The Foundation for Self Leadership's Board is pleased to share with you the second edition of our news bulletin intended to keep you informed about progress and developments of interest.
Inside you'll discover the inspiring and varied applications of IFS within many different organizations around the world. We hope you find the contents meaningful to you. Thank you for your continued support.
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Dear Friends of the Foundation & Members of the IFS Community,
It was two short years ago that the Foundation was reactivated and this Board given the task to develop and implement strategic priorities for advancing IFS research, promoting IFS within and beyond psychotherapy, and increasing access to training. It appears that, while the Foundation is still a start-up organization operationally, we have moved apace toward that goal, guided by an inspiring, far-reaching vision.
As you may know, we developed a strategic plan early on, which has framed our activities. Thanks to the generosity of our donors and tireless work of many volunteers, the first funded IFS research project on IFS for the treatment of Complex Trauma is nearly complete - [read more…] |
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OUTLOOK is an occasional bulletin that the Foundation for Self Leadership will publish to share news relevant to IFS, the IFS community, and developments relating to the Foundation. It is not intended to appear solely and passively in the conventional print mode; rather, it is designed to interface with the Foundation’s social media and online platforms. Nor is it a venue for sending information out; it is envisioned more so as an attempt to generate discussions within the community around issues and ideas of general interest and great impact. [read more…]
Do you know of any IFS-related news our community would like to know? Please share with us such developments or happenings within one of these categories: IFS research, IFS within psychotherapy or programming, and IFS applications beyond psychotherapy. Please complete the form on our website or send general information in a short email to Michelle Glass at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. |
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IFS Parts Sub-Study… During the course of his study on MDMA*-Assisted Psychotherapy for PTSD, Michael Mithoefer, MD, stumbled upon a curious phenomenon. Not only did many participants with chronic posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) come to imaginal exposure spontaneously without therapists direction, they also spontaneously began speaking about parts of themselves and being with those parts during the MDMA-assisted psychotherapy sessions. [read more…]
Phase One Competed on Annotation Project... Funded by the Foundation, a team has annotated approximately 40 sources from published writings and research papers associated with IFS. Principal Investigator, Jenn Matheson, PhD, LMFT and assistant Kristen Myshall, PhD, along with volunteers and masters-level students Rachel Benoit and Colleen Pearson dedicated three months to complete Phase One of the project. [read more…] |
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Level Two Intensive Trainings… Listening to the needs of the community, the Center for Self Leadership began offering, in 2014, ways to deepen and expand our use of IFS by offering the Intensive Trainings Program for graduates of Level One. Beyond the need for deepening and expanding of Level One training, therapists and practitioners requested specific topics related to areas of their practices. [read more…]
More on Intimacy from the Inside Out… Creator of Intimacy from the Inside Out (IFIO) and lead-IFS trainer Toni Herbine-Blank, MS, RN, C-SP, brings to page instructions for therapists to respectfully and skillfully move into the 3-D relational field of a couple with the recent release of Intimacy from the Inside Out: Courage and Compassion in Couple Therapy. [read more…] |
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Bringing More Self to the Conflict in the Middle East… For five years now, founder and director of Together Beyond Words (TBW), Nitsan Gordon, MA, has incorporated the IFS model in her teachings of what she calls “listening partnerships” to Arab and Jewish women in Israel. This, much like Toni Herbine-Blank’s couples work, facilitates two people to hear one another’s experiences from a place of their compassionate Selves, thereby accomplishing TBW’s mission of reducing prejudice, promoting peace, and empowering women. [read more…]
Creating Freedom and Healing for Inmates… In another example of the healing possibilities that IFS advances, the Jericho Circle Project (JCP) has been applying IFS in non-traditional settings, bringing it to an underserved segment of the population. Since 2001, JCP has offered weekly and weekend programming in 8 different local, state, and federal correctional facilities in the U.S. [read more…]
Self-Leadership in Sports…The Switzerland-based nonprofit, Education 4 Peace (E4P), envisions a world in which new generations have access through education to self-awareness, which allows them to develop and take responsibility for their inner peace and peaceful relationships with others. To that end, among its many different approaches, E4P is dedicated to bringing IFS—i.e., knowledge of inner parts and Self—to all children. [read more…]
Exploring IFS for Social Change in France… In April 2015, Richard (Dick) Schwartz, PhD, presented a 3-day long workshop of the IFS model to participants of diverse organizational backgrounds just outside of Paris, France. Intended to develop Self leadership in one’s daily actions for social change makers, Who Wants to Change the World in My Self?: A Discovery of IFS for Social Change-Makers, was attended by 24 professionals such as NGO managers, executive consultants, project educators, social entrepreneurs, journalists, physicians, and an organic farmer. [read more…]
IFS in Business Working Group Update… The IFS in Business Working Group has continued its efforts toward developing the requirements for a one-day leadership workshop that focuses on developing self-leadership. The team, introduced in the May issue of OUTLOOK, is currently defining the outline for this workshop with proposed experiential exercises and considering such questions as, “How do you train the trainer?” and “Does this require attendance at an IFS Level One training?” [read more…]
Bringing IFS to Health Care… IFS practitioners John Livingstone, MD, and Joanne Gaffney, RN, LICSW, have co-authored a new book to educate and train doctors, nurses, and other health care professionals on how to care for themselves while they relate to their patients. The ultimate intent is to help them develop relationships with patients that facilitate healthy behavioral change, assimilation of medical information, and improved health-related decision-making. [read more…] |
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Matching Your Donations… We are pleased to remind the community that earlier this year we received an anonymous gift of $25,000 USD to support the Foundation’s mission. The same source has offered us the welcome challenge of a matching gift: an additional $25,000 USD when we raise another $25,000 USD from you, the IFS community, by the end of this calendar year. [read more…]
Foundation Friday at the Annual Conference… Foundation volunteers Pamela Krause, LICSW; Jenn Matheson, PhD, LMFT; and Laura Crandall, EdM; supported by Jill Stanzler-Katz, MSW, LICSW, BCD, have been diligently planning “Foundation Friday” for this year’s IFS Annual Conference to raise greater awareness of the Foundation. In addition to Friday mornings plenary, throughout an all-day atmosphere of fun and frivolity, attendees will be able to bid in a silent auction where all proceeds go towards fulfilling our mission. [read more…]
Introducing New Associates... The Foundation is pleased to introduce two new associates who will provide their expertise in our endeavors. Please welcome Michele Bruce and Casita Negron Wild. [read more…]
Supporting the Foundation Continuously… Did you know that you can make regular contributions to the Foundation through your daily activities without feeling a pinch? Smile.Amazon.com will contribute 0.5% of all of your eligible purchases to our Foundation when you make purchases through Smile.Amazon.com.[read more…] |
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