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ADHD: Clarity and Healing through IFS Therapy with Carol Shilliday
A 2-Day Online Workshop
February 11 & 12, 2027
ADHD: Clarity and Healing through IFS Therapy
A 2-Day Online Workshop with Carol Shilliday
February 11 & 12, 2027
There are many misconceptions and an overall lack of understanding regarding ADHD. It can be difficult to accurately identify, and many individuals with ADHD remain undiagnosed until later in life. Adults with undiagnosed ADHD may present in clinical settings with long-standing depression and anxiety that can appear resistant to treatment.
This workshop will provide clarity by offering up-to-date information on what ADHD is and is not. We will discuss current understandings of the neurobiological and executive functioning differences associated with ADHD, as well as the parts that may emerge within the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model. We will also explore how individuals with ADHD may present in clinical settings and review considerations related to assessment and diagnosis.
We will then explore how IFS can support healing and transformation for individuals with ADHD, who often carry shame related to the messages they have received about their differences in school, work, and society. These experiences can lead to persistent and intense negative self talk and result in extreme managers, firefighters, exiles and polarizations.
Through an IFS-informed approach, protective parts are helped to shift out of their extreme roles, allowing space for unburdening the pain and shame carried by exiled parts. An important step in this process is working through the acceptance journey and helping clients develop an updated understanding of ADHD as a difference in neurobiology rather than a personal failure. The positive aspects of ADHD can then be invited in. This allows individuals to more effectively put strategies in place to live well with ADHD. This is a journey from pain and shame toward greater clarity, acceptance, and compassion for themselves and their differences.
This online workshop will be interactive and include a blend of didactic instruction, case examples, meditations and experientials, and large-group discussion. Participants are encouraged to ask questions, share insights, and actively engage in instructor-led dialogue throughout the training. The online workshop is limited to 50 participants.
What to expect from this workshop.....
We’ll explore ADHD through:
* current understandings of neurobiology and executive functioning
* a neurodiversity-affirming perspective
* and the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model
From shame to understanding
When looking at ADHD through an IFS lens, many ADHD-related struggles begin to make more sense:
* perfectionism, masking, and overcompensating as manager parts
* avoidance and numbing as firefighter parts
* and the shame underneath as exiled parts
From there, the work shifts, from trying to “fix” the person to helping their system feel understood and supported.
What we’ll focus on
Throughout the 2 days, we’ll explore:
* how ADHD shows up through both neurobiology and parts dynamics
* the internal experience of ADHD, including self-talk, shame, and overwhelm
* how to work with protective parts and support unburdening
* ways to help clients move toward acceptance, clarity, and self-compassion
Who This Is For
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Graduates of an IFSI Level 1 and above Training.
Continuing Education
This workshop is pending approval for 11 IFS-CE credits, which may be applied toward IFS certification or recertification
If you’ve been wanting a clearer, more compassionate way to understand ADHD, both for your clients and potentially for yourself, this is going to be a really meaningful workshop.
Workshop Learning Objectives
As a participant, you will learn how to:
1. Describe key features of ADHD neurobiology and executive functioning and explain how these processes relate to parts within the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model.
2. Differentiate common misconceptions about ADHD from current clinical understandings relevant to psychotherapy practice
3. Understand issues around diagnostic considerations
4. Understand the trauma and underlying shame in those with ADHD
5. Identify common manager and firefighter parts that emerge in individuals with ADHD and explain how these protective roles develop in response to shame and negative self-beliefs.
6. Identify and work with the common polarizations in the ADHD system
7. Apply IFS-informed clinical strategies to support clients with ADHD in befriending protective parts, unburdening exiled shame, and cultivating greater acceptance of neurodivergent differences.
8. Have an awareness of the acceptance journey and the grief involved
9. Appreciate issues around effective use of strategies
A little about Carol Shilliday ….
Carol Shilliday, PsyD is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist with over 3 decades of experience providing individual, family, couples, and group therapy in her IFS-based private practice. She is an IFS Assistant Trainer, a Level 3 Certified IFS therapist, and an IFS approved consultant, offering consultation to individuals, groups and organizations.
Dr. Shilliday specializes in working with adults and adolescents with ADHD and facilitates groups, workshops and retreats that integrate ADHD and IFS. With a background in neuropsychology and extensive clinical experience, she brings both depth and practicality to her teaching. These professional experiences combined with her own personal experiences, fuels her passion for increasing awareness and understanding of ADHD along with the healing potential of IFS. Through her work, Dr. Shilliday brings deep knowledge, warmth and a love of the IFS model fostering connection and meaningful healing for those she teaches and supports.
ADHD: Clarity and Healing through Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy
with Carol Shilliday, PsyD
If you are looking for a more complete way of understanding ADHD, this workshop goes beyond surface-level symptom discussion and offers a deeper, more integrated lens.
Agenda
Day 1
1st 3 hours - Introduction, Clarifying common misconceptions, Presentation of updated information about ADHD, Gaining understanding of executive functions and parts within the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model
Brunch Break
2nd 3 hours- Listening to negative self talk, Understanding the felt experience, Seeing how those with ADHD show up in our office, and Diagnostic considerations
Day 2
1st 3 hours - How IFS can support clients with ADHD: identifying and working with manager and firefighter parts; Polarisations, unburdening exiles; providing updates within the system
Brunch Break
2nd 3 hours - The Acceptance journey, Invitation of the strength and positives of ADHD, Strategies for successful adjustment
SCHEDULE- ADHD: Clarity and Healing through IFS Therapy.
2-Day LIVE Online Workshop Schedule – This is a broad outline of what the schedule will look like but please note it is subject to change at Carol's discretion.
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Thursday, February 11, 2027 - 8am - 3pm ET, USA
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Friday, February 12, 2027 - 8am - 3pm ET, USA
Thursday - February 11th
Friday - February 12th
8am – 11am
11am - 12pm
12pm - 3pm
8am – 11am
11am - 12pm
12pm - 3pm
Morning Session
Brunch break
Afternoon Session
Morning Session
Brunch break
Afternoon Session
Recommended reading
Her soon to be released book, entitled “Inside ADHD - An Internal Family Systems Workbook to Understand Your Parts and Emotionally Thrive", will be released in August, 2026.
Reading the book prior to the workshop will support getting the most out of your experience but it is not essential and there is no obligation to do so.
You can pre-order the book on amazon by clicking this link - https://www.amazon.com/Inside-ADHD-Internal-Understand-Emotionally/dp/1648487513
Please note that this workshop is only open to participants who are IFS trained as an in-depth understanding of IFS therapy is essential to get the most from this 2-day online event.
Your Investment:
Total Online Workshop Fee: - $500 (USD) per participant which is strictly non-refundable and non-transferable.
Applications are now open for this online workshop with Carol Shilladay who is an expert in her field.
If you are interested in participating, please register your interest. You will then be directed automatically to a registration form for completion. Only applicants who complete a full registration form will be considered for this workshop. Once your registration is approved we will advise you formally by sending you an acceptance email and it is only at this point that we will request a non-refundable and non-transferable workshop fee of $500 (USD) to secure your place on this workshop
Please note: Due to the experiential and sensitive nature of this workshop, it will not be recorded, and no recordings will be provided at any time, including in the event of absence for any reason. This online workshop is limited to 50 participants.
IMPORTANT: Please read our FAQS page on this website for further guidelines and information about our policies and the arrangements we have in place in the unlikely event the workshop leader is not in a position to attend. The FAQS page also provides further general information which you may find useful. If after reading the FAQS page you have any further queries, please feel free to email us at contact@souliology.com.