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Digital Seminar

The Ultimate IFS Therapy Crash Course

Over 12 Must-Have Techniques for Trauma, Anxiety, Grief and More

Speaker:
Daphne Fatter, PhD
Duration:
Approx. 12 Hours
Copyright:
Jun 11, 2026
Product Code:
POS150573
Media Type:
Digital Seminar - Also available: In-Person Seminar | Live Webcast

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Description

This intensive training packs an entire IFS therapy toolkit into one immersive, hands-on experience

IFS therapy is the breakthrough approach that goes beyond surface-level symptom management and temporary fixes…

…giving you powerful tools to turn the inner conflicts, disconnection, and self-criticism you see in almost every single client into inner acceptance, self-love, and internal harmony. 

Therapists everywhere are saying it's unlike any other approach they've tried — making therapy simpler, more approachable, and more sustainable from the very first session.

And clients? They're saying IFS therapy has completely transformed their lives, relationships, and how they feel about themselves.

Now, for the first time, you can learn these transformative techniques with Dr. Daphne Fatter — a trauma expert who trained directly under Dr. Bessel van der Kolk at the Trauma Center.

You'll rapidly master the core concepts of IFS therapy and get step-by-step instruction on skillfully applying hand-selected IFS techniques you can use to:

  • Foster sessions that feel collaborative, fluid, and more authentic
  • Expertly work with anxious parts in the IFS framework to reduce their intensity
  • Provide clients a sense of inner stability through the grieving process
  • Release your clients from the grip of trauma, blame, and self-loathing… and much more!

Whether you're new to IFS or looking to deepen your practice, this training will enhance your treatment with practical, powerful techniques you can use to achieve transformative outcomes with clients right away.

Purchase now!

 

This product is not endorsed by, sponsored by, or affiliated with the IFS Institute and does not qualify for IFS Institute credits or certification.

Credit


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**Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of your profession. As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your professions standards.



Speaker

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Daphne Fatter, PhD, is a licensed psychologist, clinical consultant, author, and international speaker specializing in integrative trauma-informed therapies. She is the author of Integrating Internal Family Systems Interventions into EMDR Therapy and is widely recognized for her expertise in blending parts work with evidence-based trauma modalities. Dr. Fatter is EMDR certified, an EMDRIA approved consultant, and has over twenty years of experience providing trauma treatment. As a certified ancestral healing practitioner, she also supports clients and clinicians in addressing intergenerational and historical trauma. Dr. Fatter earned her Master of Arts in transpersonal counseling psychology from Naropa University and her doctorate in counseling psychology from Pennsylvania State University. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship in clinical psychology at The Trauma Center under the direct supervision of Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, MD. She previously served as the military sexual trauma coordinator at the Fort Worth VA Outpatient Clinic and has extensive experience providing training to mental health providers serving the military. Her published works span the areas of Internal Family Systems therapy, EMDR, countertransference, mindfulness, and ancestral healing.

Grounded in the understanding that traumatic stress is multilayered – relational, developmental, biological, cultural, systemic, collective, historical, and spiritual – Dr. Fatter brings a neuroscience-based, compassionate, humble, and skills-based approach to professional education. She offers engaging workshops, webinars, and trainings on a range of trauma-related topics, including PTSD, complex trauma, complicated grief, and divorce recovery. Dr. Fatter is based in Dallas Texas where she balances her clinical practice with parenting her three children. Learn more at www.daphnefatterphd.com.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Daphne Fatter maintains a private practice. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from Psychotherapy Networker and PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Daphne Fatter is a member of the American Psychological Association, the EMDR International Association, and the Texas Psychological Association.


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This product is not endorsed by, sponsored by, or affiliated with the IFS Institute and does not qualify for IFS Institute credits or certification.


Objectives

  1. Analyze the fundamental principles of Internal Family Systems (IFS).
  2. Evaluate the characteristics of Self and its role in the internal system of the client.
  3. Examine the impact that the three types of parts have on the client's internal system.
  4. Interpret clinical symptoms through the lens of IFS.
  5. Apply the principles of IFS to working with anxious parts to reduce their impact on clients' daily lives.
  6. Implement self-leadership techniques to provide a sense of inner stability and support for grieving clients.
  7. Utilize the 6 F's protocol (Find, Focus, Flesh out, Feel toward, beFriend, Fear) to facilitate communication between clients and their protective parts.
  8. Apply IFS techniques to help clients release the charge from traumatic memories stored in the body.
  9. Integrate IFS principles with EMDR and Self Tapping for Attachment Readiness and Repair (STARR®).
  10. Analyze how intergenerational trauma, legacy burdens, and collective trauma manifest in clients' internal systems.
  11. Assess personal countertransference reactions and therapist parts that emerge during IFS work.
  12. Examine common therapist missteps in IFS when working with trauma, grief, and anxiety presentations.

