A new Parts Work Unconference just after the summer!
Let's meet and have an Unconference after the summer! October, the 12th!
As we announced, kind-of-promised before the summer: let's meet and have an Unconference after the summer!
But before we start: if you like what we do, if you like what you are reading, share it with others, and/or subscribe. We rely on word of mouth. If you really like what we’re doing, you can book a 1:1 session with one of us to find out what it’s like to work with us.
IFS is evolving and expanding, more groups are taking things in their hands, organizing, sharing, teaching, practicing. We wish to continue to encourage the presence of different parts work inspired modalities and to be inclusive to its practitioners and enthusiasts. To include and support coaches and what they bring to the world of IFS and parts work. To welcome psychedelic practitioners, meditation and dharma teachers, those offering support during spiritual emergencies, and people with interesting experiences they want to share. And of course to IFS practitioners and therapists since we don't believe in creating yet more divisions.
Let's meet and dialogue and get to know each other, and see what happens.
WHEN?
Sat 12 Oct 2024
Parts Work Unconference 16:00 - 22:00 CET (10:00am - 5:00pm ET, follow the link for more timezones)
Please please please DO FOLLOW THE LINK: we probably are not in your timezone, we do not know what times the event is in your timezone, please do not get annoyed if it the times are not what you expect. We publish times for Central Europe (CET) and Eastern USA (ET), and a link to find out in other places.
WHAT?
An online gathering to learn, exchange and connect about Internal Family Systems (IFS) and other parts work based & healing systems.
NOT a training or a conference, the Parts Work Unconference is a participatory event based on Open Space Technology: a way of coming together to exchange, explore and connect about IFS & other parts work based therapeutic modalities.
An online gathering of Internal Family Systems and other (parts-work based & beyond) healing modalities enthusiasts, ranging from those ‘curious to learn more’, those actively integrating IFS into their day-to-day activities, professions & inner work (e.g. IFS-based yoga or art), to those actively providing IFS to others via therapy and coaching.
An opportunity to take part in self-organised participatory group and focused sessions, to meet people interested in existing and emergent topics ranging from “IFS and coaching” to “IFS and parenting”, to “spiritual emergencies” (the sky is the limit!)
We will all be sharing experiences, teaching, learning, practicing, and simply connecting with one another. You can expect workshops, panels, brainstorms, and hangouts. Anything really! What happens is up to all of us.
This gathering is an unconference based on Open Space Technology. We feel it is a model that applies very well to the IFS model: the event takes the role of the Self, allowing for exploring and integrating different flavours of parts and sessions.
HOW
This event is based on the Open Space Technology: we create the program together; anyone can propose a session or a topic, even if they are not experts in it.
It is a great opportunity to experiment with bringing workshops, topics, ideas and just open questions, e.g. “how do other IFS informed people combine IFS with (fill in the blank)?”. Our last unconference had many people step in and offer sessions and topics without thinking they’d have the courage to and we hope that with our support you may also come forward. In case you want to propose a session (either 40 or 80min) and want us to spread the word about it and you before the event, let us know in advance by using this form.
MORE
We have an FAQ, and you can find out more about the event on our website or, just email us at hello@ifs-collective.com.
What this is NOT
This is NOT an official IFS-Institute training, or a setting for receiving therapeutic work.
We very much hope to see you there!
AND NOW FOR SOME SHAMELESS COMMERCIALISM
We do not organize the Unconference to make money, and yet some of our parts like being able to pay for bills and food. We do that by offering IFS therapy and IFS coaching sessions. (See here if you are curious about the difference; we wrote some posts about our approach). So if you feel called, or know someone that wants to dip into this world, feel free to explore booking a session with one of us.