Six-Day, Level Two Training Description:

This six-day, in-person training in Asheville, NC is a deeper dive into how to use the Creating Healing Circles® method in a group therapy format. The invitation-only training will form a working group of 12 participants who will go deeper into internal work as well as practice implementing the facilitator skills outlined in the book with an emphasis on unburdening. While Level One focused on learning the skill and healing potential of sculpting which is a major part of the Creating Healing Circles® method, this Level Two training will focus more on the attunement and healing potential of unburdening in a group setting. Considerable emphasis will be placed on learning to support the healing of personal burdens, legacy and cultural burdens, unattached burdens, and clearing the group field. In supporting the healing potential of the IFS process, extra time will be devoted to connecting with the natural elements, ancestors, and guides.  

In order to create a healing space, the Self of the Facilitator is vital, especially the Self qualities of clarity, compassion, and confidence. Healing Parts that constrain our Self-energy is essential in freeing up our imagination, intuition, and attunement. Participants will continue working with their own system to become more confident, competent, and attuned group facilitators. 

Three Specific Principles of the Creating Healing Circles® Method:

1. Highlighting Experiential Group Work – The Creating Healing Circles® method is designed to help the group participants specifically identify their Parts, set intentions toward Self-leadership, learn unblending skills, and unburden. Using the IFS tools of direct access, sculpting, psychodrama, and insight work, a group can help transform both the participant’s internal system and connect to a larger felt sense of community.
2. Developing the Self of the Facilitator – The ability of the facilitator to hold Self-energy when in a dynamic, interpersonal interchange with others is a key component of leading successful groups. When developing Self-leadership as an IFS facilitator, especially in a Creating Healing Circles® group setting, it is highly recommended that facilitators continue to work experientially with their own system and track their own Parts dynamics, particularly in interpersonal relationships. 
3. Understanding Group Development and Process – As a facilitator, being aware of the dynamic nature of the group field plays a major role in how a group is designed and what type of therapeutic interventions are chosen.

Qualifications for Participation in Level Two Creating Healing Circles®:

For this Level Two training, an application process will be used. Selection for admission and participation in a Level Two training is based on the qualifications below. Priority consideration will be given to applicants who are actively offering groups, preferably in-person, using the Creating Healing Circles® method. In addition, Level One Healing Circles graduates who support marginalized and global majority communities are encouraged to apply. Selected applicants will be provided a code for registration.

1. Be an IFS Institute Level 1 trained mental health therapist or practitioner
2. Complete Level One Creating Healing Circles® in-person training
3. Demonstrated proficiency in the IFS model
4. Demonstrated experience offering IFS in a group format
5. Continued expectation to run groups using the Creating Healing Circles® method
6. Demonstrated Self of the Facilitator awareness

Learning Outcomes for the Level Two Creating Healing Circles™ In-person Training: 

• Hone skills related to working with intentions, fostering you-turns, and tracking Parts that block Self-energy.
• Develop listening skills for primary impediments to healing and unburdening.
• Develop a greater understanding of group dynamics and therapeutic design to support the evolution of the group field.
• Enhance key group facilitator skills for using IFS in a group format
• Practice leading experiential exercises in a group format.
• Explore the Self of the Facilitator and Parts that arise in live, group dynamics especially with group conflict. 
• Develop awareness of the energy fields and safe ways to clear energy burdens (ex. legacy, cultural, and unattached burdens)
• Create awareness of other healing modalities such as (but not limited to) somatic IFS and body therapies, sound healing, energy work, breathwork, EMDR, shamanic practices, and ancestral medicine.

Details:

• This workshop is offered privately with Chris and is not an IFSI Level II training.
• This is an invitation only training for participants who have completed Creating Healing Circles® Level One and whose application was selected for participation in Level Two. 
• Location: Asheville, NC
• Date: Sunday, March 17th – Friday, March 21st, 2025
• Time: 9:00am – 4:30pm ET
• Cancelation Policy: Note that if a refund is made, regardless of when it is made, there is a 3% processing fee deducted from the refund amount. Cancellations for a full refund (minus the processing fee) can be made four weeks (28 days) before the first day of the training. Cancellation made three weeks (21 days) before the first day of the training will receive 50% refund (minus the processing fee). No refunds if cancellation is made within 20 days of the first day of the training. Registrations cannot be moved to another training.
• Thirty-nine (39) CE credits available for this training (additional cost)
• Once registered, additional information will be sent to the group regarding travel and logistics information.