Internal Family Systems (IFS)
- Comprehensive, compassionate, non-pathologizing treatment approach
- Paradigm-shifting perspective on “psychopathology”
- Easily integrated into other therapeutic modalities
- Teach clients to access inner wisdom and self compassion
What IFS Brings to Parenting
- Incorporating parts language in the Family
- Positive intentions of all parts
- All parts welcome… really
Starting the Parenting Journey
- Expectations
- Family legacy - both the gifts and burdens
- Cultural and spiritual dimensions
- Parenting styles
- Attachment styles
Neuroscience and Development
- How brain development affects parents and children
- Developmental stages, attachment and parental response
- Parenting adolescents
When Parents Are Not at Their Best
- Reactive moments
- When kids become your perpetrator
- The different triggering scenario’s
- When parents overidentify with their children
Correct It, Don’t Perpetuate It
- How to recover and repair when parents lose it
- Direct access parenting
- Getting to the root of the reactivity
Improving the Co-Parenting Experience
- When parents aren’t aligned
- Creating a “Triggering Agreement”
From Reactive to Responsive
- Healing the wound
- The Parent Self
- Love and limits
- Maintaining the connection
Special Circumstances
- Single parenting
- Gender/sexuality issues
- Special needs children
- Parenting children with mental health issues
- Parenting adult children