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Parts Work for Trauma: Treat PTSD and Complex Trauma with IFS Therapy, Gestalt Therapy, Inner Child Work and More

Trauma doesn’t just live in your clients’ memories—it leaves them fragmented, with parts of themselves split off, suppressed or hidden away to survive the pain.

That’s why you need to be using parts work approaches.

Because whether you work with complex trauma, childhood trauma, dissociation, or relational wounds, parts work gives you a better way to treat your clients’ emotional fragmentation and resolve the inner conflicts that prevent healing…

…PLUS gives clients a life-changing gift, a new way to see every part of themselves with compassion and value in ways other therapies can’t match.

And now with this all-new training, you can master the very best parts work tools from IFS Therapy, Gestalt Therapy, Inner Child Work and more.

Led by trauma expert and certified IFS therapist Stacy Ruse, LPC this program will give you:

  • 7 easy-to-follow video modules you can watch on your schedule
  • In-depth instruction on how to work with protective parts to transform old survival strategies
  • The best techniques to identify and address suppressed or hidden parts to unlock deep healing
  • Top skills to resolve inner conflicts by fostering compassion and communication between parts
  • Guided exercises to feel in control of their thoughts and emotions by healing inner conflicts

And here’s the best part. These approaches easily integrate with therapies like EMDR, CBT, ACT and more – adding new dimensions to the approaches you already use.

Register now to secure your spot!

Program Information

Objectives

  1. Discuss how approaches that view the self as a set of parts can be therapeutically beneficial for clients.
  2. Describe how awareness of inner personality parts leads to emotional flexibility.
  3. Use tools such as ego state mapping and IFS mapping to identify and externalize parts in clients.
  4. Define the core principles of Gestalt therapy, including its emphasis on the present moment and the therapeutic relationship.
  5. Use the “empty chair” technique to facilitate emotional processing and conflict resolution in clients.
  6. Evaluate the limitations of the existing research on Gestalt therapy's effectiveness.
  7. Apply the core concepts of Ego State Therapy in clinical practice to work with clients with trauma histories.
  8. Use mindfulness-based techniques to facilitate the deactivation of dissociated ego states and promote emotional regulation in PTSD treatment.
  9. Use ego-strengthening strategies to help clients develop resilience and manage trauma-related distress.
  10. Summarize the fundamental principles of Internal Family Systems (IFS) and how they apply to clinical practice.
  11. Identify the 3 core categories of parts in the Internal Family Systems model.
  12. Examine the potential risks, contraindications, and other considerations associated with using the IFS model.
  13. Evaluate the support for IFS therapy as a promising practice for the treatment of PTSD.
  14. Identify challenges and limitations in the existing research into the IFS framework.
  15. Teach clients how to effectively respond to the needs of their child part with care, mindfulness, and attention.
  16. Apply knowledge of dissociation and its relationship to trauma in identifying and addressing dissociative features in treatment.
  17. Incorporate spiritual and archetypes concepts into therapeutic work with clients.
  18. Navigate transference-countertransference dynamics in the treatment of clients with early relational trauma.

Outline

The Foundations of Parts Work for Trauma

  • History and overview of parts work
  • Types of parts work tools
    • Ego States
    • IFS Therapy
    • Structural Theory of Dissociation
    • Gestalt
    • Jungian Archetypes
  • Trauma types – single event vs. complex
  • Neurobiology of trauma and “trauma time”
  • Exploring “wounded parts”
  • When survival is at stake – dissociation and parts
  • Assessing for dissociation

Tools and Techniques to Map, Identify, and Connect with Inner Parts

  • Tools for mapping, identifying, and accessing inner parts
    • Ego States mapping to find protective/adult part
    • IFS mapping – 10 steps to identify, externalize and connect to parts
  • Experiential exercise: Explore and map parts
  • Exploring types of parts and the self
  • Ego states – caregiver, adult self and inner child
  • Structural Theory of Dissociation – masking, protectors, and reliving parts
  • IFS therapy – managers, firefighters, exiles and the self
  • Working with shame as a defense
  • The self: IFS, Gestalt and Jungian views
  • Experiential exercise: The gathering place
  • Unblending to differentiate parts from self
  • Externalized expressions and speaking for parts
  • Somatic, creative, and other tools for parts to express and communicate

Initiate Dialogue between Parts, Resolve Polarized Internal Struggles and More

  • The two-hand technique for polarized internal struggles
  • Adapted chair work to initiate dialogue with parts
  • Role play case example – perfectionist and exhausted parts
  • IFS therapy direct access and insight work
  • Distancing tools
    • Using parts language
    • Imaginal techniques for a neutral perspective
    • Ego state “affect dial” exercise
  • Externalizing: creative tools, dialogues, timelines and more
  • Parts check in experiential
  • Shared goals and safety Working with Protective Parts after Trauma
  • Psychoeducation on the role and function of protective parts
  • Techniques for building rapport and trust with protectors
  • Enhancing buy-in through existential meaning, purpose, and perspective taking
  • Importance of obtaining permission from protector parts
  • Transforming defensive mechanisms into adaptive coping strategies
  • Addressing common protector fears and concerns for holistic healing
  • Risks of parts work
  • Transference and countertransference
  • Practical video example and experiential exercise

Finding and Working with Hidden and Dissociative Parts: Somatic, Meditation and Creative Tools

  • Accessing subconscious parts through guided visualization/meditation
  • Ego state switching case example
  • Experiential exercise
  • Mind body awareness: exteroception, interoception and proprioception
  • The science of embodiment
  • Somatic prompts for parts work
  • Transpersonal tools
  • Jungian archetypes
  • Utilizing art, metaphor, journaling, dreamwork, creative exploration, sacred ritual and more

Inner Child Work & Trauma Unburdening

  • The power of the breath and heart coherence in traversing and healing deep wounds
  • Integrating mindfulness for inner peace and self-acceptance in parts work
  • Techniques for accessing inner spiritual dimensions through guided imagery
  • Installation of attachment and spiritual resources to develop inner support
  • Techniques to recognize and connect with the wounded inner child
  • Learning the 5-step IFS unburdening process
  • Practice case examples

Integration & Evaluation of Parts Work in Trauma Therapy

  • Techniques to address common clinical issues such as stuckness, decompensation, and persistence of trauma symptoms
  • Incorporating cultural considerations and inclusivity in parts work
  • Techniques to integrate and evaluate insight and progress within and between sessions
  • Integrating parts work with CBT, DBT, EMDR, and other complementary modalities

Research, Limitations, and Risks of Approaches Covered in This Program

Target Audience

  • Counselors
  • Social Workers
  • Psychologists
  • Marriage & Family Therapists
  • Addiction Counselors
  • Other Mental Health Professionals

Copyright : 11/13/2024