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Frances D. Booth LICSW is a Certified IFS Therapist, Trainer and Consultant. She’s been a clinician for over 40 years, specializes in complex trauma, anxiety, depression, cancer, and binge eating.

Fran enjoys teaching IFS as a comprehensive integrative paradigm that encompasses her earlier explorations in various paths to heal the human heart and psyche: psychodynamic, ego states, mindfulness, attachment and body-based modalities.

Fran has held adjunct faculty positions at Tufts University School of Medicine, Smith College, and the University of New Hampshire.

Her mindfulness training is with the Insight Meditation Center in Barre, MA. Her Mind/Body training was with the Herbert Benson Mind Body Center, Boston, MA.

She was a founding member of The Healing Garden, a complementary care cancer center.

She loves to play, wear hats, laugh, sing, dance, dine and wine, read, explore new lands, bike, sail, swim, attend theater and be silly with grandchildren.

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.

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.

Kay Gardner, LCPC, IFS Lead trainer has over 45 years of clinical experience and 35 years in private practice. She is a senior Lead Trainer for Internal Family Systems (IFS) and has been in leadership since the beginning of the approach, in the early 90’s. She also came to IFS as an experienced therapist and a teacher of Hakomi Body-Centered Psychotherapy and as a result, helped to integrate the body into the IFS practice.

In earlier work, Kay was the founder of The Women’s Circle, a women’s program in Chicago, and has also led various successful workshops around the country for men and women, including Persephone’s Journey; Men and Their Mothers; Women and Their Fathers; as well as Sacred Theatre for Couples, which brought her body-centered theatre approach to work with couples in groups or individually.

In her most recent work, presented nationally and internationally, Kay was the first to bring the notion of Legacy Burdens to IFS and has co-developed a unique program that integrates work with energy, chakras, and developmental stages, called a Possibility of awakening. Kay brings a body-centered and spiritual approach to all her work.

She is a warm, gifted, and heartfelt presenter who consistently garners rave reviews from her audiences.

Paul Neustadt, MSS, LICSW, is a senior IFS Co-Lead Trainer. He also co-leads a monthly seminar for IFS Level 1 training graduates focused on integrating the skills learned in the Level 1 training.

He has led workshops on Self Led Parenting, the Therapeutic Relationship in IFS, Direct Access: An Essential Skill of IFS, IFS and Climate Change, and The Gifts of Our Exiles.

For 17 years Paul was director of a community counselling and prevention program for children, adolescents, and their families. Paul has also worked in a college counselling centre and community mental health centre, and taught couples and family therapy in a family therapy institute and two graduate programs.

In his private practice, Paul now specializes in IFS consultation, both group and individual.

Daphne Fatter, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist, certified Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapist, and clinical IFS consultant.

She is the author of the chapter: “Ancestral lineage healing: Restoring Belonging and Reconnection with Ancestral Wisdom and Collective Self-Energy” in “Altogether Us: Integrating the IFS Model with Key Modalities, Communities, and Trends.”

Dr. Fatter provides engaging continuing education to mental health providers on nuances of trauma treatment from her seasoned clinical experience treating PTSD and complex trauma.

She integrates an intergenerational and transpersonal lens with IFS in her guidance of IFS-informed ancestral healing groups, consultation groups, and IFS-based psychotherapy for adults.

In her personal life, Daphne is a proud and active mother of three children who happen to come into this life at the same time as triplets! Her favorite quote is by Rumi: “You are not a drop in the ocean, you are the ocean in a drop.”

Susan McConnell, MA, CHT, senior trainer for the IFS Institute, has taught Internal Family Systems in the US and internationally since 1997.

She is the author of Somatic Internal Family Systems: Awareness, Breath, Resonance, Movement and Touch published by North Atlantic Books.

Somatic IFS is the culmination of her experience and teaching of various bodywork, movement, spiritual, and psychotherapeutic modalities that facilitate the embodiment of the internal family—the subpersonalities as well as the essential core Self—to bring compassionate witnessing to the implicit body stories of our individual hurts and societal burdens.

She offers retreats, workshops and trainings in Somatic IFS to participants throughout the world.

