A 6-Week Group Series for Healers, Therapists, Coaches, and Somatic Practitioners

This immersive 6-week course invites therapists, healers, coaches, and somatic practitioners into a deeper, more embodied understanding of Somatic Internal Family Systems (IFS). We will explore how to recognize, embody, and integrate the parts within ourselves through movement, breath, and relational practices. Our focus will be on developing a deeper attunement to our internal systems—learning to recognize our parts, unblend from them, and interact with them from a place of Self-energy, while integrating these insights into our work with clients. 

Participants will engage in guided exercises that combine somatic IFS practices with expressive arts, Authentic Movement, Body-Mind Centering, psychodrama, and UZAZU Embodied Intelligence techniques. These practices will allow you to tap into the wisdom of the body, access deeper layers of self-awareness, and prepare your system for the work you do with your clients.

Throughout the series, you’ll learn:

• Embodied Parts Work: Explore how to identify and work with the different parts of the psyche through posture, movement, and breath.

• Relational Perspectives: Practice IFS from a relational stance, deepening your capacity to witness, support, and hold space for your own parts.

• Expressive Arts & Psychodrama: Integrate creative, experiential methods to unlock new insights and emotional processing.

• Somatic Awareness: Cultivate a deep awareness of how your body holds and reflects your parts, enhancing both self-awareness and therapeutic effectiveness.

The course is designed as a container of mutual support and creativity, encouraging participants to share their personal experiences, discoveries, and reflections. Together, we’ll weave a tapestry of interconnection, play, and spiritual inquiry—guiding you toward a richer, more integrated approach to both personal growth and professional practice.

By the end of the series, you’ll leave with specific exercises, embodied tools, and a greater understanding of how to prepare your system to integrate somatic IFS into your healing work. You’ll also have gained personal insights from the exercises and have the opportunity to support one another as a community of healers.

Core Values of the Course:

• Interconnection: Learn to hold both your own parts and those of your clients with compassion and presence.

• Playfulness and Creativity: Explore movement, breath, and expression as tools for healing.

• Spirituality: Integrate spiritual perspectives into the IFS process for a deeper connection to self and others.

Who This Is For:

• Therapists, counselors, and coaches

• Somatic movement providers and bodyworkers

• Healers and spiritual practitioners

• Anyone looking to integrate somatic awareness with Internal Family Systems in their work

Join us for this transformative journey into the body and soul and discover how to embody your work in a way that’s dynamic, creative, and deeply healing.

Takeaways

By joining this transformative 8-week journey, participants will receive:

• 6 Live, Online 2-Hour Classes: Engage in interactive sessions that blend learning, movement, and reflection in a supportive group setting.

• Somatic Exercise Video: Guided practice to support your learning during the holiday break on April 21 ensuring continuity and a deeper integration of the material.

• Guided Experiential Somatic IFS Exercises: Practice foundational techniques like the IFS You-Turn and other tangible activities that you can integrate into your daily life and professional work.

• Certificate of Completion: Recognizing your growth in practicing Somatic IFS.

• Worksheets and Handouts: Practical resources to deepen your understanding, apply key insights, and incorporate somatic IFS techniques into your work with clients.

Pricing , Dates, & Deadlines

• $800 if you Apply by Feb 15, 2025 (Early Bird)

• $900: After Feb 15, 2025

• Registration deadline: April 1, 2025

• Course Dates: six, 2-hour classes on April 7, 14, and 28; and May 5, 12, and 19 (Short practice videos will be provided during holiday on April 21.)

• Meeting times will be Mondays, 6-8pm, Eastern Standard Time

Your Teachers

Lila Maycock, LCSW

Lila is a body-oriented therapist with a rich and varied background in working with addictions, eating disorders, and trauma. Initially trained in cognitive and behavioral modalities, she recognized the need to go beyond talk-based approaches and deepen the connection to the body using experiential modalities. This led her to study and integrate mindfulness practices, somatic movement, and expressive arts into her therapeutic work and pursue training in Sensorimotor psychotherapy, Somatic Internal Family Systems, EMDR, and UZAZU Embodied Intelligence. Her approach is rooted in the belief that we all have the capacity to access Self-led growth and organization; playfulness, and creativity belong in therapeutic spaces; and compassionate, relational awareness between our own body-mind system and between bodies and the environment is a key aspect of healing. Lila’s personal background with mental health, neurodivergence, dance, theater, singing and spirituality impact the energetic embodiment she brings to her work and her orientation towards the human experience. www.hummingthreadstherapy.com

Kristen Stake, LCPC

Kristen is a passionate seeker of embodied awakening through mindfulness, somatics, and creative exploration. As a life-long mover, Kristen has spent the past twenty years studying somatics, including Authentic Movement, Vipassana (Insight) Meditation, Body-Mind Centering, Contemplative Dance Practice, and professional bodywork.

She is IFS Level 1 trained and has studied Somatic IFS with lead IFS trainers Fran Booth and Susan Cahill. She integrates expressive arts techniques including psychodrama and Dance Movement Therapy to help individuals consciously embody the full expression of their parts and to harness the healing power of Self energy. Read Kristen’s full bio here.