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.
Katherine Castello, OCSWSSW, is a Certified Internal Family Systems (IFS) Level 3 Therapist specializing in trauma and addiction recovery. She is also a Certified Sex Addiction Therapist (CSAT) and Certified Partner Trauma Therapist (CPTT), with advanced training in EMDR, IFIO, and Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR Level 2).
Her professional interests include supporting survivors of complex trauma as well as individuals wrestling with sex and love addiction or betrayal trauma. Katherine’s therapeutic approach integrates evidenced-based psychotherapies, helping clients process trauma, understand the protective parts that developed in response to painful experiences, and reconnect with their core sense of Self.
Her goal is to support clients in healing wounded parts, developing self-compassion, and ultimately becoming the hero of their own story.
She offers virtual therapy across Ontario and in-person sessions in the Niagara region. Her team is currently accepting new clients under her consultation.