Saturday and Sunday
January 15-16, 2011
10:00 AM – 5:30 PM
CIIS Main building
1453 Mission
$250/$220 members
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Day 1:  An Introduction to the Internal Family Systems Model – This workshop will introduce the principles and methods of the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model.  IFS is a way to understand and work with individuals, couples and families that helps people quickly find and differentiate their Self– a core of valuable leadership qualities– and harmonize their internal family of sub-personalities or ” parts.”  IFS synthesizes two paradigms:  systems thinking and the multiplicity of the mind– and brings concepts and methods from many schools of family therapy to the world of sub personalities.

Day 2: The Treatment of Trauma and the Internal Family Systems Model – Developed over the past two decades, the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model is one of the fastest growing approaches to psychotherapy today. IFS offers both a conceptual umbrella under which a variety of practices and different approaches can be grounded and guided, and a set of original techniques for creating safety and fostering Self-to-Self connection in couples and families.  This workshop will focus on the IFS model and its use with attachment and trauma.  Clinical applications, as well as a live demonstration by Dr. Schwartz will be presented.

Richard Schwartz, PhD, began his career as a systemic family therapist and an academic, at the University of Illinois and at Northwestern University.  Grounded in systems thinking, Dr. Schwartz developed the Internal Family Systems model (IFS) in response to clients’ descriptions of various parts within themselves.   In 2000, he founded the Center for Self Leadership (www.selfleadership.org), which offers three levels of trainings and workshops in IFS for professionals and the general public, both in this country and abroad.  A featured speaker for national professional organizations, Dr. Schwartz has published five books and over fifty articles about IFS.