Circles of Strength Groups

IFS therapist Selfcare Group

A surprising aspect of IFS is that in training and working with clients, we can become aware of a need to attend to our own inner world. Perhaps a knowing, pattern or wound - old or new, has awakened in you. Rightly, there are ample opportunities to discuss client work in supervision and consultation groups. But if you have a yearning for space to process what is present in you then one of the 6 seats in this Therapist Self Care group is wholeheartedly offered to you.

Thus far, these groups have been full of strong, smart, honest, courageous therapists. As well as the therapeutic rigour of senior lead trainers at the top of their game, the curriculum rightly flexes to reflect the interests and passions in the group. In these mutually supportive group containers, we have explored areas such as our individual working model (our parts), addictive process, striving, grief, embodied process and practice.

Who: Designed to be compatible with individual IFS therapy, supervision and consultation, the group is for IFS trained and IFS-informed therapists and practitioners wishing to find a space to explore what comes to our awareness in exploring the model. Paced to be realistic about what it takes to run a practice, hold our clients, and take good self-care as therapists in the process. This group offers space for you once monthly on a Friday. To live the therapist self-care value, we will avoid holiday weekends and observe an August pause so an 11-month commitment to be part of caring group container is essential.

Dates & Times: Fridays 1-2.30pm UK (90 minutes)

Cost: £75 per month/ £825 for 11 months

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Deepening Together IFS Group

If deepening, stretching and integrating your IFS knowledge and practice is one of your goals there are 6 seats in this closed group. Designed for IFS Level 1 graduates, we will take what you have learned so far as a jump off point in September for our 11 informing and expanding months together. As well as inspiring the IFS guest speakers at the edge of IFS innovation, I will share the knowledge I have been gifted by many lead trainers and senior IFS voices as well as my own ‘notes from the road’ from being in IFS private practice.

Who: Graduates of IFS training, minimum Level 1, who wish to deepen into the principles learned in order to build confidence as you introduce and integrate IFS into existing practice. I make no distinction between practitioners and therapists, the guiding principle here is that you are familiar with the foundational principles of IFS as we build from this base. An 11-month commitment to be part of caring group container is essential.

Dates & Times: Fridays 1-2.30pm UK (90 minutes)

Cost: £75 per month/ £825 for 11 months

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Therapist Self-Care Group September 2025-July 2026 (Closed)

Now in its 4th year, this small, closed group of 6 women will meet monthly for a year to explore:

🔹 Therapist Imposter Syndrome
🔹 Inner Critic Attacks
🔹 Shame
🔹 Self-energy in Practice
🔹 Building and sustaining Professional Confidence in our work

We’ll explore these themes through the IFS model in Chris Burris’s Healing Circle frame, at a pace that’s steady, spacious, and supportive. Additionally, each term, I bring my groups together in a closed workshop format to meet guest speakers at the edge of IFS innovation, to inspire and inform. This year the incredible line-up is:

We are starting strong with IFS Senior lead Chris Burris’ ‘Befriending Our Inner Critic’. Learning to turn toward inner critical voices with curiosity rather than fear and hatred is a cornerstone on any IFS healing journey. Chris’s style – straight-up whilst laid back is the epitome of a steady confidence that makes learning with Chris effortless.

Absolute luminary, IFS Senior Lead Trainer - Cece Sykes will introduce a meaningful way to work with addiction. Cece has spent over 4 decades supporting families and individuals. With her humour and inimitable style, as well as her groundbreaking work with polarities, Cece will offer us a flavour of her ‘Heart Lessons of the Journey’ retreat, leading us to explore our own healing and how that impacts and deepens our work.

Weaving together the work of Dick Schwartz (IFS) and non-dual teachers such as Rupert Spira, Eckhart Tolle, Loch Kelly and Byron Katie, Sid Friedman has fine-tuned an experiential practice to discern and experience Self. Using his innovative ‘Effortless IFS Tipping Points’ as way markers, I have invited Sid to come and gently guide us in a practice to bring Self energy and compassion to our parts.

Times & Cost

The group curriculum is designed to be compatible with, but is not, individual IFS therapy, supervision or case/ client consultation. The group is for IFS trained/ informed practitioners wishing to deepen knowledge and fluency with the model and to discover what comes to our awareness in exploring the model. The group will be run by an experienced psychodynamic counsellor (OXON, Dip. Dist.), trained to IFS Level 3 with additional trauma (Frank Anderson), addiction (Cece Sykes) and group training (Chris Burris).

