Join Us In Amsterdam, Netherlands for:
Internal Family Systems
Parts Work in Clinical Practice
July 16 - 19, 2027 with Analía Castaños-Davis, MA, LMHC
at the Park Inn by Radisson Amsterdam City West
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$825.00 (until Jan 01, 2027)
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$875.00 (until Apr 23, 2027)
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Full Registration Opens Jan 01, 2027
Internal Family Systems gives you a clear, practical way to work with the different “parts” your clients bring into the room.
Instead of trying to eliminate symptoms, IFS helps you understand what those experiences are doing and why they’re there in the first place. Clients learn to relate differently to their thoughts, emotions, and internal conflicts—often with less struggle and more clarity. Whether you’re brand new to parts work or have some exposure already, this training is designed to help you start using it in real sessions.
You’ll learn how to apply IFS with clients dealing with trauma, anxiety, depression, and relationship challenges.
The focus is on what to actually do in session. You’ll practice identifying parts, tracking shifts in real time, and working with protective responses without pushing them away or trying to override them. The goal isn’t to follow a script—it’s to understand what you’re seeing and respond in a way that moves the work forward.
This is an experiential training—you won’t just learn IFS, you’ll practice it.
Through demonstrations, structured exercises, and small-group work, you’ll build skills you can use right away. You’ll learn how to map a client’s system, work with protectors, and help clients access more Self-energy in a way that feels natural and doable. There will also be opportunities to reflect on your own internal system, which tends to make the clinical work click much faster.
Led by an IFS expert and approved supervisor, the training stays focused on real clinical use.
You’ll see how the model actually unfolds in session, not just how it’s described in theory. By the end, you’ll have a solid foundation in parts work and a clearer sense of how to bring it into your existing approach without overcomplicating your sessions.
Daily Schedule
Day 1
- 9:00am-10:30am
- Introduction to the IFS Model
- 10:30am-10:45am
- Break
- 10:45am-12:15pm
- Mapping the Internal System
Day 2
- 9:00am-10:30am
- Flow of the IFS Model & the 6 Steps to work with parts
- 10:30am-10:45am
- Break
- 10:45am-12:15pm
- Demonstration of an IFS session
Day 3
- 9:00am-10:30am
- The Protective System
- 10:30am-10:45am
- Break
- 10:45am-12:15pm
- Exiles and Burdens
Day 4
- 9:00am -10:30am
- Legacy and Cultural burdens
- 10:30am-10:45am
- Break
- 10:45am-12:15pm
- Integration and Completion, Next steps
About Analía Castaños-Davis, MA, LMHC
Analía is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with over 15 years of experience in community mental health and private practice. She is a Lead Trainer at the IFS Institute and co-founder of IFS Institute Latin America, and is deeply committed to teaching the IFS model as a hopeful force for change. She has also been studying Curanderismo (Mexican ancestral medicine) in recent years. After living in Seattle for 23 years, she returned to her native Mexico, where she lives in Ajijic, Jalisco with her husband and teenage son. She is passionate about travel and learning from diverse cultures, traditions, and ways of expressing Self-energy.
Park Inn by Radisson Amsterdam City West
Amsterdam, Netherlands
For this training, participants are free to stay at the host hotel or any accommodations of their choice.
Park Inn by Radisson Amsterdam City West
Hotel rooms are subject to availability. Don’t wait to secure yours!
For participants not staying at the host hotel, the training location can be found HERE.
- Park Inn by Radisson Amsterdam City West
- +31 20-242-0000
- La Guardiaweg 59
- Amsterdam,
- Netherlands
Getting There
Closest International Airport:
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)
Time from airport to hotel:
15 minutes by car or rail
Transportation to/from the hotel:
From the airport, take any NS train heading toward Amsterdam Sloterdijk-10 minute direct journey. Get off at Amsterdam Sloterdijk Station and the hotel is only a 3-4 minute walk. Additionally, Uber and other rideshares, as well as taxis are available and accessible.
