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54-HOUR ONLINE SOMATIC IFS TRAINING

WITH SUSAN MCCONNELL

Dates:  November, 2025 - January 2026
Location:  Online

Description

​This 54-hour Step 2 Somatic IFS Online Training will build on your immersion into the practices of Somatic IFS that you experienced in the Somatic IFS Step 1 program.  Each weekly session of this clinical training will focus on the integration and application of the somatic practices of awareness, breath, resonance, movement, and touch with the IFS Model of psychotherapy.  

Demonstrations, instruction, and supervision in the clinical application of somatic practices, reading materials, didactic presentations, and large and small group discussions, will provide specific practical interventions to access, witness, and unburden your client’s parts to facilitate the state of Embodied Self.  

This 54-hour SIFS Online Training is open to those who have completed at least an IFS Level 1 Training as well as a 30-hour Step 1 Somatic IFS Retreat or Online Series. This training is limited to a maximum of 36 participants.

54 IFS-CE credits are available for IFS certification or recertification

 

54 CE credits are available for Psychologists, Licensed Professional Counselors/Licensed Mental Health Counselors, Social Workers, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapists and are offered by CCIH, a licensed CEU provider in the state of Illinois. Many states will accept CEs for license renewal if that workshop has approved status from another state. Please check your specific state rules & regulations.

Bio

Susan McConnell, MAPD, CHT, senior trainer for the IFS Institute, has taught Internal Family Systems in the US and internationally since 1997. She is the author of Somatic Internal Family Systems Therapy: Awareness, Breath, Resonance, Movement and Touch in Practice published by North Atlantic Books.  She has just released an accompanying workbook titled The Somatic Internal Family Systems Therapy Workbook - Embodied Healing Practices to Transform Trauma which is also published by North Atlantic Books. Both books are available in either the IFS-I Store or on Amazon UK and US plus many independently owned book stores. 

 

Somatic IFS is the culmination of her experience and teaching of various bodywork, movement, spiritual, and psychotherapeutic modalities that facilitate the embodiment of the internal family—the subpersonalities as well as the essential core Self—to bring compassionate witnessing to the implicit body stories of our individual hurts and societal burdens.  She offers retreats, workshops and trainings in Somatic IFS to participants throughout the world. 

Online Schedule & Program - November 2025 - January 2026

SCHEDULE   (times are all based on Central USA Time - CST)

Whole Group

Thursday Nov 13

Thursday Nov 20

Thursday Dec 4

Thursday Dec 11

Thursday Dec 18

Thursday Jan 8

Thursday Jan 15

9-12:30

9-12:30

9-12:30

9-12:30

9-12:30

9-12:30

9-12:30

Supervised Practice Groups (SPG)

Friday Nov 14

Friday Nov 21

Friday Dec 5

Friday Dec 12

Friday Dec 19

Friday Jan 9

9-12:30

9-12:30

9-12:30

9-12:30

9-12:30

9-12:30

PROGRAM

Somatic IFS Step 2 Training Program

This intensive 54-hour training program requires consistent engagement to maximise your learning experience. To ensure you gain the most from this program, we strongly encourage you to allocate adequate time in your schedule to keep pace with the training.

Weekly commitments include:

  • Watching engaging training videos tailored to each week’s topic

  • Reading relevant chapters from Susan's book

  • Practicing meditations to deepen your connection to the material

  • Completing hands-on exercises that bring the concepts to life

  • Using the Somatic Practices with your clients if and where appropriate.

  • Completing Questionaires

  • Revisiting the Demo's from each week - this is not mandatory but will greatly enhance your learning.

 

Please note - Whole Group Sessions will be led online by Susan McConnell.

Supervised Practice Groups (SPG's) will be led online by experienced Somatic IFS Staff and may also be assisted by mentees. During the Supervised Practice Groups, participants will experience the roles of therapist, client, and observer. Both Whole Group Sessions and SPG Sessions will be recorded. The Whole Group Sessions and accompanying Demo's will be available for you to re-watch each week. As highlighted in the program, participants will view a total of 15 hours of pre-taped instruction on the practices of Somatic IFS and will engage in discussion of their learnings.   

Required reading—Somatic Internal Family Systems Therapy: Awareness, Breath, Resonance, Movement, and Touch in Practice by Susan McConnell. 

YOUR INVESTMENT: Full Training Tuition Cost: $3,300 USD.

We are delighted to offer flexibility with our payment options. You have two choices: you can make full payment now of $3,300 (USD) or you can opt for our convenient payment plan. The payment plan breaks down the cost into three instalments:  

 

1: $1,000 (USD) - Non-refundable deposit due once you are formally accepted onto this training.

2: $1,000 (USD) - Second payment instalment due 16th May, 2025

3: $1,300 (USD) - Final Payment instalment due 15th August, 2025. 

Scholarship Places:

There are some limited cost reduction/scholarship places reserved for Global Majority or LGBTQ+ applicants. Scholarship places are offered at $2,875 (USD) and you can also avail of the flexible payment terms if you are offered a scholarship place - $1,000 (USD) non-refundable deposit, $1,000 (USD) payment 2 and $875 (USD) payment 3. Please outline on the registration form if you are applying for a scholarship place. All scholarship applications will be treated on a first come first served basis subject to eligibility. Although we will do our best to accommodate all requests, this may not be possible as we have a limited number of these places available.

 

IMPORTANT REMINDER:

Access to Recordings:

All Whole Group Sessions and Supervised Practice Group (SPG) sessions will be recorded and the Whole Group Sessions and Demo's will be made available for viewing, along with the weekly training videos. However, please note that these recordings will only be accessible for a limited time, typically 2 weeks, and will not remain available after the training.

Attendance Requirements for Certification:
To receive a certificate of completion for the Somatic IFS Step 2 Training Program, the following attendance criteria must be met:

  • Whole Group Sessions: A maximum of 2 absences is permitted. If you miss a session, you must view the recording, which will be available for two weeks following the live session.

  • Supervised Practice Groups (SPG): Only 1 absence is allowed. If an SPG session is missed, you must arrange and cover the cost of a separate consultation with your assigned SPG staff member.

Your active participation is essential for successfully completing the program and receiving certification.

We’re thrilled to invite you on this this journey with us and we hope you can give yourself the gift of space in your schedule to ensure you fully benefit from this journey of growth and learning!

You can purchase these books from the IFS-I Store and/or Amazon US, as well as many independently owned bookstores for the older books.

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