The Essential Journey of Self-Leadership for IFS Professionals
A 6-Week Experiential Course for Personal Development and Skill Building Self-Leadership for IFS Professionals
“This course should be required for IFS certification!” ~ F.R.
Register for this fall’s two cohorts today!
Transform Yourself to Transform Your Practice
This transformative course is designed to help IFS professionals like you explore and nurture your own inner world. By engaging with your internal parts and taking a vertical dive into your system, you’ll enhance your personal growth, deepen your Self-energy, and develop skills that elevate your client work. This 6-week experiential course is designed to help you develop Self-leadership by exploring your own parts leading towards potentially more unburdening your inner system, and enhancing your skills as an IFS professional.
Are You Ready to Deepen Your IFS Practice?
Course Overview
Dates: Tuesdays – September 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, and October 7
Time: COHORT 1 – 10:00 AM – 1PM Pacific
COHORT 2 – 2:00 PM – 5:00PM Pacific
Format: Online (via Zoom)
Cost: $800 for the full 6-week program
Maximum Participants: 12
Video Clips
Want to learn more about why you should take this course? Check out our short clips here.
What to Expect
This intimate, interactive course provides a supportive space to do your own personal work while strengthening your professional skills.
Each session combines:
- meditations
- demos
- practice groups
- small home room groups and
- reflective discussions
This container supports you to dive deeper into your own system and Self-energy.
Additionally, weekly one-hour Demos Recordings and introspective questions designed to bring awareness to your IFS professional parts are sent out prior to each session. It is a rare and unique opportunity to witness one client’s continuity with following the thread through full the full IFS process and the profound impact it has. * It is expected you make time for viewing these essential recorded demos to gain the most out of our time together.
What You’ll Gain
1. Personal Transformation
- Engage deeply with your own parts and uncover the roots of your inner dynamics.
- Experience the transformative power of the full IFS process within your system, leading towards unburdening.
- Build resilience and clarity by embodying Self-energy.
2. Professional Skill Building
- Develop confidence in following the thread in your own system and with client work.
- Learn and practice the bridge from “parts work” to the unburdening process.
- Strengthen your therapeutic presence with mindfulness and self-compassion.
3. Community and Connection
- Join a group of like-minded IFS professionals dedicated to their personal and professional growth.
- Share experiences and insights in a supportive, collaborative environment.
Course Highlights
Week 1: Continuity: Following the Thread Across Sessions to Lead into Unburdening (Following the Thread)
Week 2: Protector Fears that Lead to Exiles and Transitioning from Protectors to Exiles
Week 3: Focus on Therapist Parts and Engaging in the Unburdening Process
Week 4: Committing to Our Work (Deepening the U-Turn to Return, Part 1)
Week 5: Returning to Previously Activating Clients with More Self-Energy (Deepening the U-Turn to Return, Part 2)
Week 6: Hope Merchanting, Contracting with Protectors, and Preparation for Future Sessions (Following the Thread)
Who Is This Course For?
This program is ideal for Internal Family Systems professionals who:
- Have IFS-I L1+, IFSCA Stepping Stones, One Self Institute, David Stern, or Ted Riskin’s equivalents education or – write to us for consideration. Students must have previous training in the unburdening protocol of the IFS model and have facilitated and experienced at least three unburdenings.
- Are committed to personal development as a foundation for effective client work.
- Want to deepen their skills in the Unburdening process for their own system.
- Seek to strengthen their Self-leadership and enhance therapeutic presence.
Register Now
Secure Your Spot Today!
With only 12 participants per cohort, this course ensures a personal and supportive experience. Don’t wait—spaces fill quickly!
Have questions? Reach out to us at joe@joebielling.com.
REFUND POLICY: 💯
Full refund (minus $50 service fees) up
until July 29th.
50% refund (minus $50 service fees) up
until August 12th.
No refunds are available after August 12th.
* This course is not recorded due to content of personal sharing.
