- Theorize regarding the multiplicity of self as a spontaneously and naturally occurring and observed phenomenon in human personality and self-concept.
- Describe the three components of the psyche according to IFS theory: parts, burdens, and the Self, and their implications for treatment.
- Support the use of the concept of the “observer self” in psychotherapy as a valid and useful method for developing client introspection and self-reflection.
- Appraise psychological and neuropsychological research and implications for an approach to psychotherapy based on the observed multiplicity of self as a construct and spontaneously occurring altered states in those without dissociative disorders.
- Evaluate the risks and benefits of Internal Family Systems as an emerging treatment for PTSD and addictive behaviors.
- Apply IFS techniques for increasing access to Self in clients’ systems.
- Perform IFS techniques for helping clients to differentiate from and form compassionate, collaborative relationships with the proactive and reactive protective parts of their systems.
- Use IFS techniques for facilitating the development of secure internal attachment relationships between clients and the wounded and traumatized parts of their systems.
- Evaluate the impact of the therapist’s internal state on clinical work and how to use this awareness to facilitate a client’s emotion regulation skills.
- Discuss the IFS approach to working with transference and countertransference in the therapeutic relationship.
- Demonstrate how to assist clients in self-observation and introspection that can foster the ability to work with difficult internal states with less self-judgment and improved self-efficacy.
- Apply a model based on the concept of having spontaneous emergence of altered intrapsychic states, referred to as “parts,” for doing introspective, self-of-the-therapist work.
- Determine key intrapsychic polarizations and conflicts that are relevant to a client’s presenting concerns that can impede outcomes and discuss the IFS approach to this phenomenon.
- Evaluate, through observation and analysis of video examples, how to apply IFS techniques in treatment.
- Distinguish between empathy and compassion and the implications for the psychotherapeutic process.
- Hypothesize regarding the “therapeutic dose of empathy” and key considerations guiding the adjustment of the empathy-to-compassion ratio in sessions.
- Analyze the addictive process as conceptualized and treated through an IFS lens.
- Illustrate, through discussion and video examples, IFS techniques for working with the sets of polarized parts involved in the addictive process.
- Utilize IFS strategies to shift clients’ nervous systems towards regulation and help them access their own capacity for healing.
- Summarize the IFS position on traditional grounding and emotion regulation techniques and the importance of compassionate messaging when using such techniques with clients who struggle with self-regulation.
Immerse yourself in the natural beauty of the Sedona Mago
Retreat Center near Sedona, Arizona
and deepen your practice using Internal Family Systems (IFS)!
Join internationally-renowned Certified IFS therapist and consultant Dr. Alexia Rothman
for a 6-day getaway retreat experience you will never forget!
PLUS, earn up to 24 CE Hours!
and deepen your practice using Internal Family Systems (IFS)!
Join internationally-renowned Certified IFS therapist and consultant Dr. Alexia Rothman
for a 6-day getaway retreat experience you will never forget!
PLUS, earn up to 24 CE Hours!
IFS is a transformational approach to healing the systems of even our most traumatized clients. Its compassion-based, empirically validated techniques offer a safe and effective way to work with a full range of clinical concerns, while offering therapists the gift of working in a way that increases personal well-being!
As a participant in this retreat, you will join a group of your colleagues to dive deeply into a step-by-step exploration of the IFS model and learn how to:
- Integrate IFS into your clinical practice
- Effectively work with even the most complex traumas and common co-morbidities, including anxiety, depression, and addictive processes
- Use meditation and personal reflection to find your inner wisdom and Self-Energy in session
- Practice techniques that promote clients' relationships with parts and accessing healing energy
“Lexi Rothman not only knows IFS deeply, she embodies it. She gets my highest recommendation as a therapist or presenter!”
– Richard Schwartz, PhD, Creator of IFS and Founder of the IFS Institute (formerly Center for Self Leadership)
PESI retreats fill up fast, so secure your spot today!
Internal Family Systems (IFS) Immersion Retreat
Step-by-Step Strategies for Treating Trauma, Anxiety, Depression and Addiction
LIVE in Sedona, Arizona
Tuesday, April 11th – Sunday, April 16th
Single Occupancy: $2,999.00
Plus, earn up to 24 CE Hours — included in your tuition.
Click here for CE credit details
Don't see your state profession listed? Contact us.
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And there’s more! The Sedona Mago Retreat Center offers an exquisite landscape, waterfalls, garden walks, and healthful pesco-vegetarian cuisine.
