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Creative Approaches to Parts Work

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Parts work offers an intuitive way of understanding our complexity and developing self-compassion. Although many clinicians incorporate it into their work, they may be missing the opportunity to do it using creative processes that can effectively and experientially lead to greater internal safety, insight, inner peace, and self-compassion.  In this workshop, you’ll learn how to help clients access dominant and non-dominant parts that “show up” to provide them with strength, abilities, and protection. And you’ll have opportunities to experience mapping and voicing parts. You’ll discover:

  • A four-step process designed to help clients increase collaboration between different parts, even when they have competing or polarized agendas
  • How to help clients give voice to their parts using contextual, situational, and interpersonal cues
  • How to use an art modality in sessions for “mapping” and understanding parts
  • How to use journal prompts and two-handed writing to strengthen communication and understanding between parts

This event is not endorsed by, sponsored by, or affiliated with the IFS Institute and does not qualify for IFS Institute credits or certification.

Here's What You'll Learn

Understanding the concept of “parts”

  • letting go of categorizations of “good” and “bad”
  • redefining our relationship to parts

Exploring the protective function of parts

  • how to validate parts
  • working with self-destructive parts

Introducing the concept of “mapping”

  • creative approaches to illustrating parts

A 4 step process for working with parts

  • exploring a context or situation
  • identifying the parts that show up in those circumstances
  • creating a visual map to show dominance, alliances, and polarizations
  • voicing” parts through journaling
  • Experientials: map parts/processing the experience

Processing the benefits of journaling

  • accessing internal thoughts and feelings
  • re-evaluating the origin of messages
  • discovering internal conflicts with parts

Journal prompts to work with a part

  • processing questions that enhance empathy
  • increasing internal communication
  • offering parts alternative jobs

Incorporating the non-dominant hand

  • what we elicit when we use our non-dominant hand
  • the auto-hypnotic experience
  • Experiential: journaling with the non-dominant hand

Incorporating two-handed writing

  • Increasing communication between two parts
  • Experiential: two-handed journaling/processing

Risks and Limitations

Everything You're Getting

  • More than 4 hours of video content
  • Up to 4.0 CE credits
  • Certificate of completion
  • Handouts and resources

Meet Your Experts

Lisa Ferentz, LCSW-C, DAPA

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Lisa Ferentz, LCSW-C, DAPA, is a recognized expert in the strengths-based, de-pathologized treatment of trauma and has been in private practice for over 40 years. She has been an adjunct faculty member at several universities, and is the founder of The Ferentz Institute, now in its seventeenth year of providing continuing education to mental health professionals and graduating several thousand clinicians from her two certificate programs in advanced trauma treatment. In 2009 she was voted the “Social Worker of the Year” by the Maryland Society for Clinical Social Work. She is the author of Treating Self-Destructive Behaviors in Trauma Survivors: A Clinician’s Guide, now in its second edition, Letting Go of Self-Destructive Behaviors: A Workbook of Hope and Healing and Finding Your Ruby Slippers: Transformative Life Lessons from the Therapist’s Couch.


Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Lisa Ferentz maintains a private practice and is the Founder and President of the Ferentz Institute. She receives royalties as a published author. Lisa Ferentz receives a speaking honorarium and product royalties from Psychotherapy Networker and PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Lisa Ferentz is a member of the National Association of Social Workers and the American Psychotherapy Association.

More taught by Lisa Ferentz, LCSW-C, DAPA

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This product is not endorsed by, sponsored by, or affiliated with the IFS Institute and does not qualify for IFS Institute credits or certification.

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Media Type:
Digital Seminar
Product Code:
NOS096652
Duration:
4 hours, 12 minutes
Copyright:
Mar 19, 2026

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