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• Archive: Faculty:Frank AndersonDuration:6 Hours 14 MinutesFormat:Audio and VideoCopyright:Oct 16, 2020 Description Get to the real root of parenting challenges.Even when parents are at the top of their game, the most routine curveballs—quarreling siblings, a child’s public meltdown, or a phone call from a teacher—can trigger unresolved shame, guilt, anger or disconnection in parents.The Internal Family Systems (IFS) approach can help parents more fully:Understand and heal their own wounds that their children inevitably evokeAllow the parent to better set healthy, non-controlling limitsCreate a more nurturing family environmentTalk to their children about difficult subjects by using “part of me language”Explore their reactive moments compassionatelyCo-parent in a way that’s supportive and collaborative that leads to greater maturityRecover from the inevitable moments when they “lose it”Take the necessary steps to repair with the childThrough exploring both attachment and parenting styles, as well as IFS interventions that work, you can help parents avoid triggered responses to their children.
• Handouts Manual - Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS) & Parenting (615.5 KB) 30 Pages Available after Purchase Outline Internal Family Systems (IFS)Comprehensive, compassionate, non-pathologizing treatment approachParadigm-shifting perspective on “psychopathology”Easily integrated into other therapeutic modalitiesTeach clients to access inner wisdom and self compassionWhat IFS Brings to ParentingIncorporating parts language in the FamilyPositive intentions of all partsAll parts welcome… reallyStarting the Parenting JourneyExpectationsFamily legacy - both the gifts and burdensCultural and spiritual dimensionsParenting stylesAttachment stylesNeuroscience and DevelopmentHow brain development affects parents and childrenDevelopmental stages, attachment and parental responseParenting adolescentsWhen Parents Are Not at Their BestReactive momentsWhen kids become your perpetratorThe different triggering scenario’sWhen parents overidentify with their childrenCorrect It, Don’t Perpetuate ItHow to recover and repair when parents lose itDirect access parentingGetting to the root of the reactivityImproving the Co-Parenting ExperienceWhen parents aren’t alignedCreating a “Triggering Agreement”From Reactive to ResponsiveHealing the woundThe Parent SelfLove and limitsMaintaining the connectionSpecial CircumstancesSingle parentingGender/sexuality issuesSpecial needs childrenParenting children with mental health issuesParenting adult children Faculty Frank Anderson, MD Related seminars and products: 18 Frank Anderson, MD, completed his residency and was a clinical instructor in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.
• He is both a psychiatrist and psychotherapist and specializes in the treatment of trauma and dissociation.
• He is passionate about teaching brain-based psychotherapy and integrating current neuroscience knowledge with the IFS model of therapy.Dr.
• Anderson is a lead trainer at the IFS Institute with Richard Schwartz and maintains a long affiliation with, and trains for, Bessel van der Kolk’s Trauma Center.