Learning Objectives
Upon Completion of This Training, Participants Will Be Able To:
- Describe the basic assumptions of IFS and the key therapeutic goals of IFS therapy.
- Describe the three categories of sub-personalities, or parts, that most often present in therapy.
- Describe the IFS concept of Self and explain its role and effectiveness as a leader in the internal system.
- Describe the healing steps which allow exiled parts to release uncomfortable burdens and beliefs, restoring internal balance and harmony.
- Identify at least two techniques that aid in establishing and facilitating clients’ Self-to-part relationships within their protective system.
- Describe the 6 Steps that help a client recognize and work with their most troubled parts.
- Define the concept of Polarizations and strategies for working with them in clinical practice.
- Describe Legacy and Cultural burdens that affect clients’ current concerns.
- Course Content Level: Beginner, Intermediate
- Audience: Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors, MFTs & other mental health providers
Continuing Education
- Continuing Education Credits sponsored by CE-Classes.com.
- Certificates are awarded online after completion of the workshop. Participants print their own certificate after registering at CE-Classes.com, entering a keycode, and completing an evaluation form.
- Licensed professionals should contact their regulatory board to determine course approval.
- Participants will be awarded 12 CEs following the successful completion of this course.
This CE-Classes.com Course Is Approved for CE Credit by:
- The American Psychological Association (APA) CE-Classes.com is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. CE-Classes.com maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
- California Board of Behavioral Sciences. The California Board of Behavioral Sciences, BBS, recognizes relevant course work/training that has been approved by nationally recognized certifying bodies, such as APA, to satisfy renewal requirements.
- California Consortium of Addiction Programs and Professionals (CCAPP) Provider Number OS-12-174-0627 Expires 06-2027
- California Board of Registered Nursing. CEP 15647 Expires 11/30/2026.
- California Association of DUI Treatment Programs (CADTP) Provider Number 231
- Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling Provider #852 BAP-Expires 3/31/2027
- Florida Board of Nursing (CE Provider #: 50-4896) Expires 10/31/2026 Do not send certificates to the Florida Board of Nursing. You must keep this certificate for 4 years.
- Florida Certification Board
- Illinois - CE-Classes.com is a registered social work CE sponsor by the State of Illinois. License 159.001607 Expires 11/30/2027
- Massachusetts Authorization Number: (TBD)
- New York Mental Health Practitioners Board CE-Classes.com, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0260
- New York Psychology Board CE-Classes.com, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0211
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- Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist Board - Approval from a state licensing board for counselors, social workers, marriage and family therapists is accepted by the OH CSWMFTB.
- Oklahoma Board of Behavioral Health Licensure (LPCs, LMFTs and LBCs)
- South Carolina - CE-Classes.com is approved by the S.C. Board of Examiners for Licensure of Professional Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapist, Addiction Counselors, and Psycho-Educational Specialists (#4696).
- Texas Board of Social Work Examiners – CE-Classes.com meets the requirements for acceptable continuing education. Effective 1/1/24, at least half of the 30 hours must be obtained from a provider listed in 801.261(f). This course meets that requirement.
- Texas Board of Professional Counselors – CE-Classes.com meets the requirements for acceptable continuing education. Effective 1/1/24, at least half of the 30 hours must be obtained from a provider listed in 801.261(f). This course meets that requirement.
- Texas Board of Marriage & Family Therapists – CE-Classes.com meets the requirements for acceptable continuing education. Effective 1/1/24, at least half of the 30 hours must be obtained from a provider listed in 801.261(f). This course meets that requirement.
- This course is NOT available for NBCC credit.
- This training does not offer ASWB ACE credit to social workers.
- Many state boards of social work, counseling and MFT do accept CEs that are approved by the APA or other state boards (such as those listed above). We encourage you to check with your state board regarding the applicability of these credits.
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