Awakened Parts Work Consultation Group
We created the Awakened Parts Work Consultation Community to support IFS practitioners in continuing to learn, deepen their practice, and connect with other healers.
This is a loving circle where you can receive supervision and support, ask questions, explore through role plays, receive spot coaching, and learn by watching live, full-length demonstrations.
Between our monthly gatherings, continue your exploration with an on-demand library of recordings, meditations, experiential practices, and special content. Our online community space offers a place to share reflections, bring questions, and stay connected with other healers as you deepen your practice.
Together, we integrate spirituality and our connection to one another. We deepen access to Self, and the divine, individually and as a group.
Note: The Institute for Healing and Awakening is not affiliated with the IFS Institute. We are, however, deeply indebted to IFS developer Richard C. Schwartz. His teachings have inspired us, and we are grateful for his generosity in sharing the model. Internal Family Systems and IFS are trademarks of the IFS Institute and used here with authorization.
APW Consultation Community overview
(Click the down arrow for more information.)
-
Session 1: April 14, 2027
Session 2: May 12, 2027
Session 3: June 9, 2027
Session 4: July 14, 2027
Session 5: August 11, 2027
Session 6: September 8, 2027
Session 7: October 13, 2027
Session 8: November 10, 2027
Session 9: December 8, 2027
-
Your monthly membership includes live gatherings, an on-demand content library, and access to our online community space.
Membership renews automatically each month. You may cancel with one month’s notice, retaining access through the end of your final paid membership period.
-
Please come on time as we start with a short meditation and do not let student into the classroom during the meditation.
-
Participate from wherever you are. Join our live Zoom gatherings, explore the library between sessions, and connect with fellow members in our online community space.
There is no curriculum to keep up with, no required assignments, and no expectation that you attend every gathering.
-
Supervision and case consultation
Questions and shared exploration
Role plays and spot coaching
Live, full-length demonstrations
Recordings to revisit while your membership is active
Meditations and experiential practices
Special content and resources
Community conversations and connection between gatherings
-
Coaches, therapists, spiritual directors, dietitians, mindfulness teachers, yoga instructors, bodyworkers, and other healing practitioners who are trained in IFS.
You are welcome whether you have completed an IHA training or are joining our wider community for the first time.
What makes The Awakened Parts Work Community Consultation Group different?
As your practice deepens, new questions arise. You may encounter complex systems, notice your own parts becoming activated, or seek support in returning to Presence when the way forward feels unclear.
The Awakened Parts Work Consultation Community offers ongoing connection with Barti, Guthrie, and fellow practitioners. Through demonstrations, consultation, and shared inquiry, we explore what becomes possible when we meet parts from Presence.
Our conversations also extend to consciousness, our evolving global wellbeing, and how our own healing and awakening can support the world. Together, we are creating a community of lightworkers dedicated to deepening their practice and bringing that light into service.
This is a place to return to month after month: to reconnect with Presence, receive support, and nurture your capacity to serve the world.
What will I get?
Monthly live gatherings with IHA Founders and Trainers, Guthrie Sayen and Barti Bourgault: A 90-minute space for learning, consultation, and connection.
Support with real-world client challenges: Bring questions about using IFS and explore both classic IFS methodology and working from Presence.
Role plays and spot coaching: Explore places where you get stuck and meet the parts activated in you as you work with clients.
Live, full-length demonstrations and debriefs: Witness the work unfold and deepen your understanding of how and why different approaches are used.
An on-demand library: Continue learning between gatherings with recordings, meditations, experiential practices, and special content.
Ongoing community connection: Share experiences, questions, and wisdom with fellow healing practitioners in our online community space.
Conversations that reach beyond the model: Explore consciousness, global wellbeing, and how our own healing and awakening support our service to the world.
Is this for me?
This program is for those currently using IFS in their healing work.
Coaches
Therapists
Spiritual directors
Dietitians
Other healing practitioners
You may also be:
A graduate of Awakened IFS-1 or Awakened IFS-2
A graduate of an IFS training through the IFS Institute or other organization
Self-taught in using the model
You may feel drawn to this community if you:
Want to deepen your access to Self and explore living from greater Presence.
Long for connection with fellow lightworkers dedicated to their own healing and awakening.
Want a place to return to Presence, explore larger questions, and nourish your capacity to serve the world.
Meet Your Community Guides
IHA Founders Guthrie Sayen and Barti Bourgault bring decades of experience in teaching, facilitation, mentoring, and transformational practice to the leading the Community Consultation group. Their work is grounded in deep personal practice, Presence, and a willingness to follow what is emerging
Guthrie Sayen, PhD, PCC
Guthrie trains practitioners worldwide. He is a former university professor and is the creator and lead teacher of this training. His style is clear, concise, relatable, and playful.
