Friday, February 27, 2026  Introducing IFS within a Bilical Worldview

Program Content:

This full day workshop will explore the theory and tenets of Internal Family System (IFS) conceptualized within a biblical worldview.  The training will include a discussion of the self and the IFS concept of the multiplicity of the mind.  Participants will learn and practice the process of IFS therapy.  We will look at the meaning of healing, both from the perspective of IFS and that within a biblical perspective.  

 
Facilitator: Carol J. Hollandsworth, LCMHCS, LMFT, AAMFT-S, Certified  Level 3 IFS Therapist and Consultant. (she is an AAMFT approved supervisor and LCMHC supervisor in NC)  


Location:  TBD 


Date:   Friday, February 27, 2026 

Registration required by November 7th – space is limited to keep the workshop as a group style, participatory training.  Refunds only available up to one week prior to the event. 

Time:  9:00-5:00: One-hour lunch on your own


Registration:  Register online to reserve your spot. Full refunds available up to one week prior to the workshop.


Cost: $239.00

Learning Objectives:

1.  Facilitator will provide teaching on the theory, tenets and goals of Internal Family Systems Therapy.

2.  Participants will explore how IFS might fit within a biblical worldview.

3.  Experiential exercises, demonstration and practice will be utilized to explore implementation of IFS therapy.

4   Participants will be able to begin to apply IFS in work with clients as they continue to learn and grow in the model.  They will be equipped to work in both   a Christian or secular context.  


Contact Hours: 5.5 hours  

   

Contact:   704-334-0524    or    carol@bareitercc.com  

   

About:   

Internal family systems, or IFS, is a type of therapy that believes people are made up of several parts or sub-personalities. It draws from structural, strategic, narrative, and Bowenian types of family therapy. The theory, according to the founder of IFS, Dr. Richard Schwartz, is that people have several parts living within them that have both healthy and unhealthy roles. The assumption is all parts belong and in their non-extreme roles, have something positive for the individual. One goal of IFS therapy is to discover the core Self and become Self-led, which can bring harmony and balance to and with these parts in one’s internal family system.


About the Facilitator:

 Carol is a Level III certified IFS therapist and consultant for IFS certification; she has been practicing and studying the model since 2007.  It is her passion to encourage growth of the Self of the therapist, help participants work with their therapist parts and deepen knowledge and application of IFS with clients. She has been a Program Assistant with IFS Level I training and presented on IFS in various venues.  In addition, Carol has training in psychodrama and experiential methods of therapy that may be included as an adjunct with IFS therapy.  Throughout her IFS learning journey, she has been studying and applying the integration of a biblical worldview as she uses IFS in her work with clients and supervisees.   


 Internal Family Systems is an evidence-based model of therapy that is non-pathologizing and empowers the client to become Self-led and (for those of faith), Spirit-led.  So often we are hijacked by aspects of ourselves in an attempt to protect or numb us from pain.  This model helps clients get to the root wounded parts and help them heal.


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Bareiter Counseling Center has been approved by NBCC as an approved continuing education provider, ACEP No. 7172. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Bareiter Counseling Center is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.