Outline

Internal Family Systems Therapy: Heal Wounded Parts, Transform Protective Parts, and Deepen Connection with Self

  • Foundational principles and goals of IFS
  • Understand different parts of your clients' internal system
  • Parts Led Systems vs Self-Led Systems
  • IFS, Cultural Identities, and Intersectionality
  • The 8 C's of Self-energy and how to recognize Self in session
  • Applying an IFS lens to Case Conceptualization
  • Case Examples

Steps of IFS Therapy and How to Get Started

  • The IFS approach to assessment and treatment planning
  • Experiential exercise: Identifying your own therapist parts
  • Develop a relationship with clients' core self and develop self-leadership skills
  • Facilitating communication and collaboration between parts
  • Guided Experiential Exercises to help clients identify and connect with different parts

Working with Protector parts of the client

  • Integrating IFS into your first session: video demonstration
  • Parts Mapping: live demonstration and dyad practice
  • The 6 F's of IFS - a step-by-step protocol for getting to know parts
  • Addressing common protectors, such as avoidance, dissociation, and numbing
  • Live demonstration and debrief

Working with Wound Parts

  • How to identify that traumatic memory is activated
  • Work with exiles to help clients process and heal from traumatic experiences
  • Memory Reconsolidation: Why IFS is Effective
  • How to integrate IFS therapy experiences into clients' daily lives
  • Video demonstration of unburdening with debrief
  • Dyad practice: Clinical signs a client is ready for unburdening using case examples

IFS Therapy for Trauma, PTSD and Complex Trauma

  • How IFS differs in emotion regulation strategies from other approaches
  • Common therapist missteps in IFS
  • Address trauma-related fears and concerns by working with protective parts
  • Developing self-leadership in clients to increase their resilience and coping skills
  • IFS techniques to help clients release emotional and physical trauma stored in the body
  • Navigating polarizations in the client's system
  • Working with dissociation using IFS interventions
  • Working with Substance Abuse with IFS interventions
  • Case Examples
  • Extended case example: Working with suicidality through an IFS lens
  • How does IFS address Intergenerational, collective and ancestral trauma
  • Working with Marginalized Populations

IFS for Anxiety: Working with Anxious Parts to Reduce Their Intensity

  • How IFS shifts a client's relationship with anxiety and reduces symptoms
  • Identify "worrier" or "perfectionist" parts that activate in response to anxiety triggers
  • Facilitate communication with anxious parts to understand their motivations
  • Unburden exiled parts and release blocked or stuck anxiety-related emotions
  • Practice self-compassion and self-care to reduce anxiety over time
  • Case Examples
  • Dyad practice exercise: Working with anxious parts in clinical vignettes

An Internal Family Systems Approach to Grief: Providing Stability and Support for Clients Navigating the Grieving Process

  • The latest grief research and DSM-5-TR Prolonged Grief Disorder Criteria
  • Self-leadership to provide a sense of inner stability through the grieving process
  • Exiles in grief and how they can be accessed and worked with in IFS therapy
  • Integration of Art, Writing, Ritual & Cultural Practices with IFS
  • Using IFS to identify and process secondary losses
  • Working with acute loss, ambiguous grief, prolonged grief disorder
  • Intergenerational Trauma: Legacy Burdens
  • Case examples

Integrating IFS with EMDR and Other Modalities

  • Key integration points between IFS and EMDR
  • Introduction to STARR (Self Tapping for Attachment Readiness and Repair)
  • When to use IFS vs. EMDR vs. integrated approach
  • Brief overview: IFS integration with ACT, CBT, Somatic approaches
  • Case examples demonstrating integration

Additional Considerations in IFS

  • Using IFS in Groups
  • IFS & Therapeutic Relationship
  • IFS & Countertransference, Vicarious Trauma, & Burnout
  • Therapist Self-Disclosure
  • Medications in IFS
  • Exploration of countertransference - recognizing therapist parts in session
  • Limitations of the research & what we still don't know
  • Potential risks and contraindications
  • When IFS may not be the right fit: client considerations

Target Audience

  • Counselors
  • Social Workers
  • Psychiatrists
  • Psychologists
  • Addiction Counselors
  • Marriage and Family Therapists
  • Therapists
  • Physicians
  • Nurses
  • Other Professionals Who Work within the Mental Health Fields

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