Programme Structure

This comprehensive video series is organised into twelve modules, each progressively deepening both clinical understanding and practical application:

Module 1 – Introduction to the Programme
This opening module shifts the clinical focus from telling and sharing to truly following and listening. Participants are guided in meditation practices that cultivate a listening mindset and inward attention, fostering awareness of a preventive part within the self. These foundational skills set the stage for deeper clinical work throughout the programme.

Module 2 – The IFS Model
An introduction to the Internal Family Systems framework, exploring its objectives and the different types of parts, including protective parts—both preventive and reactive—and the injured, burden-bearing exiles. Participants will learn how a parts system operates and how IFS can be integrated with other modalities such as AEDP, EMDR, and Somatic Experiencing. Practical exercises support connection with preventive parts and locating them within the body.

Module 3 – The Model Steps
This module explores practical strategies for working with protective parts using the 6F Protocol and six-step process. The neuroscience behind these steps is integrated throughout, including the role of neurons, neural networks, brain structures, and the nervous system. Emphasis is placed on both interoception and exteroception, highlighting how neuroplasticity supports transformation and growth.

Module 4 – The Model Steps in Detail
An in-depth exploration of the 6F Protocol, bridging neuroscience and clinical practice. Participants examine how parts interact with the nervous system and emotions, the role of brain structures in self-regulation, and the energy and qualities of the Self, including the 8 Cs. Demonstrations and guided meditations provide opportunities to identify protective parts, understand their fears, and connect with both therapist and patient aspects of the Self.

Module 5 – Beyond the 6 Fs
This module expands on the 6F Protocol with strategies for direct access to parts while preventing overwhelm. Participants explore how to update and invite parts into the therapeutic process, supported by a clinical video with a DID patient that illustrates direct access, role negotiation, managing fears, and obtaining permission in real time.

Module 6 – Polarizations
Here, the focus is on how parts can become polarized or form alliances, creating internal conflict or tension. Participants learn to recognize these dynamics and develop strategies to help parts communicate, collaborate, and restore balance within the internal system.

Module 7 – The Therapist’s Parts
This module turns inward to the therapist’s own system and its interaction with trauma in the clinical setting. Neuroscience topics include the nervous system, hormones, and neurotransmitters, alongside top-down approaches to managing hyperactive PTSD. Practical exercises guide therapists in recognising their own parts and effectively facing hyperactive or triggered patients.

Module 8 – Empathy and Compassion
Distinguishing compassion from empathy, this module explores how both relate to trauma and the nervous system through the lens of Polyvagal Theory. Participants learn strategies for engaging with hypoactivated PTSD using a “low-to-high” approach, emphasising empathy before compassion. Exercises focus on connecting with and supporting hypoactivated patients.

Module 9 – The Different Types of Trauma
Exploring the spectrum of trauma, from attachment disruptions and loss to preverbal experiences. Participants examine Attachment Theory, the “social baseline” concept, and the stages of healing attachment wounds, gaining insight into how early relational experiences shape the nervous system and influence clinical practice.

Module 10 – Psychopharmacology / Trauma and Relationships

• Module 10A – Psychopharmacology

This module examines the interface between psychopharmacology and the internal parts system. Participants explore how medications interact with traumatic dysregulation, including presentations in psychosis, bipolar disorder, DID, and trauma-related addictions, and learn strategies for working effectively with parts alongside pharmacological interventions.

• Module 10B – Trauma and Relationships

Focusing on trauma’s impact on relationships across contexts, this module examines dynamics within couples, educational settings, and LGBTQIA+ communities, offering strategies to support healing and connection in diverse populations.

Module 11 – The Dimensions of Healing
A multi-layered exploration of complex trauma recovery. Topics include addressing shame, memory reconsolidation within an IFS framework, and the impact of epigenetics, inherited burdens, and cultural influences. Guided exercises, including silent reflection, help clinicians understand and facilitate the “unloading” process for themselves and their clients.

Module 12 – The Spiritual Dimension of Healing
The series concludes with a focus on spirituality in the healing journey. Themes include receiving guidance or messages from outside, understanding misaligned burdens and energy, integrating experiences with psychedelics, and reflecting on life after healing and the role of forgiveness.