Paganicon 2025

Internal Family Systems (IFS) is a psychospiritual framework used within modern mental health care modalities to address trauma at the source. IFS holds that we all have multiple aspects inside us: many parts but only one Self. Through IFS we have tools that allow us to recognize when a part is making our decisions vs when the self is driving the bus. IFS also gives us the beautiful gift of connecting the compassion of the Self to the parts so that the parts can become unburdened and released from their extreme roles. This is the deeply transformative work of post traumatic growth that Katrina has dedicated herself to studying and sharing with the world. In this presentation, Katrina will break down the major components of IFS so that participants will walk away with knowledge of the framework. She will also build upon the inherently spiritual aspects of this modality. IFS is quite rare in the world of psychology in that the creators of IFS are open that IFS is absolutely spiritual in nature. Katrina will share her perspectives on Self as relating to spirit and source. She will offer prayer and other animist practices as crucial pieces of trauma healing and share ways that the participants can take these practices home with them.