For the past decade or more Robert Falconer has devoted himself full-time to IFS work (Internal Family Systems Therapy). In that time he has attended all levels of IFS training offered, and has been a program assistant more than 18 times.

Bob has been at many workshops and events with Richard Schwartz both as assistant and participant. In addition to studying with many of the other senior IFS trainers, he also co-authored a book with Richard Schwartz entitled: Many Minds, One Self. For all of his therapeutic work, both professional and personal, Bob now uses IFS almost exclusively. Bob recently published his new book about IFS and unattached burdens – The Others Within Us: Internal Family Systems, Porous Mind, and Spirit Possession.

Before this Bob used and explored many forms of therapy, starting with Ericksonian hypnotherapy which he studied with Carol Erickson. He received his master’s degree and hypnotherapist certificate under her tutelage. Then he met and began studying with Jack and Helen Watkins, the creators of Ego State Therapy.

Before beginning his graduate work, starting in 1971, Bob was involved with the Esalen Institute where he has attended more than 120 events and workshops.

Mary Kruger, MS, LMFT, is a Marriage & Family Therapist, AAMFT Supervisor, and an IFS Lead Trainer. She founded Rimmon Pond Counseling, LLC, an IFS-based group practice located in the New Haven, Ct. area. She offers private therapy, consultations and workshops nationally and internationally through her newly established New Paths Counseling & Consulting. LLC.

Mary envisioned & created the IFS L2 Training for Addictions and Eating Disorders several years ago.  She is also a clinician for the CT Military Support Program. 

She has been working in the field of addictions, eating disorders, trauma and personal growth with individuals, couples, families and groups for over thirty years.

Mary enjoys engaging with people; and sharing her experiences in fun and creative ways. She is particularly inspired and receives much joy from time spent with her family and friends, as well as three cats.

Richard C. Schwartz, Ph.D.

The Founder of Internal Family Systems.

Dr. Richard Schwartz began his career as a systemic family therapist and an academic. Grounded in systems thinking, Dr Schwartz developed Internal Family Systems (IFS) in response to clients’ descriptions of various parts within themselves.

He focused on the relationships among these parts and noticed that there were systemic patterns to the way they were organized across clients. He also found that when the clients’ parts felt safe and were allowed to relax, the clients would experience spontaneously the qualities of confidence, openness, and compassion that Dr Schwartz came to call the Self.

A featured speaker for national professional organizations, Dr Schwartz has published many books and over fifty articles about IFS.

Michael Mithoefer, MD

Michael Mithoefer, MD, is Senior Medical Director for Medical Affairs, Training and Supervision at MAPS Public Benefit Corporation (MAPS).

As co-therapists, he and his wife, Annie, have conducted two Phase 2 MAPS-sponsored clinical trials testing MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD, as well as other MAPS studies. He now focuses on training and supervision for research therapists. He has completed all 3 levels of and Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS) Training, and has a particular interest in the intersection of IFS and MDMA-assisted therapy.

He is trained in EMDR and is a Grof-certified Holotropic Breathwork Facilitator. He has been board certified in Psychiatry, Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine, is a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and Affiliate Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at MUSC. He and his wife, Annie live in Asheville, NC.

Robert M. Grant, MD, MPH

Dr. Robert M. Grant is a physician specializing in internal medicine, pulmonary medicine, and HIV medicine. He has more than 30 years of experience with research and clinical practice in sexual health and pulmonary medicine.

After a deep personal loss in 2014, he pivoted to face the challenges of human connection more directly through psychotherapy. He completed a certificate in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies and Research from the California Institute of Integral Studies in 2016, and trained in ketamine assisted psychotherapy at the KRIYA Institute in 2017. He is a a board member of the American Society of Ketamine Physicians.

He has trained in psychotherapy modalities including Internal Family Systems (as a fully certified IFS Therapist) and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. He has provided ketamine assisted psychotherapy in San Francisco since late 2017.

Dr. Alexia Rothman is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Atlanta, GA, since 2004. She is a Certified Internal Family Systems therapist, an international speaker and educator on the IFS model, and an IFSI-approved professional consultant. Dr. Rothman has received extensive training in IFS, primarily from Dr. Richard Schwartz.

