Trauma-Informed IFS Trainings & Materials

DOWNLOAD (PDF): Most trauma survivors we treat cannot tell the difference between simple ‘joy’ and euphoric 'high'. This is part of the legacy of trauma and/or early neglect. We know that beginning to discern the difference can promote a client's growth in remarkable ways. This script takes a client through the discernment process in a straightforward way. When clients are ready for this intervention, it is a revelation. The process can update parts that it is now safer to embody joy (a quality of Self), than it was in the past.

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DOWNLOAD (PDF): Getting the negative and positive cognition right during the assessment phase of EMDR, can be difficult and is key to facilitate processing. This laminated cheat sheet is easy for you or the client to scan quickly, so the right negative/positive cognition pair can spring to mind. It is organized by theme: guilt, shame/responsibility, safety/vulnerability, and control/choice. On the back, it includes parts language for how to unblock stuck processing, and how to close an incomplete session by 'tucking in' parts.

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DOWNLOAD (PDF): Designed for therapists and clients doing trauma-informed IFS, this two-sided laminated script, takes you through 12 gentle questions to help get to know a part of your psyche. It starts with identifying a symptom (or part), continues to build understanding of how the part is experienced, what typically activates/triggers the part, then it asks how it might have been useful to your system in the past. This process typically ends with a subtle unblending, budding curiosity, and new compassion for the part.

In my practice, I take clients through these questions several times in session as a first step. After some practice with me, some clients will then purchase the worksheet to use at home. The focus of this script is to BEGIN to get to know protectors in a safe way. It does not go into exiled material, so is generally safe for use with Complex Trauma.

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