APRIL 2025 UPDATE
- Apr 1, 2025
- 4 min read
Happy Spring! (in the northern hemisphere). This flower is one of the harbingers of spring where I live.
In This Newsletter
Spaces available for the Online Somatic IFS Step 2 starting this November
Registration is opening for Costa Rica Step 1 Retreats
Virtual Introductions to Somatic IFS programs, including a new, free 60 min presentation
Consultation and Workshops led by Somatic IFS Staff
There's still time to sign up for the Online Somatic IFS Step 2 Training November 13, 2025—January 15, 2026
Susan McConnell and Somatic IFS Staff will provide Instruction, live demonstrations, and supervised practice groups for you to build on your Step 1 experience of immersion into the practices of Somatic IFS to bring this embodied approach to your clinical practice
Completion of a Somatic IFS Step 1 Retreat makes you eligible to apply for this training.
Registration will soon be open for Costa Rica Somatic IFS Step 1 Retreats in 2026 February 7-14 and February 21-28
Registration opens April 14th for the February 7-14 retreat.
Registration opens May 12th for the February 21-28 retreat.
Completion of at least an IFS Level 1 Training is required to apply for a Step 1 Somatic IFS program.
After registering, you will be notified by email of the acceptance of your application within a few weeks, after which you will be contacted by Shina from R & R Resorts to make your deposit and select your accommodation. Upon receipt of your $550 nonrefundable deposit, your participation in the retreat will be secured.
These Step 1 Programs are designed solely for your personal growth. Through guided exercises, journaling, live demonstrations, and small group interactions you will embody, befriend, witness, and transform your parts through sensations, movement and touch, liberating your embodied Self energy to transform your personal and professional life. 30 IFS-CE credits are available for full attendance of a Somatic IFS Retreat which can be used towards IFS certification or recertification.
Step 1 Somatic IFS programs are NOT a didactic training, nor are they an official or accredited training program of the IFS Institute or its model. Completion of the Step 1 programs is required for acceptance in the Step 2 Somatic IFS Trainings which instruct and support you to apply Somatic IFS in your clinical practice.
Below are the photos of the recent two Costa Rica February 2025 Retreat participants and staff.
Soon we will be bringing a Step 1 Somatic IFS Retreat to Portugal (April 27-May 4) and then we will begin the online Step 2 Training May 15.
SIFS Podcasts and Online Courses
Featuring Susan McConnell
1) Soon to be released: A Free 60-minute introduction to Somatic IFS. Awake Network's summit Somatic Approaches in Therapy airs from April 24-26. All talks are available for free to the public for 48 hours. After the free event, lifetime access + CEs are available in an optional upgrade package, with unlimited scholarships available. Susan McConnell’s presentation is 60 minutes.
2) IFS Talks:
3) The One Inside:
4) Being Well:
5) Life Architect:
6) Embody Lab:
Two, 2-hour videos are available as part of the 2022 Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy Certificate Program
7) IFS Continuity Program:
"An Introduction to Somatic IFS; An Embodied Approach to Healing Trauma." An archive of the course is available for purchase at the IFS-I catalogue and for new members who join the Continuity Program it is available at a discounted rate (9 1/2 hrs total)
SOMATIC IFS & YOGA NIDRA: Deepening the Journey
Corinne Peterson | www.corinnepeterson.com | corinne.peterson@gmail.com
The session begins with the therapeutic modalities of SIFS from the workbook, followed by a Yoga Nidra practice to deepen and integrate the practice.
* Wednesdays, April 23 - June 11, 2025 (8 weeks)
* 10:00 - 10:50 am Central (optional discussion before & after)
* Online - through Zoom (recording available the same day)
* Fee: $175 suggested (or pay whatever amount works for you)
If you can’t join at the time of the class, you can participate through the recordings.
Somatic IFS Integration Circles
Nicole House | nicole.house@me.com
Nicole House is also journeying through The Somatic Internal Family Systems Workbook for a slow supportive integration of the 5 practices.
These Integration Groups will meet on the 2nd Friday/month beginning in April @ 10:30am-12pm CDT. They are open to those who have experienced Somatic IFS in Circles with Susan, and/or attended a Step 1 Retreat, online or in-person who are ready to deepen their connection to their inner world, the healing intelligence of the body, and experience collective Self energy in a supportive community.
REGISTER HERE or Email nicole.house@me.com directly.
Staff-led Somatic IFS Programs
Consultation Groups
Tamar Berry
tamar@mindfultherapytoday.com
Online Spring Somatic IFS Consultation Group - Now Open for Registration
Fridays from 12:00pm - 1:30am PST. April 4 & 25, May, 9 & 23, June 6th.
Contact Tamar for more information and to register.
Marcella Cox
To inquire about individual and group consultation, please contact Marcella. Click to join her email list for updates about future offerings.
LaDonna Silva
ladonnasilva@gmail.com
Bi-weekly and monthly in-person and online consultation groups.
Online monthly consultation group starting April 7th, 5/5, 6/2, 7/14.
4:00-5:30 PM PST/California time
2 openings left. Max 6 folks. $75/session.
Nancy Berkowitz
IFS body-centered consultation group starting April 30th. 9:30 to 11:30 US EDT every other Wednesday. The sessions will include meditation, teaching, and case consultation.
Workshops
Experiential Daylong Workshop
Presented by Marcella Cox
In This Body: A Somatic IFS Approach for Eating Disorder Recovery April 4th 11:30 - 5:30
Tri-State Eating Disorder Virtual Conference
April 2 - 4, 2024
IFS Body-centered retreats at Pura Vida Retreat and Spa in Costa Rica with Nancy Berkowitz
Women's retreat April 19 to April 25 after sunset. *The dates are Shabbat friendly
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