IFS Training: Richard Schwartz‘s Internal Family Systems Institute provides training in IFS to practitioners through intensive programs called Level One, Level Two and Level Three. At any point a year or after taking a Level One training a practitioner can apply to become a Certified IFS Therapist with IFS-I by completing further learning, supervision and by having had their work reviewed and accepted by an approved IFS-I certifier. Derek Scott also provides training in IFS and anyone that has completed his Skills and Competencies Course is considered IFS Informed.
IFIO Training: Intimacy from The Inside Out (IFIO) is a form of couples therapy with its roots in IFS. Toni Herbine-Blank and the IFS-I provide a special Level Two (IFIO) that teaches this couples protocol. In addition Toni provides Advanced IFIO trainings.
After over a decade at the University of Toronto providing coaching support to MBA students, I’m obtaining a Master of Social Work to broaden my skillset to include therapeutic work. I will be working under the supervision of Melissa Pyne, RSW, MSW from April to July 2024 for my final field placement to complete my degree. I lean most heavily on the Internal Family Systems framework, augmented by training in Solution Focused Counselling and Coaching, and Dialectical and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy to help people live more connected, joyful lives.