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Internal Family Systems (IFS) & Diversity and Inclusion

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Faculty:
Richard Schwartz, PhD |  Kate Lingren, LICSW |  Percy Ballard, MD
Duration:
14 Hours 17 Minutes
Copyright:
Jan 01, 2019
Product Code:
IRS035078
Media Type:
Online Course
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Description

In this  program, we will re-affirm our goal of creating a clinical setting and community where all parts truly are welcome. This translates into Self-to-Self connection across all genders, races, religious beliefs, sexual orientations, sizes, ages, abilities, political affiliations/beliefs, class etc. Self, by as defined by the IFS model, is curiosity, compassion, caring, connection and the like and does not hold biased beliefs. Protector parts hold these biased beliefs with the intention of insuring safety in the internal system. As mental health professionals, we can help our clients parts to look toward them for safety without having to make anyone “other”, and help our clients identify their own protectors holding bias beliefs.  Through identification of these parts both clinicians and patients can accept diversity and richness in ways it currently may not. Applying these tools will allow mental health providers and patients to effectively navigate an external world that is often not welcoming to all parts.

Module 1

Are All Parts Truly Welcome?

What if we could help our patients parts to look toward them for safety without having to make anyone “other?” Would you like to help your patients world reflect more diversity and richness in ways it currently may not?  Would you like to help patients respond effectively in an external world that is often not welcoming to all parts?

In this first session, we will introduce the concepts of both explicit and implicit bias and how the parts that hold these known or unknown beliefs may inform our patients decisions/attitudes toward people who may be different and interfere with Self-to-Self connection.

You will:

  • Experience a meditation to connect us inside and with each other
  • Discuss what is implicit bias? Where do we see it in our community or clinical setting?
  • Receive an introduction to the model that we call “Implicit Bias From the Outside In”
  • Learn a meditation to begin to connect with our own explicit and implicitly held biased beliefs and use this as a tool help patients identify their own bias protectors.

Recording Teaching Videos

  • 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.2 Meditation
  • 1.3. Defining Implicit Bias
  • 1.4. Costs of Bias
  • 1.5 How IFS Relates to Bias
  • 1.6 Debrief
  • 1.7 Meditation

Module 2

Protectors and Bias

In this session we as mental health professionals will begin to deepen our understanding of how our clients parts hold biased beliefs as protectors. We will demonstrate how we can access and respond to these parts within ourselves as well as with clients in Self-led ways that are potentially transformative, both internally and relationally, using the IFS model. We will use role plays and discussion to demonstrate the clinical application of the model and anchor this information internally.

In this month we will cover:

  • Accessing and responding to protectors in ourselves as clinicians and for our patients
  • A meditation to center inside and help clients center themselves
  • The beliefs of biased protectors

Teaching VIdeos:

  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Roleplay #1
  • 2.3 Debrief - Roleplay #1
  • 2.4 Roleplay #2
  • 2.5 Debrief - Roleplay #2
  • 2.6 Roleplay #3
  • 2.7 Debrief - Roleplay #3
  • 2.8 Meditation

Module 3

Beyond Our Limiting Beliefs

In this module we demonstrate, in the clinical setting how to work with the patient's parts in the protective system that limit their access to Self awareness and/or keep them mired in limiting beliefs. Using a videotaped demonstration of the work, we will show the protocol that allows us to demonstrate access to biased beliefs in a safe and non-shaming way so that as therapists, we can then help these parts hold fewer obstacles for our patients to connect with others who are somehow different from them.

In this month you will learn to:

  • Work with the protective system around limiting beliefs
  • Use the protocol that allows access to biased beliefs
  • Connect with Self across differences

Teaching videos

  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Review of BFOI Model
  • 3.3 Demo - Using BFOI in an IFS Session
  • 3.4 Unpacking the Session
  • 3.5 Meditation

Module 4

Strategies for working with Bias

In this module we will lead clinicians in a guided meditation for our patients so that they can access their own parts that hold biased beliefs. Participants will be guided in a reliable sequence to access these parts, often previously unknown to our patients. We then continue to work toward understanding the roles these parts have had in the patient's system and why. We will demonstrate how to access the exiles these parts have been protecting in ourselves and for patients and bring them whatever help is needed, including unburdening them if possible and then unburdening their protectors. Participants will then have opportunity to process the experience in the larger group.

