Self-Energy & Self-Like Parts

Calling all IFS Level 1+ Trained Enthusiasts! Join us for a weekend course with Pam Krause in the beautiful Mount Madonna Retreat Center, with Redwood trees, hiking trails, hot tub, massage / bodywork and healthy vegetarian food (with vegan / gluten free options) that is lovingly prepared by the caring staff.

Pamela Krause, MSW, LCSW, is a Certified IFS Therapist and Senior Lead Trainer for the Internal Family Systems Institute teaching Level 1, 2, and 3 trainings. She has also created and run two Leadership Training Programs for the Institute. Her expertise in IFS includes a sub-specialty inadapting the IFS model for use in adolescents and younger children and in partnership with Carmen Jimenez-Pride developed a Level 2 training program on the topic.

Pam has also developed online training programs including: the IFS Online Circle in partnership with Toni Herbine-Blank; an IFS Continuity Program addressing the use of IFS with Children and Adolescents; an Introduction to IFS for CoreWellness Continuing Education; and a training for Life Architect entitled Self-energy and Self-like parts: A Relationship not a Polarization.

The Self is an essential component of the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model of therapy. Parts heal by unblending and then developing a relationship with the Self. It is essential that an IFS practitioner be able to differentiate between parts and Self in both clients and themselves.While it is relatively easy to distinguish many parts from the Self, the differentiation process can be complicated by parts that mimic Self-energy, self-like parts (SLPs), which can be confusing and/or frustrating. 

This workshop will focus on how to distinguish between Self-energy and SLPs, in both practitioner and clients. As participants refine their discernment about Self-energy, we will explore ways to form relationships between the Self and SLPs to create a more Self-led system.We will also dig deeper into what it means to be Self-led. While Self-leadership is the goal of IFS therapy it can be a confusing concept - are we trying to be ‘in Self’ or Self-led? The workshop will bring clarity to this aspect of the model. 

Finally, the workshop will address the importance of courage, one of the most frequently overlooked qualities of the Self. We will explore the importance of courage in a Self-led system and how it impacts the ability to speak for, not from, our parts.

Please email sioux@mcaft.com if you have any questions about payment / registration.

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