She has served on staff for multiple Level 1, 2, and 3 experiential IFS trainings, and she offers workshops on the IFS model throughout the U.S. and internationally. She co-hosted the IFS-informed podcast miniseries, Explorations in Psychotherapy, and co-hosts the IFS podcast, IFS Masters.

Dr. Rothman is a United States Presidential Scholar who graduated summa cum laude from Emory University as a Robert W. Woodruff Scholar. She received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where she was an Edwin W. Pauley Fellow and a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow. She has held adjunct faculty positions at Emory University and Agnes Scott College.

Michelle Glass is a level three Certified IFS Practitioner, Alternative Counselor, and SoulCollage® Facilitator in Eugene, Oregon.

She is the author of the well-received book, Daily Parts Meditation Practice®: A Journey of Embodied Integration for Clients and Therapists and provides DPMP® workshops at the Annual IFS Conference and around the world, as well as offers support for those wanting to work with the tools of the DPMP® process. Additionally, Michelle is the editor of the Foundation for Self Leadership’s magazine, OUTLOOK.

Having over 15 years of experience with the IFS Model and learning it first from the inside out, Michelle brings a palpable nature of a Self-led / mostly-unburdened system to the world.

Becoming acquainted with her parts through healing from a childhood of complex trauma, she like Dick, is “a crusader for the personhood of parts.” Her IFS healing journey and Dick’s interest in her tools birthed the DPMP® process.

Frank Anderson is a world-renowned trauma expert, Harvard-trained psychiatrist, global speaker, and acclaimed best-selling author of Transcending Trauma. Dr. Anderson has a long affiliation with Bessel van der Kolk at the Trauma Research Foundation and is a lead trainer at the IFS Institute under Richard Schwartz. He is passionate about teaching brain-based psychotherapy and integrating current neuroscience knowledge with cutting-edge models of therapy.

Dr. Anderson believes that traumatic events can have a lasting effect on the health and well-being of individuals and that addressing these events will help lead people down a path of hope, love, and forgiveness.

He is the director and co-founder of the Trauma Institute and Trauma-Informed Media, organizations that provide educational resources and promote trauma awareness. As a result of his early childhood experiences and personal journey transformation, he is dedicated to bringing more compassion, unity, and trauma healing to the world.

He splits his time between Boston and Los Angeles where he lives with his husband and two sons.

To explore Dr. Anderson’s work and discover his latest book To Be Loved – a deeply personal memoir about healing – visit his website at FrankAndersonMD.com and follow him on Instagram at frank_andersonmd.

Jory Agate, LMHC, MDiv., MA, IFS Certified, is an Internal Family Systems therapist, trainer, and consultant with a private practice in Cambridge, MA.

Jory is committed to creating a collaborative clinical space that honors the cultural uniqueness of her clients. She specializes in treating trauma without pathologizing individuals for the creative ways they may have learned to cope. Jory had previous careers as a Unitarian Universalist minister and Sign Language interpreter/Deaf educator in the US and abroad. She works in English and ASL with hearing and Deaf individuals, families, couples, clergy, staff teams, and parents of individuals with major mental illness. Jory is a trainer/presenter for the IFS Institute, PESI, the Unitarian Universalist Association, and the National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI).

In addition to her private practice, she provides training and consultation in IFS therapy, cultural agility, sexuality education, leadership development, and group dynamics. The mother of two young adults, one hearing and one Deaf, she lives with her wife and their pandemic puppy in Cambridge, MA.

Monique has been a psychotherapist in Private Practice since 1980 and was Staff Counselor at the Omega Institute for Holistic Studies for 18 years.

In the early 80s she developed programs for rape survivors (created the first Rape Crisis Center in Westchester, NY), programs for HIV+ and AIDS victims and their families, a program for teenage mothers to combine parenting skills and GED and a program connecting community center programs with local high school students for community service experiences.

