The path to becoming a
Certified AIFS Practitioner
A transformational journey of healing and awakening
Awakened IFS-1
Six-month foundational training
You must be a trained coach, therapist, spiritual director, dietitian, or other healing practitioner.
Learn the 18-step Awakened IFS protocol, including unburdening exiles.
Bring Presence to your life and work.
Awaken
Develop loving Presence
Awakened IFS-2
Six-month intermediate training
You must have completed AIFS-1 or another foundational training in IFS.
Gain competence and confidence working with complex systems.
Create relational containers conducive to healing.
Trust
Trust the wisdom of the client’s system and the process
Awakened IFS-3
Six-month advanced training
You must have completed AIFS-2.
Work with spiritual resources in liminal realms.
Hold the protocol lightly, letting Presence lead.
Surrender
Become a conduit for the Divine
AIFS Certification
Six-month, small-cohort program of mentorship, practice, and evaluation
You must have completed AIFS-3.
Allow the client’s system to teach you how it wants to heal.
Play with IFS as it reveals its magic.
Stabilize
Live and work from awake awareness
Being certified by The Institute for Healing and Awakening as an Awakened IFS practitioner signifies your capacity to practice IFS from a state of awake awareness.