His humility allows for the cohort circle itself to participate in the teaching. We learn from each other. His access to transmitted wisdom is a result of his open loving Presence.
He co-founded The Institute for Healing and Awakening with Barti in 2024 because they felt the call to bring Spirit and the light of love to healing practices.
Together they want to support the evolution of global wellbeing by creating a college of light workers who are dedicated to this work. This is their passion.
To learn more about Guthrie go to the About page.
Barti Bourgault, MA, PCC
Barti has been working with Guthrie since 2018. Guthrie was her teacher, coach, and mentor before becoming her business partner in this journey of purpose.
She created and holds the infrastructure for the Institute. In class, she holds the room — often noticing what is landing and what is not. She ensures there is understanding. What she adds to the teaching answers the unasked questions.
She often plays the muse, supporting the evolution of what is offered as she feels into what is being called forth. Her clarity of knowing is one of her greatest gifts. She can see the big picture while holding the details.
Both she and Guthrie have traveled a similar path of learning. Jointly, they bring the influences of mindfulness, developmental theory, cognitive psychology, consciousness studies, and embodiment into the conversation.
To learn more about Barti go to the About page.
Format
The Awakened Parts Work Consultation Community meets live on Zoom on the second Wednesday of every month, from 12:00–1:30 p.m. Eastern Time (New York), beginning April 14, 2027.
Our monthly gatherings offer supervision, case consultation, role plays, spot coaching, and live demonstrations with debriefs, alongside open conversations about consciousness, healing, and awakening.
Between gatherings, explore an on-demand library of recordings, meditations, experiential practices, and special content. Stay connected with fellow practitioners through our online community space.
This is an ongoing monthly membership. There is no curriculum to keep up with, no required assignments, and no expectation that you attend every gathering. Join live when you can or watch the recordings while your membership is active.
Gathering Dates
Wednesdays at 12:00 – 1:30 pm Eastern Time (New York)
Session 1: April 14, 2027
Session 2: May 12, 2027
Session 3: June 9, 2027
Session 4: July 14, 2027
Session 5: August 11, 2027
Session 6: September 8, 2027
Session 7: October 13, 2027
Session 8: November 10, 2027
Session 9: December 8, 2027
Special content & resources
Explore additional content that supports your ongoing learning, healing, and awakening.
Online community
Share reflections, ask questions, and stay connected with fellow healing practitioners between our monthly gatherings.
Included
Class recordings
All live sessions are recorded and can be viewed for up to one year.
Meditations & experiential practices
Deepen access to Self and embodied Presence between gatherings.
What Students Are Saying
KB (Karen) Burke, MBA, MCC
EMCC Supervisor, EIA/ESIA
Diana Dugan Richards, RDN, LDN
Level 3 Certified IFS Practitioner
Rachel Parks
Certified Professional Coach
Awakened Parts Work Consultation Community
$35/month
Wednesdays
12:00 - 1:30 pm Eastern Time
(New York)
Frequently asked questions
-
The Awakened IFS consultation groups are designed for practitioners with some IFS training who want ongoing support as they integrate the model into their work. It is ideal for those seeking continued growth, mentorship, and a community of fellow lightworkers.
-
No. The community is open to anyone interested in exploring Awakened Parts Work, including people who have not taken an IHA training.
-
Sessions alternate between case consultations and live demonstrations with Q&A. There are opportunitites for spot coaching and role play as methods for evoking insights. What arises in the cohort becomes the topic for discussion. It offers the opportunity for supervision with Guthrie and Barti and brainstorming with other lightworkers.
-
Monthly gatherings are recorded so you can watch at a time that works for you while your membership is active.
-
The live gathering lasts 90 minutes each month. Beyond that, you can engage with the recordings, resources, and community space at your own pace. There are no required assignments.
-
Live gatherings take place on Zoom. The member area is hosted on Thinkific, where you can access recordings, resources, and the community space.
-
Yes. Members are asked to agree to the recording and sharing of gatherings as part of joining. Please keep this in mind when deciding what you wish to share.
-
Our agreements are as follows:
Maintain confidentiality. Anything you learn about another is treated as sacred and not to be shared without explicit permission. Recorded materials may not be shared outside the cohort.
You have freedom of choice. Participate at the level that feels safe to you.
You have the right to privacy. Share only what you want.
Practice self-care. You are responsible for your own comfort. Ask for what you need. -
You may cancel your membership at any time with one month’s notice. Billing continues during the notice period, and you’ll retain access through the end of your final paid membership period.
When your membership ends, access to the community, recordings, and member resources comes to a close.
You are welcome back anytime.