In this month we will cover:

  • Guided meditation to access and work with implicitly held biases within ourselves
  • Accessing exiles
  • Closing summary of the module

Teaching VIdeos

  • 4.1 Working with One’s Own Anti-Bias and Bias
  • 4.2 Meditation; An Inner Exploration of Bias
  • 4.3 Guidelines for Debriefing and Sharing
  • 4.4 Concluding Meditation

Objectives

  1. Discuss the nature of implicit bias and how can it inform relationships as well as impact the clinical setting
  2. Describe everyday situations where we see bias in our community and its clinical implications
  3. Receive an introduction to the sub-model of Internal Family Systems that we call “Implicit Bias From the Outside In” for the purposes of self and client psychoeducation
  4. Identify and examine both outward-facing and inward-facing anti-bias parts and their role in the protective system
  5. Explore our own explicit and implicitly held biased beliefs and help patients identify their own bias protectors.
  6. Demonstrate through role play the impact of explicit and implicitly held biased beliefs and how to move through the Implicit Bias From the Outside In model to heal exiled parts and re-integrate into the inner system
  7. Examine through demonstrated role play the implementation of Bias From the Outside and the unburdening of exiles and internally bias parts.
  8. Articulate methods by which ourselves as clinicians can unblend from internal shame and judgement around biased beliefs in order to connect with clients and facilitate client engagement
  9. Demonstrate how to access the exiles these parts have been protecting in ourselves and for patients and bring them whatever help is needed, including unburdening them if possible and then unburdening their protectors.

Credits

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NOTE: Tuition includes one free CE Certificate (participant will be able to print the certificate of completion after completing the on-line post-test (80% passing score) and completing the evaluation). 

Continuing Education Information:  Listed below are the continuing education credit(s) currently available for this non-interactive self-study package. Please note, your state licensing board dictates whether self-study is an acceptable form of continuing education. Please refer to your state rules and regulations. If your profession is not listed, please contact your licensing board to determine your continuing education requirements and check for reciprocal approval. For other credit inquiries not specified below, please contact cepesi@pesi.com or 800-844-8260 before the event.

Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of your profession.  As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your profession's standards.  

All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners.  For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.

Addiction Counselors - Generic (1/2) (Self-Study)

This self-study activity consists of 13.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save the course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from the activity and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements.

Connecticut Addiction Counselors

Provider #120924. This course has been approved as a CCB approved training and has been awarded 13.25 hours by the Connecticut Certification Board.

Counselors

This self-study activity consists of 13.25 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save the course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from the activity and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements.

Texas Counselors

PESI, Inc. has been approved as a continuing education sponsor through the Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors. Provider #: 2477. This self-study course qualifies for 13.0 continuing education credits.

New York Counselors

PESI, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department's (NYSED) State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Mental Health Counselors. #MHC-0033. This self-study activity will qualify for 16.0 contact hours. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance. 

South Carolina Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists and Psycho-Educational Specialists

This program has been approved for 13.0 continuing education hours by the South Carolina Board of Examiners for Licensure of Professional Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Psycho-Educational Specialists. Approval #4540.

Marriage & Family Therapists

This self-study activity consists of 13.25 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save this course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from this self-study activity and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements. 

Texas Marriage & Family Therapists

PESI, Inc. has been approved as a continuing education sponsor through the Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists. Provider # 503. This self-study package qualifies for 13.0 continuing education credits.

Illinois Marriage & Family Therapists

PESI, Inc. has been approved as a provider of continuing education by the State of Illinois, Department of Professional Regulation. Provider #:168-000156. Full attendance at this self-study activity qualifies for 13.0 credits.

New York Marriage & Family Therapists

PESI, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department's (NYSED) State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists. #MFT-0024. This self-study activity will qualify for 16.0 contact hours. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance. 

Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, and Clinical Nurse Specialists

This self-study activity consists of 13.25 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save the course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from this self-study activity and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements.

California Nurses

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Florida Nurses

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider by the Florida Board of  Nursing. Provider #: FBN2858. These materials qualify for 13.0 self-study contact hours.

CE Broker

Iowa Nurses

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider by the Iowa Board of Nursing. Provider #: 346. Nurses successfully completing these self-study materials will earn 13.3 self-study contact hours. Please email cepesi@pesi.com with your license number, include the title, speaker name and date. PESI must have this number on file in order for your hours to be valid.

Psychologists
Florida Psychologists

PESI, Inc., is an approved provider with the Florida Board of Psychology.Provider Number #50-399.This product qualifies for 13.3 self-study continuing education credits.

Kentucky Psychologists

PESI, Inc. is approved by the Kentucky Board of Examiners of Psychology to offer continuing education for psychologists. PESI maintains responsibility for this program and its content. This self-study activity will qualify for 13.25 contact hours.

Pennsylvania Psychologists

PESI, Inc. is approved by the Pennsylvania State Board of Psychology to offer continuing education for psychologists. Provider #PSY000211. PESI maintains responsibility for the program(s). This self-study program qualifies for 13.25 continuing education hours.

Colorado Social Workers

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the Colorado Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers. Provider #1413. This self-study course has been approved for 13.3 continuing education hours. 

 

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Florida Social Workers, Marriage & Family Therapists, and Mental Health Counselors

CE Broker

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling. Provider Number #50-399. This self-study course qualifies for 13.25 continuing education credits.

Illinois Social Workers

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the State of Illinois, Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Professional Regulation. License #: 159-000154. Successful completion of this self-study activity qualifies for 13.0 contact hours.

Kansas Social Workers

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board. Provider #14-006. This self-study course has been approved for 13.0 continuing education hours.

