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By Unyte Editorial Team |
As an Internal Family Systems (IFS) practitioner, what strategies do you apply to your treatment approach that consider your client’s nervous system state when working with parts? Reflect on your current approach with these three questions:
- How does my client’s brainstate influence their ability to access Self and engage with parts?
- Am I creating enough safety and connection before inviting deeper exploration?
- Could integrating complementary listening therapies enhance regulation, increase access to Self and improve therapeutic outcomes?
IFS is rooted in safety, curiosity and connection — yet access to these qualities depends heavily on the nervous system. When clients are dysregulated, even well-timed interventions can feel out of reach. Thoughtful integration of IFS and listening therapies can help establish the conditions that support regulation, Self-energy and meaningful engagement with both wounded and protective parts.
Explore this integrative approach further with Frank Anderson, MD, and Marcella Cox, LMFT, CEDS-C, in this free, on-demand webinar. Led by the two IFS experts, this session highlights how combining IFS and listening therapies can deepen clinical impact through intentional, nervous system-informed care.
This webinar will help you:
- Discover how an integrative approach based on your clients’ nervous system state can yield even greater outcomes.
- Make sense of the Autonomic Nervous System through an IFS lens, identifying the crucial connections and impact on your clients’ parts.
- Explore the parallels in theory and practice to learn how combined delivery can strengthen your practice and increase safety in the client experience.
- Review a powerful case study illustrating the real-world, profound impact of thoughtfully combining these two approaches.
About the Speakers
Frank Anderson MD, is a world-renowned trauma treatment expert, Harvard-trained psychiatrist, and psychotherapist. He is the acclaimed author of Transcending Trauma, memoir, To Be Loved: A Story of Truth, Trauma, and Transformation, and the coauthor of Internal Family Systems Skills Training Manual. As a global speaker on the treatment of trauma and dissociation, he’s passionate about teaching brain-based psychotherapy and integrating current neuroscience knowledge with Internal Family Systems (IFS). Dr. Anderson is the co-founder of The Trauma Institute and Trauma Informed Media, organizations that promote trauma awareness, education, integration, and healing. He is a lead trainer at the IFS Institute under Richard Schwartz and has a long affiliation with Bessel van der Kolk and the Trauma Research Foundation. Dr. Anderson maintains a private practice in Harvard, MA, where he lives with his husband and two sons. Follow him at FrankAndersonMD.com and on Instagram at @frank_andersonmd.
Marcella Cox, LMFT, CEDS-C, is a therapist, author and presenter who has devoted her career to exploring the intersection of embodiment, trauma healing and eating disorder recovery. She’s a Level 3 Certified IFS Therapist, an Approved IFS Clinical Consultant, and is a Somatic IFS Assistant Trainer for Susan McConnell, developer of Somatic IFS. She leads Somatic IFS and IFS for disordered eating workshops, trainings, retreats, and consultation groups. She is committed to creating an inclusive, and empowering learning environment where participants can explore the transformative potential of IFS and Somatic IFS. Marcella is also founder of Kindful Body, providing online therapy and nutrition counseling for eating and body issues in California, as well as co-founder of the IFS Consultation Collective providing weekly consultation with IFS lead trainers. www.ifs-consultation.com
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