Past participants rave about how wonderful it is to stay at Mago... taking time to unwind, rejuvenate and connect with themselves and their community of colleagues... all at this remarkable place. The daily schedule is designed to allow ample personal time to enjoy the beautiful surroundings and amenities.
By the end of this retreat, you will feel transformed on both a personal and professional level – refreshed, revitalized and confidently equipped with new tools and practices for taking your IFS clinical work to the next level.
And all of it is backed by our 100% satisfaction guarantee so you have nothing to lose.
Are you ready? Register today and see you in Sedona!
Internal Family Systems (IFS) Immersion Retreat
Step-by-Step Strategies for Treating Trauma, Anxiety, Depression and Addiction
Step-by-Step Strategies for Treating Trauma, Anxiety, Depression and Addiction
LIVE in Sedona, Arizona
Tuesday, April 11th – Sunday, April 16th
Single Occupancy: $2,999.00
Plus, earn up to 24 CE Hours — included in your tuition.
Click here for CE credit details
Don't see your state profession listed? Contact us.
Don't see your state profession listed? Contact us.
Retreat Schedule
All Times Listed in Local Time
Tuesday, April 11th
4:00–5:30 pm
Check-in
5:30–6:30 pm
Dinner
7:00–8:30 pm
Educational Program & Experiential Activity*
Wednesday, April 12th – Saturday, April 15th
7:00–8:00 am
Breakfast
8:30–11:30 am
Educational Program*
12:00–1:00 pm
Lunch
1:00–5:30 pm
Free Time
5:30–6:30 pm
Dinner
6:30–8:30 pm
Educational Program*
Sunday, April 16th
7:00–8:00 am
Breakfast
8:00–10:30 am
Educational Program*
10:30 am–12:00 pm
Check Out
*CE is awarded during these specified times
Who Should Attend?
The target audience includes:
- Counselors
- Social Workers
- Psychiatrists
- Psychologists
- Addiction Counselors
- Marriage & Family Therapists
- Therapists
- Physicians
- Chaplains/Clergy
- Mental Health Professionals
Internal Family Systems (IFS) Immersion Retreat
Step-by-Step Strategies for Treating Trauma, Anxiety, Depression and Addiction
Step-by-Step Strategies for Treating Trauma, Anxiety, Depression and Addiction
LIVE in Sedona, Arizona
Tuesday, April 11th – Sunday, April 16th
Single Occupancy: $2,999.00
Plus, earn up to 24 CE Hours — included in your tuition.
Click here for CE credit details
Don't see your state profession listed? Contact us.
Don't see your state profession listed? Contact us.
Retreat Content
Internal Family Systems (IFS) Model
- Non-pathologizing, compassion-based, experiential psychotherapy
- Comprehensive model of healing traumatic wounds, including relational trauma
- Origins, goals and assumptions of the model
- Multiplicity of the mind
- Three components of the psyche: Parts, Burdens & Self
Treating Various Types of Trauma
- Acute trauma
- Complex or relational trauma
- PTSD
- Developmental and attachment traumas
- Extreme or dissociative trauma
Step-by-Step Exploration of the IFS Technique
- Step 1: Identifying the target part/symptom
- Step 2: Accessing internal resources for healing and connection
- Step 3: Befriending the target part and learning the fears and function of the symptom
- Step 4: Healing of traumatic wounds
- Step 5: Integration of change into the system
The Presence of the IFS Therapist
- Identifying parts of the therapist that can make therapeutic work more challenging
- Working with the therapist’s system to achieve maximum clarity and effectiveness
- Increasing access to the therapist’s inner resources and ability to hold a compassionate and healing presence
- Improving the therapist’s ability to support clients’ therapeutic work
Polarizations in the Internal System
- Parts operating in opposition to each other
- Common cause of “stuckness” in therapy and in life
- Very pronounced in highly traumatized systems
The Cycle of Addiction in IFS
- Relevant to substance and process addictions and eating disorders
- Treating a system, not a symptom
- Respectful, collaborative process for long-term change
Experiential Activities
- Live demonstrations
- Meditations
- Group Discussions and Q&A
- Practice Breakouts
- Video Examples
Internal Family Systems (IFS) Immersion Retreat
Step-by-Step Strategies for Treating Trauma, Anxiety, Depression and Addiction
Step-by-Step Strategies for Treating Trauma, Anxiety, Depression and Addiction
LIVE in Sedona, Arizona
Tuesday, April 11th – Sunday, April 16th
Single Occupancy: $2,999.00
Plus, earn up to 24 CE Hours — included in your tuition.
