IFS & Complex Trauma
Michael Elkin
IFS level: Intermediate
We distinguish 3 Levels of knowledge and experience in IFS therapy:
- Beginner:
You don’t know what IFS therapy is or you are at the beginning of your IFS journey and want to know the basics of the model. - Intermediate:
You already know the basics – you’ve done an introductory workshop or course and want to learn more. - Advanced:
You’ve completed a number of IFS workshops and/or an IFS Institute Online Circle and/or a Level 1 training and are ready to dive deeper into the model.
IFS CEs are available to be applied for IFS certification for those who have completed IFS Level 1 training.
About this workshop:
Mike Elkin
8 hours in total
3-week series
Recording
Experiential activities:
Personal practice (journalling)
Guided meditations
Sharing in small groups
Short demo sessions
Unique challenges of Complex Trauma
Complex Trauma presents unique challenges to both therapists and their clients. The experience of growing up without safe adults necessarily generates a hyper-vigilant, hyper-reactive protective system to whom “trust” is a word without real meaning.
Befriending these suspicious and often hostile guardians can be a frustrating process, which makes confidence and compassion elusive.
Extreme roles of burdened protectors
This course offers a comprehensible map of this sometimes daunting territory. You will learn how to contract with these well-meaning but burdened protectors and flexible and effective responses to the dissociation, shutdown, self-harm, helplessness, and hopelessness they experience in desperately struggling to maintain an insupportable inner ecology.
With the confidence that we possess the skill set necessary to free these parts from their extreme roles and ally with them in our project of healing, we can remain present while our client’s system gets access to their own resources and discover the joy of secure attachment.
Learn to address Complex Trauma with IFS Therapy
A series of 3 IFS online workshops with Mike Elkin (8 hours in total)
Learn to address Complex Trauma with IFS Therapy
A series of 3 IFS online workshops with Mike Elkin (8 hours in total)
Get the skill set necessary to free Parts from their extreme roles
By signing up for “IFS & Complex Trauma” workshop series you get:
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All-time access to the workshop recordings – no time limits,
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Training materials prepared by Mike (Three Techniques for Helping Difficult Parts To Unblend, Despair Protocol, Befriending Dissociative Firefighters, and more),
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Certificate of Completion,
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9 IFS CEs available to be applied for IFS certification for those who have completed Level 1 training.
IFS & Complex Trauma
Workshop 1
Moral Judgment & Moral Meaning
Workshop 2
Addressing Complex Trauma with IFS
Workshop 3
Challenges in Treating Complex Trauma
Workshop 1: Moral Judgment & Moral Meaning
During this workshop, we will learn about moral judgment and meaning:
- Centrality in all presenting problems,
- Self’s superpower,
- Addictive relationships,
- Barriers to connection,
- Suicidal and other self-harming parts.
Workshop 2: Addressing Complex Trauma with IFS
During this workshop, we will discover what trauma is:
- Distinguished from negative experience,
- Defined by culture,
- Rooted in shame,
- Distinguished from Complex Trauma.
And learn what Complex Trauma is:
- Effect on attachment,
- Effect on unblending,
- Effect on protective system.
Workshop 3: Challenges in Treating Complex Trauma
During this workshop, we will address challenges in treating Complex Trauma:
- Contracting,
- Addressing hopelessness,
- Befriending mistrustful protectors,
- Negotiating unblending,
- Managing therapist parts.
Meet the trainer
Michael Elkin
Michael Elkin, LMFT is a IFS Senior Lead Trainer who has been teaching the model since 1997.
He has over 45 years of clinical experience, and his early career was focused on treating mandated clients in drug and alcohol treatment agencies where he got extensive experience working with chronic addiction and violent and sexual perpetrators. In order to learn to be effective with these challenges, he got training in family, strategic and hypnotic therapies.
He is an author of the book: Families Under the Influence.
Mike has been married for 54 years; 30 years in his practice marriage which produced 2 sons, and his 24 year marriage to storyteller, Judith Black. This has contributed to his deep interest in intimacy and relationships. He has been nationally ranked as a billiard player.
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Satisfaction Guarantee
Up to 48 hours after purchase, if you are not completely satisfied just let us know about it. We will give you a full refund. You are not required to give any reason.
You have nothing to lose!
Completion of IFS Level 1 Training is not required
At the same time, you need to know the fundamentals of IFS, as we don’t offer basic didactics about the model during this workshop.
Make sure that you:
- Have completed a thorough introductory course/workshop about IFS or the IFSI Online Circle,
- Have a desire to embody the IFS Model – deepen the knowledge of your own system, and learn tools that aid you in this process.
Getting certified?
With this series there are 9 IFS CEs available to be applied for IFS certification for those who have completed IFS Level 1 training.
How it works
The workshop was held live in March 2024.
The whole process has been structured so you can go through it at any time, at your own pace. Explore almost 8 hours of video material – it’s important that you find the right space to immerse yourself in this process.
The recording contains didactics, so you will be able to do personal work in your own time.
Remember that you get unlimited access to the workshop recordings, which means you will be able to view them in a year or even in a few years.
Learn to address Complex Trauma with IFS Therapy
A series of 3 IFS online workshops with Mike Elkin (8 hours in total)
Learn to address Complex Trauma with IFS Therapy
A series of 3 IFS online workshops with Mike Elkin (8 hours in total)
Get the skill set necessary to free Parts from their extreme roles
By signing up for “IFS & Complex Trauma” workshop series you get:
-
All-time access to the workshop recordings – no time limits,
-
Training materials prepared by Mike (Three Techniques for Helping Difficult Parts To Unblend, Despair Protocol, Befriending Dissociative Firefighters, and more),
-
Certificate of Completion,
-
9 IFS CEs available to be applied for IFS certification for those who have completed Level 1 training.