Originally trained in Psychoanalysis and Gestalt, she is trained in Internal Family Systems and Past Life Regression and is proficient in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy and Comprehensive Resource Model. She is certified in both Reiki and Shamanic practices and ceremonies.

She was President of the Internal Family Systems Association. She sat on the Association for Spirituality & Psychotherapy board and the New York State Coalition Against Sexual Abuse. She has written a book about healing trauma: “Healing from Post-Traumatic Stress: A Workbook for Recovery”.

Tatiana Davila is a psychotherapist with 28 years of experience in the field. Her journey in the therapeutic world began with Initiatic Therapy, which taught her to focus on the sacred nucleus within each person and its connection to the greater LIFE. Through this therapy, she developed her skills in self-exploration accompaniment through art, symbols, and other means. This foundational experience has stayed with her throughout her career.

As she continued to grow in her field, she expanded her knowledge by studying Gestalt Psychotherapy, and Art therapy, and Family Constellations (this last by co-facilitating therapy with Christiane Gottwald, her teacher for 14 years). Along the way, she discovered her love for medicinal plants, ancestral knowledge, and the use of plants for healing.

The ancestral knowledge also taught her the importance of relationships and honoring them. This understanding of everything as sacred and connected, whether it be other people, plants, animals, rocks, or trees, has helped her understand the power of flowers in her work as a floral therapist.

Geke has a degree in Clinical Psychology and Transpersonal Therapy and is trained in Breathwork, Bodywork, Family constellations, Voice Dialogue, and Internal Family Systems
(Level 1 and 2).

Geke felt from a young age that there was “more” to life than what we learn in school and what is taught to us by “society.” A deep knowing that is shared with and recognized by almost all participants she works with. What is the meaning of this beautiful and challenging life? What does it mean to be fully human? Where does our soul/heart/body come into the equation, instead of only the mind, reasoning and explaining?

Geke loves being alive, exploring every facet of being human, of being in relation. Embracing that what is, being curious, kind, and open. She is passionate about helping people find their essence. About helping them find their unique ways of being in service to themselves, to Spirit, to their communities, and to the world.

She is a wise, warm, welcoming woman, teacher, therapist, and facilitator. Geke is grounded on Earth as well as deeply connected with Spirit. She represents clarity, loving presence, and kindness.

You can read more about Geke on her website: www.gekedijkstra.com

LaDonna Silva, LMFT is Process Therapist, an IFS Approved Clinical Consultant, a Level 3 Certified IFS Therapist and a member of the Somatic IFS Staff. She has been seeing clients for over 18 years and has proudly been on her own healing journey for the last 34 years.

In recent years, she has focused on bridging her background in Somatic and Transpersonal Psychology with Process Therapy and the IFS/Somatic IFS model. She specializes in trauma, sexual abuse/assault, grief, couples work, group work and working with the LGBTQI+ community.

LaDonna loves practicing the Art of Being and Doing in the therapeutic setting. She invites her clients to return to their own natural state of balance and well-being, all the while holding a compassionate and non-pathologizing place for those internal systems that need attention and loving care.

She incorporates diverse modalities, like movement, music, somatic process, play and curiosity, to discover and address what shows up in the room.

Patricia Rich, is a Certified IFS Therapist and Approved Consultant, an AASECT Certified Sex Therapist and Supervisor, and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker.

She fell in love with IFS in 2011 and has since completed Level 3, served as a Program Assistant, and offered IFS workshops internationally. She founded a private practice in the Philadelphia area and recently opened Patricia Rich Consulting LLC where she helps therapists and insight-oriented folks to BeFriend and Lead their Internal Sexual System (BLISS™) through coaching, training, and consultation.

When Patty first became interested in IFS, she thought it would be useful in the treatment of sexual dysfunction. Then, as she learned the model she got curious about how sexuality “lives” in the internal system. Now she believes that IFS is not only extremely useful in the healing of sexual dysfunction and trauma, but also for navigating today’s complex landscape of sexuality in a Self-Led way.

You can sign up for her free guide to The 6 S’s of Sexual Self Energy™ and learn more about her offerings at www.patriciarich.com or join her Facebook group Self-Led Sexuality with Patricia Rich.