Transcending Trauma with IFS Therapy

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Speaker

Frank Anderson, MD Related seminars and products

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Frank Anderson, MD, completed his residency and was a clinical instructor in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He is both a psychiatrist and psychotherapist. He specializes in the treatment of trauma and dissociation and is passionate about teaching brain-based psychotherapy and integrating current neuroscience knowledge with the IFS model of therapy.

Dr. Anderson has lectured extensively on the Neurobiology of PTSD and Dissociation and wrote the chapter “Who’s Taking What” Connecting Neuroscience, Psychopharmacology and Internal Family Systems for Trauma in Internal Family Systems Therapy – New Dimensions. He co-authored a chapter on What IFS Brings to Trauma Treatment in Innovations and Elaborations in Internal Family Systems Therapy, and recently co-authored Internal Family Systems Skills Training Manual.

His most recent book, entitled Transcending Trauma: Healing Complex PTSD with Internal Family Systems was released on May 19, 2021.

His memoir, To Be Loved, was released on May 7, 2024.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Frank Anderson maintains a private practice, is the co-founder of the Trauma Institute, and is the co-founding producer of Trauma Informed Media. He receives royalties as a published author. He receives a speaking honorarium, recording, and book royalties from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Frank Anderson is a member of the New England Society Studying Trauma and Dissociation and the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation.

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Objectives

• Differentiate types of traumatic stress including those from early attachment ruptures. 
• Distinguish the ways IFS is different from traditional phase-oriented treatments for traumatic stress. 
• Demonstrate how IFS works with protective inner parts to access traumatic ruptures. 
• Integrate IFS principles with other psychotherapeutic models of treatment. 
• Evaluate common clinical setbacks to recovery from traumatic stress. 

Outline

Comparison of IFS with other models and phase-oriented treatments for trauma 

Understand risks and limitations of the approach 

Demonstrate how to identify and address clients’ protective parts

How to gain permission from protective parts to access hidden vulnerabilities 

Differentiate between compassion and empathy and why both are important to trauma recovery 

The 6 F’s of trauma recovery in IFS and moving beyond the 6 F’s

Addressing early attachment wounds, separation, and preverbal trauma 

Addressing dissociative and perpetrator parts 

Two subtypes of PTSD and how to address them differently 

Order of trauma recovery 

Common roadblocks to trauma recovery in clinical work

Target Audience

• Counsellors
• Marriage and Family Therapists
• Social Workers
• Physicians 
• Psychologists
• Addiction Counsellors