Minnesota Social Workers

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the State of Minnesota, Board of Social Work. Provider #: CEP-140. This self-study package has been approved for 13.0 continuing education hours. This certificate has been issued upon successful completion of a post-test.

New York Social Workers

PESI, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department's (NYSED) State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0008. This self-study activity will qualify for 16.0 contact hours. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance. 

Pennsylvania Social Workers, Counselors, and Marriage & Family Therapists

This intermediate activity is approved for 13.25 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please contact your licensing board to determine if they accept programs or providers approved by other national or state licensing boards. A certificate of attendance will be awarded at the end of the program to participants who are in full attendance and who complete the program evaluation.

California Social Workers, Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists, and Licensed Educational Psychologists

This intermediate activity consists of 13.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please contact your licensing board to determine if they accept programs or providers approved by other national or state licensing boards. A certificate of attendance will be awarded at the end of the program to participants who are in full attendance and who complete the program evaluation.

Other Professions

This self-study activity qualifies for 13.25 continuing education clock hours as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Save your activity advertisement and certificate of completion, and contact your own board or organization for specific requirements.

Faculty

Richard Schwartz, PhD's Profile

Richard Schwartz, PhD Related seminars and products

IFS Institute

Richard Schwartz began his career as a systemic family therapist and an academic and he is now on the Faculty of the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He is also a Senior Fellow of the Meadows treatment center in Arizona. Grounded in systems thinking, Dr. Schwartz developed the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model in response to clients’ descriptions of various parts within themselves. In 2000, he founded the Center for Self Leadership (now IFS Institute - www.ifs-institute.com), which offers three levels of trainings and workshops in IFS for professionals and the general public, both in this country and abroad. A featured speaker for national professional organizations, Dr. Schwartz has published many books and over fifty articles about IFS.

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Richard Schwartz is the Founder and President of the IFS Institute (formerly the Center for Self Leadership). He maintains a private practice and has employment relationships with Harvard Medical School and Northwestern University. Dr. Schwartz is a published author and receives royalties. He receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Richard Schwartz is a member of the American Family Therapy Academy and the American Association for Marital and Family Therapy.

Kate Lingren, LICSW Related seminars and products

Kate Lingren in a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker in private practice with over 30 years of experience. She is a Certified IFS (Internal Family Systems) therapist and on the faculty of Intimacy From the Inside Out (using IFS in couples work) as an Assistant Trainer. She is also on the faculty of Boston College School of Social Work, where she teaches a class on IFS. Most recently she has been on a quest to discover, welcome and heal her parts that hold both explicit and implicit biases in an effort to more fully embody her true Self. Kate lives and practices in the Boston area and in Martha’s Vineyard.

Percy Ballard, MD Related seminars and products

Percy Ballard, MD is a psychiatrist who graduated from Harvard Medical School and completed general psychiatry residency training at Harvard Medical School/Cambridge Health Alliance. He completed Internal Family Systems (IFS) Level 1, 2 and 3 trainings during his residency. He has been practicing IFS psychotherapy and medication management for 9 years in the greater Boston area, including 4 years at an LGBT community healthcare center (Fenway Health). He currently practices IFS psychotherapy and psychopharmacology at Psych Garden, a team-oriented addictions-focused clinic in the Greater Boston Area. He has presented at numerous workshops and conferences on the topics of IFS psychotherapy, implicit bias, race, culture and legacy burdens, including several workshops with the founding developer of the model Richard Schwartz, PhD. Apart from therapy, he is an avid meditator in the Indo-Tibetan Buddhist traditions, a competitive martial artist of several East Asian systems, and a shameless dancer when the opportunity arises.

Target Audience

Counselors, Social Workers, Psychologists, Therapists, Addiction Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, Nurses, and Other Mental Health Professionals

Reviews

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Overall:      4.9

Total Reviews: 35

Comments

Marianne S - Missoula, Montana

"Excellent presenters!"

Sherry Z - Maynard, Massachusetts

"Excellent program! I hope it will run in an expanded version as a Level Two offering, but that every Level One will incorporate the BFOI model as well to give participants a basic familiarity of how to work with Bia in themselves and their clients (etc.!!!)"

Shira V - Chicago, Illinois

"This was an outstanding course. I found the last teaching- doing our own work- extremely powerful, and used for model with a client who wanted to work on his biased parts as I was learning the model, which proved effective and powerful for the client. I found the instructors' dynamics helpful in modeling the work that they were teaching thank you. "

Sandra S - Farmington, Connecticut

"Percy and Kate were PHENOMENAL! A must for all IFS practitioners -- shucks, for every one!"

Michael B - Mesa, Arizona

"GREAT!"

Katie W - Arlington, Texas

"Fabulous! So glad I finally watched all the videos. Really great work!"

Linda W - West Caldwell, New Jersey

"Would love more of this!"

Lynne C - Seattle, Washington

"Kate and Percy are Great. Best IFS program ever!"
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