Upcoming Trainings

  • Training from the Back of the Room Virtual Edition

    Interested in taking your virtual training game to the advanced level. Click below to discover a course which will help you deliver engaging virtual workshops and training classes where your participants are engaged with your content and walk away with learning that sticks!

  • Training From the Back of the Room

    The official 2-day in-person “Training from the BACK of the Room” (TBR) Practitioner Class is a globally-acclaimed, interactive, skills-building train-the-trainer class for anyone who is a trainer, teacher, instructor, coach, or facilitator of learning.

  • Reiki Level 1 and 2 Immersion

    This is a comprehensive dive into Reiki that integrates the emotional, physical, mental, and spiritual aspects of this practice. You’ll raise your spiritual awareness and increase your Reiki energy channeling abilities. This training will help you to deepen your understanding of this healing modality, learning the sacred techniques and symbols for the expansion of the Reiki energy you attained in Levels 1 and 2.

    August 2024

  • Coming in 2024

    The Daring Way™ is an evidence-based training and certification program designed to assist helping professionals in their practice. This approach is rooted in the extensive research conducted by Dr. Brené Brown and emphasizes the cultivation of courage, resilience in the face of shame, and the exploration of vulnerability as a source of strength. This methodology is versatile and applicable in various contexts, including working with individuals, couples, families, and groups.

  • Perfectly Imperfect: Embracing flaws and imperfections with Kintsugi and Internal Family Systems

    Kintsugi. A Japanese art built on the idea that by embracing our flaws and imperfections the stronger and more beautiful you are! Imagine, The broken pieces of a pottery bowl being built back together with gold - the most valued of all the elements. Our parts change us and make us who we are. This bowl represents our many parts and spotlights our uniqueness, beauty, value, and transformations. Together in this workshop, we will take a deep dive into connecting with Self-energy and re-establishing a relationship with our parts who are as valuable as gold.

  • Hands in the Sand: Internal Family Systems and Sandtray Play Therapy (In Person)

    This experiential training is focused on gaining an understanding of the Internal Family Systems model with clients in the sandtray. Sandtray offers a unique experience bringing a client’s internal world to a visual state. The multiplicity of the Internal Family Systems model allows for clients to increase their self-energy gaining a better relationship with their internal system. This training will focus on various sand tray methods that can be utilized with the Internal Family System model to help participants further their work with clients.

  • Who’s in the playroom? Play Therapy Supervision from an Internal Family Systems Lens

    Are you a mental health professional or play therapist wanting to enhance your supervision skills or incorporate play therapy interventions or Internal Family Systems methods into your supervision experience?

    Who’s in the Playroom? Play Therapy Supervision from an Internal Family Systems Lens provides an overview of clinical supervision, Internal Family Systems, and Play Therapy.

  • Healing in the Sand: The Intersection of IFS and Sandtray Therapy

    This introduction to sandtray training is for therapeutic healers who are new at using sandtray therapy within the play therapy setting and is Internal Family Systems informed. This training will provide a basic understanding of the materials needed to begin sandtray in your practice and conduct and process a sandtray as part of a therapy session. The training will cover how to work with both children and adults in the sandtray. Both directive and non-directive sand trays will be demonstrated, and participants will have an opportunity to experience creating and processing a sandtray. This training will also focus on utilizing the Internal Family Systems 6 F’s and healing steps in the sand.

  • Integrating Internal Family Systems into your Play Therapy Practice

    When kids experience trauma or other negative life events such as abuse, neglect, bullying, racism, violence, or educational difficulties, they often hold powerful negative beliefs about themselves, such as “I’m broken”, “I’m unlovable”, or “It was my fault”. Holding these beliefs/burdens can increase the actions of the kid’s protective system resulting in external conflict. By weaving the essence of IFS, parts work, with play therapy interventions, you can help kids conceptualize themselves and their experiences in a healthier way.