Does this sound like you?

You’ve intellectualized the model but can’t find the natural flow in session

You’re not sure when to introduce parts language — or how to do it without sounding clinical and detached.

You freeze when a protector comes up strongly and feel unsure how to respond in the moment.

You’ve tried to follow a protocol and it feels hollow — disconnected from the relational work that actually heals.

You’re on an IFSI waitlist that feels years away, but your clients are right in front of you now.

You’re looking for Internal Family Systems CE credits.

Today is the day to begin your journey of closing the gap between learning about IFS and actually experiencing it from the inside. 

IFS Foundations Lab is a live, affordable Internal Family Systems (IFS) training program designed for therapists, associates, students, and mental health professionals who want practical experience using IFS in real clinical sessions. Through live training, consultation, skills practice, and CE credits, clinicians learn how to confidently apply Internal Family Systems therapy beyond theory and into practice.

What is the IFS Foundations Lab?

The IFS Foundations Lab was built around one core belief: deep, lasting clinical skill comes from experience — not information. Every element of this training is designed with that in mind. Over four live training days and four practice skills groups, you’ll move from understanding IFS conceptually to developing real, embodied confidence in how you use it with clients.

The IFS Foundations Lab is different. You can expect so much more from this affordable, live training for therapists than just another recorded lecture. 

100% Live & Interactive. No pre-recorded sessions. Every training day is live, interactive, and responsive to you and your group. This is not a course you consume — it’s a space you inhabit and learn within.

We Move at the Speed of Safety. IFS is an experiential model, and experiencing it means slowing down enough for your system to actually integrate. We don’t rush through content — we go at the pace the work requires, and the pace your nervous system can hold.

Hands-On Practice Skills Groups. Between each training day, dedicated practice skills groups give you space to bring real cases, practice what you’re learning, and receive direct feedback — the structured repetition that builds real clinical fluency.

What are the benefits of live, affordable IFS Training for Therapists?

By the end of the lab you’ll leave with more than knowledge. You’ll leave having actually experienced the model — and knowing how to bring that to your clients. 

After completing IFS Foundations lab, you’ll walk away with six key benefits:

1. Embodied Understanding. You won’t just understand IFS — you’ll have felt it. That experiential foundation changes everything about how you work with clients and how naturally the model flows through you.

2. Session Confidence. You’ll know how to introduce parts language, track what’s happening in session, and respond to protective parts — without freezing or falling back on over-explanation.

3. Your Own Clinical Voice. You won’t learn to do therapy like Laura. You’ll develop your own grounded, parts-informed approach — one that’s authentic to who you are as a therapist.

4. Real, Practiced Skills. Hours of structured practice with feedback — the kind of repetition that moves IFS from a framework you reference into a way of being present with clients.

5. Practical Frameworks. Concrete, repeatable frameworks for working with managers, firefighters, and exiles that you can return to when sessions get complex or uncertain.

6. A Community of Practice. A small cohort of clinicians you’ve learned and practiced alongside — a rare and lasting resource in an often isolating profession.

Who is the IFS Training Instructor?

Hi, I’m Laura Beaver, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Texas with over 17 years in the field — and IFS genuinely changed my life, both personally and as a clinician. I have completed IFS Level 2 training through the IFS Institute. This means I bring a deep, structured foundation in the model to everything I teach. I know what it feels like to understand IFS intellectually but struggle to find it in session. That gap is exactly what this lab was built to close.

Before private practice I spent eight years as a full-time professor and still teach as an adjunct. I bring that same love of education to every training I lead, with one important difference. I’m not here to fill you with content. Instead, I’m here to create an experience that changes how you work.

I won’t teach you to do therapy the way I do it. I’ll help you find your own path. And even better, at a pace that honors your system and builds confidence that lasts long after the lab ends.

Are you ready to say “Yes!” to Live, Affordable IFS Training for Therapists?

No need to delay, register today! Need more time? Explore all of the benefits you’ll receive in the IFS Foundations lab.