Transform Yourself to Transform Your Practice
Join us on this essential journey of self-leadership and discover the profound impact it can have for you and your clients.
Testimonials
“This course is an absolute gem. All parts of me felt so incredibly held by Michelle and Joe I found the course immensely engaging. I’m going away feeling much more confident, clear, and incredibly enriched! Thank you so much, Michelle and Joe.” ~ C.B.
“I feel more confident in my ability, more realistic around the healing steps and more welcoming and appreciative of my skeptical parts!” ~ anonymous
“This course came at just the right time. The theme of “following the thread” deeply resonated, and the new ways of mapping and tracking parts have been a game changer for my practice.” ~ anonymous
“I’m going away feeling much more confident, clear, and incredibly enriched!” ~ anonymous
“The depth of Joe’s emotion and his courageous vulnerability with us was both touching and inspiring. His passion for this work is contagious.” ~ anonymous
“I find Joe to be compassionate and welcoming, as well as knowledgeable, open, and caring.” ~ anonymous
“Michelle is the mentor and teacher my system has been waiting for and I feel beyond blessed to have discovered her courses years ago.” ~ anonymous
“I’m impressed with Michelle’s ability to be both extremely professional and caring at the same time.” ~ anonymous
About Your Teachers
Michelle Glass, CIFSP
Michelle Glass is a Certified Level 3 IFS Practitioner, Oregon Licensed Psilocybin Facilitator, and Alternative Counselor in Eugene, Oregon who has 20 years of IFS experience and has accumulated over 380 hours of direct study with Richard Schwartz, PhD, the founder of IFS. She has been a regular Program Assistant for Level 1 and Special Topic IFSI trainings for many years. She developed and is the author of the Daily Parts Meditation Practice®: A Journey of Embodied Integration for Clients and Therapists, which has become a valued method of deep embodiment of the IFS Model and healing integration. The six tools of integration can now be found within the IFS-inspired app called Sentur. She has given workshops on the DPMP® online and across the globe.
Her focus has shifted to IFS and Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy. Michelle is currently writing a workbook for psychedelic preparation and integration using the DPMP® tools. She offers a 22-Hour Comprehensive IFS Introductory for Psychedelic Facilitators course a few times a year as well as provides smaller workshops aimed to help IFS-trained professionals support their clients who are seeking out psychedelics outside of their services.
Michelle received a Certificate in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy from Naropa Institute and Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) in 2022. In addition, she served as the Editor for OUTLOOK, the Foundation for Self Leadership’s magazine, for seven years. More information can be found at https://thelistenerllc.com.
Joe Bielling, LPCA
Joe Bielling is a Licensed Professional Counselor Associate (LPCA) and Certified Level 3 Internal Family Systems (IFS) Practitioner based in Austin, Texas. With over 15 years of experience, Joe integrates IFS, somatic practices, and psychedelic integration to facilitate profound healing and transformation. His therapeutic approach is informed by his personal healing journey, extensive IFS training, and his role as a Program Assistant for Level 1 and Level 2 IFS trainings.
Joe is the founder of Unify Yourself, a coaching and therapy practice dedicated to fostering self-love, trauma integration, and spiritual awakening through individual and group sessions. He specializes in helping clients navigate complex trauma, life transitions, and understanding the transformative potential of psychedelic supported therapies. Joe’s programs, such as the Integration Roadmap Masterclass and his upcoming book, From Broken to Badass , provide practical tools for integrating insights into daily life.
With advanced training in IFS and somatic therapies, Joe blends modern therapeutic modalities with cutting-edge research in psychedelic healing. His teaching style is dynamic, balancing clinical knowledge with experiential practices to empower clients to connect with their inner wisdom and live authentically. Joe co-leads workshops on IFS and psychedelic integration and facilitates retreats like the Embodied IFS Retreat and Self-Love Immersions. Learn more at UnifyYourself.com.
