How to Incorporate Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS) and Parenting
- Speaker:
- Frank Anderson, MD
- Duration:
- 6 Hours 14 Minutes
- Language:
- Presented in EN, subtitles in EN, ES, DE, IT, and FR, handouts in EN, ES, DE, IT, and FR
- Copyright:
-
16 Oct, 2020
- Product Code:
- POS055835
- Media Type:
- Digital Seminar
Description
Get to the real root of parenting challenges.
Even when parents are at the top of their game, the most routine curveballs—quarreling siblings, a child’s public meltdown, or a phone call from a teacher—can trigger unresolved shame, guilt, anger or disconnection in parents.
By applying the Internal Family Systems (IFS) approach, clinicians can help parents more fully:
- Understand and heal their own wounds that their children inevitably evoke
- Allow the parent to better set healthy, non-controlling limits
- Create a more nurturing family environment
- Talk to their children about difficult subjects by using “part of me language”
- Explore their reactive moments compassionately
- Co-parent in a way that’s supportive and collaborative that leads to greater maturity
- Recover from the inevitable moments when they “lose it”
- Take the necessary steps to repair with the child
Through exploring both attachment and parenting styles, as well as IFS therapy interventions that work, you can help parents avoid triggered responses to their children.
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
This self-study program consists of 6.25 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary by country and local regulatory bodies. Please save the course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from the activity and contact your local regulatory organization to determine specific eligibility and requirements.
Handouts
| File type | File name | Number of pages | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manual - Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS) & Parenting (615.5 KB) | 30 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS) & Parenting - French (615.5 KB) | 30 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS) & Parenting - Italian (615.5 KB) | 30 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS) & Parenting - German (615.5 KB) | 30 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS) & Parenting - Spanish (615.5 KB) | 30 Pages | Available after Purchase |
Speaker
Frank Anderson, MD Related seminars and products
Frank Anderson, MD, completed his residency and was a clinical instructor in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He is both a psychiatrist and psychotherapist. He specializes in the treatment of trauma and dissociation and is passionate about teaching brain-based psychotherapy and integrating current neuroscience knowledge with the IFS model of therapy.
Dr. Anderson has lectured extensively on the Neurobiology of PTSD and Dissociation and wrote the chapter “Who’s Taking What” Connecting Neuroscience, Psychopharmacology and Internal Family Systems for Trauma in Internal Family Systems Therapy – New Dimensions. He co-authored a chapter on What IFS Brings to Trauma Treatment in Innovations and Elaborations in Internal Family Systems Therapy, and recently co-authored Internal Family Systems Skills Training Manual.
His most recent book, entitled Transcending Trauma: Healing Complex PTSD with Internal Family Systems was released on May 19, 2021.
His memoir, To Be Loved, was released on May 7, 2024.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Frank Anderson maintains a private practice, is the co-founder of the Trauma Institute, and is the co-founding producer of Trauma Informed Media. He receives royalties as a published author. He receives a speaking honorarium, recording, and book royalties from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Frank Anderson is a member of the New England Society Studying Trauma and Dissociation and the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation.
Additional Info
Program Information
Access for Self-Study (Non-Interactive)Access never expires for this product.
Please Note
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
- Evaluate what Internal Family Systems model of therapy brings to parenting with the “Parts” concept.
- Create ways to engage parents in an exploration of their moments with compassion and empathy instead of guilt and shame.
- Demonstrate how to help parents lead from a place of power and set limits for their children while still expressing love and support.
- Differentiate among the various parenting styles vs. attachment styles and how they influence your client’s parenting approach.
- Propose an IFS-informed approach to co-parenting that helps promote improved intrafamily relationships.
- Apply the “triggering agreement” intervention when working with clients around resolving parenting issues that arise for them.
Outline
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
- Comprehensive, compassionate, non-pathologizing treatment approach
- Paradigm-shifting perspective on “psychopathology”
- Easily integrated into other therapeutic modalities
- Teach clients to access inner wisdom and self compassion
What IFS Brings to Parenting
- Incorporating parts language in the Family
- Positive intentions of all parts
- All parts welcome… really
Starting the Parenting Journey
- Expectations
- Family legacy - both the gifts and burdens
- Cultural and spiritual dimensions
- Parenting styles
- Attachment styles
Neuroscience and Development
- How brain development affects parents and children
- Developmental stages, attachment and parental response
- Parenting adolescents
When Parents Are Not at Their Best
- Reactive moments
- When kids become your perpetrator
- The different triggering scenario’s
- When parents overidentify with their children
Correct It, Don’t Perpetuate It
- How to recover and repair when parents lose it
- Direct access parenting
- Getting to the root of the reactivity
Improving the Co-Parenting Experience
- When parents aren’t aligned
- Creating a “Triggering Agreement”
From Reactive to Responsive
- Healing the wound
- The Parent Self
- Love and limits
- Maintaining the connection
Special Circumstances
- Single parenting
- Gender/sexuality issues
- Special needs children
- Parenting children with mental health issues
- Parenting adult children
Target Audience
- Counselors
- Social Workers
- Psychologists
- Therapists
- Marriage & Family Therapists
- Case Managers
- School Psychologists
- School Counselors
- School Social Workers
- Nurses
- Physicians
- Addiction Counselors
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