The Others Within Us: Unattached Burdens and Guides in IFS Therapy by Robert Falconer
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.
About this workshop:
Robert Falconer
13 hours in total
4-week series
Recording
Experiential activities:
Pre-recorded demo sessions
A guides guided meditation
Q&A sessions
The Others Within Us: Unattached Burdens and Guides in IFS Therapy
During this workshop series you will:
Learn how to work with negative energies that Richard Schwartz calls Unattached burdens,
Discover ways of connecting to your Guides, tapping into their wisdom and guidance,
Learn how to use IFS with your clients to help them deal with these energies.
See what Robert has to say about the series:
Someone once said that a real scientist follows the data no matter where it leads…
IFS has given us a model of mind made up of parts (managers, firefighters, and exiles) and Self. This concept of the multiplicity of mind is rapidly replacing the old myth of the mono mind.
IFS’s model has proven itself to be very valuable in psychotherapy. As we go deeper into people’s systems we begin to encounter things that are not parts or Self, such as legacy burdens and cultural burdens.
As we go even deeper we encounter what I call the others within us, unattached burdens and guides. These will be the focus of this course, and they lead us to replace the old myth that our minds are private citadels with the realization that mind is porous. The realizing holds a key to healing our underlying alienation and isolation.
Unattached burdens What works? What helps?
You will learn how to work with the client’s parts that induct the therapist into recreating the original wounding relationship and the very patterns they are struggling to change. You will discover how to use Direct Access to address the client’s unconscious attachment issues and help the client’s parts feel safe enough to relax.
Each session will have a short live demo, sharing in small groups, experiential exercises, questions and answers, opportunities to practice skills, and brief guided meditations.
The mind is multiple – a paradigm shift
For a decade I have been working in this area. I did not want to believe these phenomena were real, these phenomena make it clear that our minds are porous, and when this idea is pursued to its natural conclusions, it can be as much of a paradigm shift as the realization that the mind is multiple.
The false belief that our minds are inviolably private leads to much suffering and underlies many of our modern social problems.
This whole area is sort of disreputable and very few therapists will deal with it. So once word of my curiosity about this area got out into the IFS world I have received many referrals and I wrote a book about this entitled, “The Others Within Us: Internal Family Systems, Porous Mind, and Spirit Possession”.
The Others Within Us: Unattached Burdens and Guides in IFS Therapy
A series of 4 online workshops with Robert Falconer (13 hours in total)
The Others Within Us: Unattached Burdens and Guides in IFS Therapy
A series of 4 online workshops with Robert Falconer (13 hours in total)
Learn how to work with negative energies that Richard Schwartz calls Unattached Burdens
By signing up for “The Others Within Us: Unattached Burdens and Guides in IFS Therapy” workshop series you get:
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All-time access to the workshop recordings – no time limits,
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Pre-recorded demo sessions,
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Training materials prepared by Bob (A basic outline of dealing with unattached burdens, Cheat sheet, Selected and Annotated Reading List on Unattached Burdens, and more),
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Q&A sessions,
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Certificate of Completion.
Please note the seller of the workshops is a British company registered for VAT in the United Kingdom and Poland.
The Others Within Us: Unattached Burdens and Guides in IFS Therapy
Workshop 1
IFS and the transpersonal
Workshop 2
How to work with Unattached Burdens
Workshop 3
Cross cultural contexts
Workshop 4
Tapping into the wisdom of Guides
Workshop 1: IFS and the transpersonal
During this workshop you will learn about:
- Wider implications of the IFS model, multiple mind and porous mind,
- How Robert came to focus on this area,
- Radical pragmatism in the tradition of William James,
- Introduction of the basic outline of work with Unattached Burdens,
- The role of fear in this work,
- We will also watch a video of a session with an Unattached Burden.
Workshop 2: How to work with Unattached Burdens
During this workshop you will learn about:
- How to confidently distinguish between the others within us and parts,
- Exploring our fears — therapist parts,
- How to work with Unattached Burdens – the basics in detail,
- We will show you some case studies,
- Video interview with a Native American,
- More case studies and Q&A.
Workshop 3: Cross cultural contexts
During this workshop we will talk about the cross cultural contexts:
- Non-Western mental health treatment,
- Psychosis in other cultures,
- What all this implies about the nature of mind, and why this is so important,
- The work of Tanya Luhrmann and more,
- The anthropology: Erika Bourguignon, I.M. Lewis, Mircea Eliade, and others,
- Some examples of other views, including: Brazilian spiritism, Emanuel Swedenborg, Wilson van Dusen, Korean shamanism, a history of possession in the West.
Workshop 4: Tapping into the wisdom of Guides
During this workshop you will learn about:
- Constraint release, a key principal,
- Self and guides,
- 12-step concept of higher power and guides,
- DMT entities and guides and unattached burdens in psychedelics,
- Discernment, an age old issue,
- Robert’s 3 suggestions on real-time discernment,
- We will also experience a guides guided meditation.
Meet the teacher
Robert Falconer
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.
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.
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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.
How it works
The workshop was held live in May and June 2023.
The whole process has been structured so that you can go through it at any time, at your own pace. Explore almost 13 hours of video material – it’s important that you find the right space to immerse yourself in this process.
The recording contains didactics and demo sessions, 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.
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The Others Within Us: Unattached Burdens and Guides in IFS Therapy
A series of 4 online workshops with Robert Falconer (13 hours in total)
The Others Within Us: Unattached Burdens and Guides in IFS Therapy
A series of 4 online workshops with Robert Falconer (13 hours in total)
Learn how to work with negative energies that Richard Schwartz calls Unattached Burdens
By signing up for “The Others Within Us: Unattached Burdens and Guides in IFS Therapy” workshop series you get:
-
All-time access to the workshop recordings – no time limits,
-
Pre-recorded demo sessions,
-
Training materials prepared by Bob (A basic outline of dealing with unattached burdens, Cheat sheet, Selected and Annotated Reading List on Unattached Burdens, and more),
-
Q&A sessions,
-
Certificate of Completion.
Please note the seller of the workshops is a British company registered for VAT in the United Kingdom and Poland.