The Inner Work of Grief: IFS Therapy tools for Meeting Parts and Pain with Compassion

Lara Krawchuk, LCSW Related seminars and products

Lara Krawchuk, MSW, LCSW, MPH, is an internationally recognized grief and trauma expert, certified IFS therapist, and IFS consultant. She specializes in supporting individuals and families navigating death, dying, bereavement, ambiguous loss, attachment injuries, trauma, and professional compassion fatigue.

Lara brings more than two decades of experience helping people heal from grief and “living losses” with warmth, creativity, and evidence-based care. She integrates Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy into her practice and is passionate about training and mentoring other therapists to use the model.

Lara has been an adjunct lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Social Policy & Practice for over 20 years, teaching advanced clinical social work practice, IFS-informed social work and loss across a lifecycle.

She authored chapters for both volumes of Techniques of Grief Therapy edited by Robert A. Neimeyer and serves as practicum faculty with the Portland Institute for Loss and Transition.

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Lara Krawchuk is the Co-Founder and CE Director of Healing Perspectives and the Founder and President of Healing Concepts. She has employment relationships with the University of Pennsylvania and West Chester University. She receives speaking honoraria from the Portland Institute for Loss & Transition and PESI, Inc., and a consulting fee from the University of Pennsylvania Health System. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Lara Krawchuk has no relevant non-financial relationships.