Click here for CE credit details
Don't see your state profession listed? Contact us.
Don't see your state profession listed? Contact us.
Meet Your Retreat Instructor
Alexia (Lexi) D. Rothman, PhD, is a clinical psychologist, certified IFS therapist and IFSI-approved consultant, and international speaker and educator on the IFS model. Dr. Rothman has been in private practice since 2004. She has received extensive training in Internal Family Systems Therapy from IFS developer Dr. Richard Schwartz, and has served on staff for multiple Level 1, 2, and 3 IFS trainings around the world, as well as serving as a professional consultant for IFS therapists and practitioners internationally.
Dr. Rothman is a United States Presidential Scholar who graduated summa cum laude from Emory University as a Robert W. Woodruff Scholar. Dr. Rothman received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from UCLA, where she was an Edwin W. Pauley Fellow and a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow. She has held adjunct faculty positions at Emory University and Agnes Scott College.
What does Tuition Include?
- Learn to integrate IFS into your clinical practice
- Training, demos and Q&As with an IFSI-approved clinical consultant
- Up to 24 CE Hours
- CE certificate & course manual
- Healing vortexes, meditation areas, & labyrinth
- Peaceful lake & trails – surrounded by magnificent red rock mountains
- Healthful pesco-vegetarian cuisine
- Lodging, with private bathrooms, for the duration of your stay
If you’re looking for a place to unwind and re-connect with what’s important, what better environment than one of the most beautiful deserts on the planet?
The Sedona Mago Retreat Center is located in Sedona, Arizona, an area long known for natural healing and spiritual awakening. It is surrounded by red monoliths, Native American ruins and majestic mountains. Experience the beauty, feel the energy, and awaken your spirit.
Retreat Highlights
- Secluded retreat, offering 173 acres
- Private or shared casitas with private bathrooms
- Healthful pesco-vegetarian cuisine (3 meals daily)
- Beautiful lake surrounded by trees, flowers, aromatic herbs, and many wild birds
- Covered patios, meditation areas & labyrinth
- Healing vortexes, experience healing and deep awakening
- Peaceful trails to enjoy nature
- Awe inspiring sunrises, sunsets and stargazing
- Direct shuttles service available from Phoenix Sky Harbor (additional fees)
In response to the continually evolving global travel situation due to COVID-19, PESI has put in place a multi-faceted cancellation policy, allowing you to reserve your spot with peace of mind.
All attendees are advised to purchase travel insurance that includes a cancellation for any reason option to protect your travel plans amid this ongoing uncertainty. We also encourage you to monitor your local government travel advisories and regularly check this page for updates.
Event Cancellation Due to COVID-19
Should the event will be canceled, all registered attendees will be notified by PESI of the cancellation policy. Registered attendees will then have the choice of either:
- A full refund, or,
- Full credit toward any future PESI live event, On-Demand Digital Seminar, or Live Webinar
Travel Advisories
Please check with your local government to see what advisories are in place before you travel.
All flights are subject to the terms and conditions of your airline carrier’s policy travel plans.
Retreat Location
Sedona Mago Retreat Center
3500 E Bill Gray Road
Sedona, AZ 86336, USA
Phone: (928) 204-3391
Shuttle services are available from Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport to Sedona Mago. Please contact AZ Shuttle Select (623-200-2849) or Groome Transportation (928-350-8466) for more information and reservations. Note that transit times may take longer than the geographical distance from the airport. Please inquire regarding transit times with the shuttle services and plan flights accordingly. Most licensing boards require full attendance to the program to receive any credit.
Health & Safety
Attendees’ health and safety is a top priority for PESI & Sedona Mago Retreat Center. For most up-to-date health and safety guidelines, click here.
Internal Family Systems (IFS) Immersion Retreat
Step-by-Step Strategies for Treating Trauma, Anxiety, Depression and Addiction
Step-by-Step Strategies for Treating Trauma, Anxiety, Depression and Addiction
LIVE in Sedona, Arizona
Tuesday, April 11th – Sunday, April 16th
Single Occupancy: $2,999.00
Plus, earn up to 24 CE Hours — included in your tuition.
Click here for CE credit details
Don't see your state profession listed? Contact us.
Don't see your state profession listed? Contact us.