The escalating climate crisis is profoundly impacting mental well-being globally. The Internal Family Systems (IFS) model, with its emphasis on self-compassion to truly know different "parts" of the self, offers a powerful and nuanced framework for working with these challenging and often overwhelming emotions.

This workshop will explore the theoretical underpinnings of IFS and provide practical techniques to help clients navigate eco-anxiety, climate grief, eco-anger, and other related psychological responses to the climate crisis. The aim is to provide a practical entry point to begin incorporating IFS in this critical area - for themselves and for clients.Target Audience: Mental health clinicians, coaches, involved in activism, or supporting clients with eco-distress.

Meet the speaker:

Toni Rosati is a Level 3 trained Internal Family Systems (IFS) practitioner and co-founder of IFS Healers community. Toni's background includes research on public perceptions of high-risk/low-probability natural hazard events, informing training materials for two modules of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) COMET program and advancing the NOAA TsunamiReady program.

Her work also involved the North American Regional Climate Change Assessment Program (NARCCAP) at National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and serving as a data curator at the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC).As an NBHWC-certified professional, Peer Recovery and Family Specialist, and Allied Mental Health Professional in Colorado, Toni is uniquely equipped to support the nuanced emotional experiences related to our changing world.

Visit www.ifshealers.com and www.workthatfulfills.com for additional information on Toni's work.

Meet the moderator:

Natalie Thomas, PhD is a Registered Psychotherapist in private practice and Professor of Philosophy in Ontario, Canada. Her MA was in environmental philosophy, and she has written and taught courses in environmental and climate ethics, in addition to specializing in ethics and animal ethics.

She has been a climate aware therapist since 2022 and has volunteered as a CPA-NA Regional Coordinator for Ontario since then. She has facilitated climate cafés online and in person for Universities and Colleges, and has trained others to facilitate them across the country and overseas. More recently she has developed an approach for climate aware therapy that incorporates Internal Family Systems, and has been writing about and presenting on IFS and climate distress at conferences and for organizations including the Canadian Ecopsychology Network and the Canadian Counsellng and Psychotherapy Association. She is developing trainings in these areas to bring to other therapists in the near future.

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Climate Psychology Alliance - North America is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Climate Psychology Alliance - North America maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Learning Goals

At the end of this workshop, the learner will be able to:

1. Describe 3 key types of parts in Internal Family Systems theory and technique;

2. Identify 2 differences between core Self and parts;

3. Explain the differences and importance of unblending and unburdening;

4. Assess “practitioner parts” that lead to disconnection rather than healing;

5. Recite the 6F flow of the model;

6. Explain how polarized parts escalate emotional tension; and

7. Select 3 ways to introduce climate emotions into client work

Selected References

1. Anderson, F. G., Sweezy, M., & Schwartz, R. C. (2017). Internal family systems skills training manual: trauma-informed treatment for anxiety, depression, PTSD & substance abuse. PESI Publishing & Media.

2. Burris, C. (2022). Creating healing circles: Using the internal family systems model in facilitation groups. Reno, NV: B.C Allen Publishing.

3. Earley, J. (2012). Resolving inner conflict: Working through polarization using internal family systems therapy. Larkspur, CA: Pattern System Books.

4. Schwartz, R. C., & Sweezy, M. (2020). Internal family systems therapy (2nd ed.). The Guilford Press.

5. Sweezy, M. (2023). Internal family systems therapy for shame and guilt. The Guilford Press.