Instructor-Led Introduction to Internal Family Systems (IFS): Becoming Aware of Parts

Held September 5, 2025 via Zoom

9 am - 12 pm CST (3 CEUs)

Interested in learning more about what IFS is and how to start incorporating parts language into your work? Join this introductory course, where you will learn the basics of the IFS model, how parts show up in clients and therapists alike, and how to begin to bring awareness to parts in session. In this course, you will experience a taste for how IFS can shift perspectives and embolden self compassion, as well as resources for bringing awareness to your own system of parts and how to continue your learning on IFS.

Upon concluding this course, participants will be able to:

• Describe the foundational ideas and assumptions of IFS.
• Explain the concept of “Self” and name and recognize each of the associated "8 C’s."
• Identify characteristics of firefighters, managers, and exiled parts and begin to differentiate between each.
• List the "6 F’s" of IFS and be able to provide example language for what each "F" looks like in practice.

Caitlin Payne, LCSW is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in private practice in Houston, TX. In her practice, she focuses on trauma, self-loss, burnout, and relational work, where she has a passion for helping clients to build better relationships with themselves through IFS and somatic work. She takes a special interest in working with healthcare workers and healing professionals to lead with humanness and build strong bonds with their caretaking parts. She is trained in Susan McConnell’s Somatic Internal Family Systems and traditional IFS, as well as Mindfulness Based Relapse Prevention, 200hr yoga teacher trained, and certified in EMDR. When not working, you will see her at a coffee shop, playing with her chiweenies, or somewhere out in nature.