Self Psychedelic Integration and IFS - Introductory Workshop with Sabrina Santa Clara

What Is Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy?

A family is a system comprised of many people with different traits: the protective parent, the rebellious child, the angry sister, the timid brother…and so many more. These interpersonal interactions create a dynamic that shapes the family system as a whole.

According to the Internal Family Systems (IFS) Model, each individual is a like a family, comprised of a multitude of selves (also referred to as sub-personalities or parts). For example, perhaps you have thought something like, “Part of me wants to take this job opportunity, but another part of me is afraid of making the change.” Or, “Part of me is angry and hurt, but another part wants to shut up and pretend this never happened.”

Just like different family members, each of your distinct parts comes with unique responsibilities, interests, perspectives, upsets, desires and needs. That means, just like family members, your sub-personalities can be in conflict.

IFS, a comprehensive therapeutic model of parts therapy, heals this inner conflict. In the early 80s, Dr. Richard Schwartz listened to his therapy clients describe their issues and observed how they naturally talked about the conflict between their internal “parts,” which created both confusion and chaos in their lives. Through compassionate exploration of these sub-personalities, he discovered that each part played a unique and vital role, even when, on the surface, they presented as dysfunctional. Drawing from his experience as a family systems therapist, and with feedback from his clients, he eventually developed IFS therapy to help clients calm the war within.

Schwartz observed that all individuals innately possess a Greater Self, which is compassionate, lucid, grounded and calm. One of the foundational principles of IFS is creating the harmony needed to access the wisdom of the Greater Self. The primary goal of IFS is for client’s (and the therapist) to be Self-led, rather than parts-led.

What Is Self Psychedelic Integration™ ?

Self-Psychedelic Integration™ is a  Harm Reduction Psychedelic Integration (HRPI) model that blends Internal Family Systems (IFS), embodiment, the creative and expressive arts, and neo-shamanistic ritual.

While medical models of psychedelic integration bring scientific knowledge and increase the psychonaut’s safety, the field of psychedelic research takes Mother’s medicines out of the hands of The People and into the control of specialists. Not everyone who journeys wants or can afford an integrationist. For the therapist and coach, this model can deepen your psychedelic integration skills with experiential and right-brain practices. However, this model is highly accessible to those who desire to do their own integration work or work within a community of fellow journeyers.  

This 2 hour workshop will provide you with an introduction to both Self Psychedelic Integration™ and IFS and will be followed by a 20 Hour Weekend Training Course in London on the 10th-12th June 2022.

FACILITATOR

Sabrina Santa Clara

Sabrina’s early career began as a massage therapist, embodiment educator, and yoga instructor focused on the interchange of soma, psyche, and spirit. She received her Master’s in Dance/Movement Therapy and Body Psychotherapy from Naropa University and her certification in psychedelic integration through Fluence. Sabrina has been a Certified Internal Family Systems Therapist for over 15 years and is an approved IFS Consultant.

Sabrina has been working with non-medicinal expanded states of consciousness for over 30 years and has been helping clients prepare for and integrate psychedelic experiences for the last five+ years. She offers a spiritual and creative arts integration. Sabrina is bilingual (Spanish), culturally mixed, and gender-fluid. She is an artist, poet, and dancer who lives in the in-between spaces.

You can find more information about Sabrina here.

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