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Can I practice IFS without certification?
The IFS Level 1 Training is the core, required, and only legitimate way to use IFS in a clinical setting. Anyone who has not completed the IFS Level 1 training, at a minimum, cannot , effectively, and in good faith practice IFS psychotherapy. IFS is the treatment method that all clinicians should know. Nearly all clients with a trauma history have innate abilities that help them improve their mental health if they listen to their parts. IFS does just that. IFS is an evidence-based approach for clinicians working with traumatized clients. It typically costs between $3,000 to $4,000. IFS level 1 training involves around 100 hours of training. Training courses utilize a student-to-staff ratio of 3:1 to enable the close, hands-on supervision of the experimental practice between therapists and clients. One of the assumptions of Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy is that everyone has a Self. In essence, the Self is who we truly are, with all of our Parts separate. The Self is characterised by what IFS calls the 8C’s: compassion, curiosity, clarity, creativity, calm, confidence, courage, and connectedness.
Can I practice IFS without certification?
The IFS Level 1 Training is the core, required, and only legitimate way to use IFS in a clinical setting. Anyone who has not completed the IFS Level 1 training, at a minimum, cannot , effectively, and in good faith practice IFS psychotherapy. IFS therapy focuses on enhancing ability to attend to difficult and distressing internal experiences (i.e. “vulnerable parts”) mindfully and with self-compassion (i.e. from the Self), in order to increase capacity to successfully “be with” or tolerate and process traumatic material.