Paced to be realistic about what it takes to run a practice, hold our clients, and take good self-care as therapists in the process. This group offers space for you once monthly on a Friday lunchtime. To live the therapist self-care value, we will avoid holiday weekends and observe an August pause so an 11-month commitment to be part of caring group container is essential.

90 Minutes, Once a Month, Online.
Friday Lunchtime 13.00-14:30
September 2025-July 2026
Max 6-8 Group Members
Fee £75 per month
11 months/ sessions £825 (Early Bird £800 if paid in full on/before first session)
Optional practice pod sessions in between group meeting with pre-set practice prompts and exercises.

IFS L1 Ireland Graduate Deepening Group September 2025-July 2026 (Closed)

Throughout this year an incredible group of IFS enthusiasts came together in Ireland to learn and immerse in the IFS model. It was my privilege to be part of the team bringing IFS to my home land and my joy that so many are interested in continuing this exploration in a group setting. I am delighted and excited to offer a rich curriculum to a small group of courageous and curious graduates to explore and deepen knowledge and lived experience of the IFS model.

In our 11 months together, I will share the knowledge I have been gifted by many lead trainers and senior IFS voices as well as my own ‘notes from the road’ from being in IFS private practice. Additionally, each term, I bring my groups together in a closed workshop format to meet guest speakers at the edge of IFS innovation, to inspire and inform. This year the incredible line-up is:

We are starting strong with IFS Senior lead Chris Burris’ ‘Befriending Our Inner Critic’. Learning to turn toward inner critical voices with curiosity rather than fear and hatred is a cornerstone on any IFS healing journey. Chris’s style – straight-up whilst laid back is the epitome of a steady confidence that makes learning with Chris effortless.

Absolute luminary, IFS Senior Lead Trainer - Cece Sykes will introduce a meaningful way to work with addiction. Cece has spent over 4 decades supporting families and individuals. With her humour and inimitable style, as well as her groundbreaking work with polarities, Cece will offer us a flavour of her ‘Heart Lessons of the Journey’ retreat, leading us to explore our own healing and how that impacts and deepens our work.

Those I worked with in the triads will know I have greatly developed my sense of Self and Self Energy in my work with non-dual group leader and creator, Sid Friedman. Weaving together the work of Dick Schwartz (IFS) and non-dual teachers such as Rupert Spira, Eckhart Tolle, Loch Kelly and Byron Katie, Sid has fine-tuned an experiential practice to discern and experience Self. Using his innovative ‘Effortless IFS Tipping Points’ as way markers, I have invited Sid to come and gently guide us in a practice to bring Self energy and compassion to our parts.

Times & Cost

The group curriculum is designed to be compatible with, but is not, individual IFS therapy, supervision or case/ client consultation. The group is for IFS graduates of IFS L1 1255 wishing to deepen knowledge and fluency with the model and to discover what comes to our awareness in exploring the model. The group will be run by an experienced psychodynamic counsellor (OXON, Dip. Dist.), trained to IFS Level 3 with additional trauma (Frank Anderson), addiction (Cece Sykes) and group training (Chris Burris).

Paced to be realistic about what it takes to run a practice, hold our clients, and take good self-care as therapists in the process. This group offers space for you once monthly on a Friday lunchtime. To live the therapist self-care value, we will avoid holiday weekends and observe an August pause so an 11-month commitment to be part of caring group container is essential.

90 Minutes, Once a Month, Online.
Friday Lunchtime 13.00-14:30
September 2025-July 2026
Max 8 Group Members, fellow IFS graduates from L1 1255 Ireland 2025.
Fee £75 per month
11 months/ sessions £825 (Early Bird £800 if paid in full on/before first session)
Optional practice pod sessions in between group meeting with pre-set practice prompts and exercises.

Group Calendar

One Friday lunchtime each month 13:00 – 14:30.

September 2024-July 2025 (Complete)

This year my group offerings are a conscious dedication to our exiles. There are two groups to choose from: one content focused, and one self-care focused. Both closed groups will meet once monthly for 11 months. A commitment to attending to our most tender parts will guide our exploration and deepening and our guests are tour de force in this arena: