Coaching with IFS 1
Using Internal Family Systems to Co-Create Healing and Awakening
This is a comprehensive professional training personal and development workshop for practitioners who want to work deeply with clients who are committed to lasting transformation.
What will I learn?
The basic principles of IFS and a clear 18-step protocol for deep healing, including how to:
Access your own enlightened core, which is whole, wise, loving, and good
Collaborate with clients in entering their internal world with curiosity and compassion
Understand the complex relationships of the many parts that live within all of us
Meet and befriend challenging protectors, known as managers and firefighters
Find and heal young vulnerable parts, called exiles
Deal with big emotions
Stabilize in a compassionate, non-judgmental, and agenda-less presence
All trainings are live on Zoom. We limit our classes to 36 students to provide a safe and intimate community. We welcome students from around the globe.
What will I get?
Greater access to your own wisdom, divinity, and sense of wellbeing
Intimacy with your own internal world of parts
An understanding of a model that assumes you and all humans are intrinsically endowed with everything needed to heal, grow, and love
Proficiency in using an 18-step process for finding, witnessing, and unburdening the wounded parts of the psyche
Competency and confidence to work 1:1 with clients in a healing relationship
Group mentoring, downloadable class recordings, and a comprehensive course manual to support your journey
A community of lightworkers
A certificate of completion indicating you’ve earned 40 ICF approved CCEs
Is this for you?
This program is for coaches, therapists, spiritual directors, and other practitioners who are seeking IFS training to integrate into their healing work. It integrates spirituality and our connection to each other, the natural world, and the divine.
You may be:
A practitioner that desires and IFS training that includes unburdening exiles
Desire an intimate community for learning
Prerequisite:
We ask that you have training as a coach, therapist, or other practitioner with experience working one-on-one in a healing relationship.
Format
This is an intimate and interactive training comprising nine monthly two-day sessions.
Our two-day sessions (Thu, Fri) will take place April - December 2025 (dates below). All classes are in a live classroom on Zoom
Each day:
We meet from 10:00 am – 4:30 pm Eastern Time (New York)
We take two 15-minute breaks and one 60-minute meal break
Class days include presencing practices, teaching, demonstrations, debriefs, Q&A, peer practice, and mentoring.
Our goal is to provide a learning environment that is structured, open, inclusive, and energizing. Our community is connected, compassionate, and playful.
The training includes three 75-minute Q&A sessions held on Tuesdays from 6:00 to 7:15 pm Eastern Time (New York).
Your commitment
Attend at least 14, and preferably all 18 class days . Exceptions are given with instructor pre-approval.
For classes missed, watch the class recordings.
The Tuesday Q&A sessions are optional, though attendance is encouraged.
Keep pace with the assigned reading in the class manual.
Meet with your practice partner(s) at least three times between classes.
Support for your journey
Nine live two-day sessions
Learn live with Guthrie Sayen and Barti Bourgault. Experience meditations, clear teaching, demos, and Q&A.
CIFS manual
Receive a comprehensive manual to help you integrate your learning.
Downloadable recordings
All live sessions are recorded and can be watched afterwards.
16 hours of group mentoring
Mentors provide feedback on your skills according to the IFS protocol.
Certificate of completion plus 40 ICF CCEs pending approval
Session dates/times
All class days run from 10:00 am – 4:30 pm Eastern Time (New York) on Zoom
Session 1: Apr 17 - 18, 2025
Session 2: May 15 - 16, 2025
Session 3: Jun 12 - 13, 2025
Session 4: Jul 24 - 25, 2025
Session 5: Aug 14 - 15, 2025
Session 6: Sep 11 - 12, 2025
Session 7: Oct 9 - 10, 2025
Session 8: Nov 13 - 14, 2025
Session 9: Dec 11 - 12, 2025
Q&A dates/times
All Q&A sessions run Tuesdays 6:00 pm - 7:15 pm Eastern Time (New York) on Zoom
Q&A 1: May 6, 2025
Q&A 2: Aug 26, 2025
Q&A 3: Nov 25, 2025
Join our circle of learning and love
Class size limited to 36 student. Enroll early to guarantee your spot.
Early-bird special: Pay in full
Enroll by Feb 15, 2025
Save $500
$4,450
$3,950
Early-bird special: Six installments
Enroll by Feb 15, 2025
Save $250
$4,450
$4,200
Initial downpayment to reserve your spot: $1,200
Five monthly installments
$600