work while staying true to both models.

Upcoming UK Training

Live in the UK?
Dr. Kendhal Hart is bringing the Integrated EMDR + IFS Model Level 1 training to London!
If you’re looking to join a live, in-person cohort in the UK, click here for full details and registration updates.

Who This Course Is For?

This training is designed for EMDR-trained clinicians interested in integrating parts work into their trauma therapy in a structured, non-pathologizing way. It’s also a great fit for IFS-trained therapists who want more procedural grounding in reprocessing work.

If you’re still building confidence in your IFS skills, the live version will give you more direct support and feedback.
If you’re already comfortable with IFS, the on-demand version lets you skip foundational sections and go straight to integration.

Not sure which format is best for you?

If you’re new to IFS:
Both the on-demand and live versions include everything you need to learn the IFS model and begin integrating it into EMDR sessions. The on-demand course lets you learn at your own pace with the ability to rewatch as needed, while the live version offers real-time support, opportunities to ask questions, and interactive practice. Choose based on your preferred learning style and level of support desired.

If you’re already IFS-trained:
You’ll find that the on-demand format offers maximum flexibility, allowing you to skip or skim the foundational IFS sections and go straight into integration content. This is a great option if you prefer to learn at your own pace and focus only on what’s new to you. However, if you value real-time discussion and practice, the live version also includes integration content along with interactive support.

If you want live support and feedback:
The live version covers the same content with the added benefit of real-time Q&A, practice opportunities, and direct guidance to deepen your skills.

Free On-Demand Preview Available

Want to get a sense of my teaching style and what this course covers before enrolling?

You can now watch a free preview, which includes:

  • An introduction to me as your instructor

  • A full course overview outlining what you’ll learn

  • A discussion of the purpose and power of integrating EMDR and IFS

How to watch: Click here to view the on-demand course page, then click the drop-down arrow next to “Introduction and Overview” to access the free preview lessons.

What’s Included

With the course, you’ll receive:

  • A full training manual

  • Parts mapping forms

  • Printable 6 Fs guide with prompts for in-session use

  • Client handouts to support Self-energy

  • Scripts, phrasing examples, and therapist-facing worksheets

Accessible Pricing for Virtual Courses

I intentionally keep my on-demand and Zoom-based level 1 course priced at $395 to make this training as accessible as possible for therapists wanting to grow their skills. My in-person event pricing varies based on travel and venue costs.

I believe in making high-quality integration training available to clinicians who want to support their clients with confidence.

Gift This On-Demand Course

Looking for a meaningful gift for a therapist friend or colleague? You can now purchase this on-demand course as a gift to support their professional growth and confidence. At checkout, simply select “This is a gift” to send it directly to them.

Or, if you want to invest in your own learning journey, consider adding this course to your birthday or holiday wishlist so friends and family can support your goals.

Why Integrate EMDR and IFS?

EMDR targets the memories that shaped us.
IFS helps us understand and support the parts that carry or protect those memories.

Together, they create a framework that goes beyond symptom reduction—offering lasting change through internal trust, Self-leadership, and deep healing.

  • Gently navigate around resistance instead of pushing through it

  • Increase emotional safety during reprocessing

  • Offer clients real internal choice, not just insight

What’s Next?

Many therapists find it helpful to take these courses sequentially, building a strong foundation in EMDR and IFS integration while deepening their parts work skills along the way.

Ready to deepen your IFS knowledge?
If you want to strengthen your understanding of parts work and Self-leadership, join me in IFS Foundations Masterclass. This IFS deep dive builds confidence and fluency as an IFS-informed therapist.
Learn more about IFS Foundations

Want to take your EMDR-IFS integration to the next level?
The Integrated EMDR & IFS Model Level 2 goes further into protocol adaptations, complex trauma considerations, and nuanced protector work to enhance your integration skills and clinical effectiveness.
Learn more about Level 2

On-Demand Training (1-Year Access)

  • Over 12 hours of recorded video content

  • Watch at your own pace with full-year access

  • Tailor your learning and skip IFS basics if you’re already confident

  • Includes 13 EMDRIA and NBCC CEs

Choose the Format That Fits You

Live Zoom or In-Person Training

  • Real-time teaching, demos, and group consultation

  • Small-group practice and case-based learning

  • Great for clinicians newer to IFS or wanting high support

  • Includes 18 EMDRIA and NBCC CEs

Live Course Schedules and CEs

  • 7:00 AM - 2:00 PM Pacific Time

  • Meal Break: 10:30 AM - 11:30 PM Pacific Time.

Continuing Education Credit

Live Course

  • 18 EMDRIA + NBCC CEs

On-Demand Course

  • 13 EMDRIA + NBCC CEs

Kendhal Hart, PLLC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP Number. 7527.

Kendhal Hart is approved by EMDRIA as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, Provider Number 22019.

Join Dr. Kendhal Hart Live in London!

In-Person Three-Day Event 17-19 October 2025

The Integrated EMDR and IFS Model: Level 1
Location: Central London, United Kingdom

Course Curriculum

 

Understand Parts Language

Learn the foundational components of Internal Family Systems (IFS) and how to speak using “parts language.” Parts exist within us all, and they always have a positive intent, even if that may not be readily apparent based on their actions. Parts organize themselves to protect, care for, and motivate the person.

Goals of the Integrated Model

The integrated approach helps the client develop insight and understanding regarding their thoughts, feelings, and behavior, restoring trust in the client’s inner system, assisting them in developing a stronger sense of identity, healing wounds, releasing negative beliefs, and reorganizing their internal system.

The Integrated Approach: A New Lens

The integrated approach offers a new lens to conceptualize a client’s experience. It is non-pathologizing and honors their protective system, which can often feel bypassed in standard protocol EMDR. We slow the process down to empower the client to make lifelong changes.

Well-Protected Systems

Well-protected systems are prevalent, especially with complex PTSD or relational trauma. We focus on the intention of the part, not the actual symptom or behavior of the part. In The EMDR and IFS Model, we enter the system through its protective layers instead of immediately targeting traumatic memories or wounds. 

Knowing Self

In IFS, the Self is our most authentic sense of who we are and is the source of healing just like the AIP. Everyone has a Self; some just have less access to it. Self-energy does not have a plan, agenda, or strategy but rather a strong desire to heal. Throughout the training, therapists learn to access their own Self-energy and rely on the client’s Self for healing.

Parts-Focused Interweaves

The integrated model provides clinicians with strategic ways to utilize parts-focused interweaves during phase four reprocessing. The protocol shifts from the idea of a “blocking belief” to a more compassionate “protective drive.” We also shy away from the “cognitive” component of these interweaves to prevent inviting in managers.


Tuition is $395 for the 3-day virtual course.

NBCC Approved Continuing Education Provider ACEP # 7527

NBCC has approved Kendhal Hart, PLLC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP Number 7527. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Kendhal Hart, PLLC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.