An IFS Lens on Therapist Burnout
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.
More info soon.
About this workshop:
Cece Sykes
Live + recording
8 hours in total
2-day workshop
Experiential activities:
Demo session
Small group sharing
Experiential exercises
Therapist Burnout – What It (Really) Is and What We Can Do About It
Watch the video to hear what Cece shares about her new workshop on therapist burnout.
Being an IFS therapist
Being a therapist is fascinating, rewarding, and sometimes quite challenging. For IFS clinicians, however, there is an important added benefit – we work collaboratively, looping in client Self-energy as an active partner in the process.
Yet, I hear therapists tell me they often feel overwhelmed, work long hours, and are really tired. Is this ‘normal’? Is it okay? Is it harmful?
Self-led compassion
In this experiential workshop, we will discuss signs of compassion fatigue and burnout, discovering how our parts view the parameters of therapist responsibility and the intersection of our needs with our clients. Through lectures, discussions, experiential exercises, small groups, and live demo, we will connect with others in our community to explore effective, self-led compassion – for clients and for ourselves.
Workshop schedule
Dates:
2-day workshop on Thursday and Friday.
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December 5, 6, 2024
Hours:
The workshop will last 4 hours each day.
08:00-12:00 PST
Los Angeles
11:00-15:00 EST
New York
16:00-20:00 GMT
London
17:00-21:00 CET
Warsaw
Check the start time in your time zone here.
An IFS Lens on Therapist Burnout
A 2-day online workshop with Cece Sykes, an IFS Lead Trainer
An IFS Lens on Therapist Burnout
A 2-day online workshop with Cece Sykes, an IFS Lead Trainer
December 5 & 6, 2024
Support yourself as you support your clients – prevent therapist burnout with an IFS approach.
By joining “An IFS Lens on Therapist Burnout“, you’ll receive:
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Access to live, online workshops with Cece Sykes: Participate in experiential sessions led by an experienced IFS facilitator, where you’ll learn and practice essential skills.
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Comprehensive training materials: Receive ready-to-print resources that offer valuable tools and references for your practice.
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Unlimited access to workshop recordings: Revisit the content anytime, allowing you to absorb the material at your own pace without time constraints.
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Certificate of Completion: Acknowledges your commitment to professional growth and enhances your therapeutic skills.
Meet the trainer
Cece Sykes
Cece Sykes, LCSW is an IFS Senior Trainer, author and consultant with over forty years of clinical experience specializing in recovery from trauma and addiction.
One of the founding trainers in the IFS Institute, Cece has educated therapists around the world on the IFS model and on her approach to treating addictive processes. Her original chapter on addiction appears in Innovations & Elaborations (2016) and her recent book IFS Therapy for Addictions: Trauma Informed Compassion-Based Interventions for Substances, Eating, Gambling and More with Martha Sweezy and Richard Schwartz was released in 2023.
Cece also developed the Heart Lessons of the Journey retreat for an on-going international study of therapist personal narratives. She regularly lectures on these and related subjects and lives in her lifelong home of Chicago.
Feeling Overwhelmed by Your Work?
During “An IFS Lens on Therapist Burnout”, we will:
Learn new definitions of compassion fatigue, burnout, and self-care through the IFS model of the inner and outer world.
Identify and connect with the unique needs of therapist parts, building strong inner relationships with them.
Recognize protectors that have become over-responsible or caretaking, prioritizing others’ needs over their own.
Identify and connect with exiles related to these protectors and understand their burdened beliefs.
Explore family legacy burdens and gifts, including those related to patriarchy, capitalism/individualism, and gender roles.
Healing Therapist Burnout Through Parts Work
This workshop will focus on reconnecting therapists with gifts and burdens that led them into this field and how their parts are handling the work now. Participants will explore parts developed in early family relationships and how personal struggles impact our professional choices.
We will also explore how our role as professional listeners impacts our attunement to our own inner world and tending to our exiles. What is happening to the very busy protectors if they don’t remember how to take a ‘step back’ and rest?
Deepen your relationship with the protectors
This workshop will guide therapists to explore and build deeper relationship with the protectors who learned how to focus and attune externally as well as to vulnerable exiles that absorbed early messages about responsibility, sacrifice and striving.
Through lecture, journaling, small group sharing, experiential exercises and demo the participants will deepen their appreciation of the ‘heart lessons’ of their individual journeys, resourcing their inner worlds and reinvigorating connections to self-energy and unique wisdom.
Satisfaction Guarantee
If you’re not fully satisfied after attending the first day of our 2-day online workshop, simply let us know before the second session begins, and we’ll offer a full refund—no questions asked.
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.
How it works
Each of the workshops will be held live, on the Zoom platform.
You will receive the link to the Zoom meeting along with the password one day before each workshop session. There will be technical support available.
In 5 days after each live session, you will receive access to the recording. The recording will be available in your Life Architect Account, so you can go through it at your own pace.
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.
Experiential activities
This workshop emphasizes hands-on learning through experiential activities designed to deepen your understanding of Therapist Burnout. These activities foster personal connection and collaborative learning, enabling you to actively engage in practice. Here’s what you can look forward to:
Experiential exercises
Small group sharing
Demo session
An IFS Lens on Therapist Burnout
A 2-day online workshop with Cece Sykes, an IFS Lead Trainer
An IFS Lens on Therapist Burnout
A 2-day online workshop with Cece Sykes, an IFS Lead Trainer
December 5 & 6, 2024
Support yourself as you support your clients – prevent therapist burnout with an IFS approach.
By joining “An IFS Lens on Therapist Burnout“, you’ll receive:
-
Access to live, online workshops with Cece Sykes: Participate in experiential sessions led by an experienced IFS facilitator, where you’ll learn and practice essential skills.
-
Comprehensive training materials: Receive ready-to-print resources that offer valuable tools and references for your practice.
-
Unlimited access to workshop recordings: Revisit the content anytime, allowing you to absorb the material at your own pace without time constraints.
-
Certificate of Completion: Acknowledges your commitment to professional growth and enhances your therapeutic skills.
