Frank Anderson and Tammy Nelson – IFS-Informed Sex And Couples Therapy

Sex is a key part of your clients’ lives — and they want to talk about it!

But most therapists don’t feel equipped to navigate the complexities of intimacy issues, sexual ruptures, and sexual identity…

…so they avoid it — and miss critical opportunities for growth and healing.

Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy has become one of the field’s most popular approaches for addressing complex clinical challenges.

And now, for the first time ever, IFS is being combined with cutting-edge sex therapy — to give therapists a powerful framework that works directly with the parts that carry the wounds and shame around sex and sexuality…

…so you can help their clients experience deeper intimacy, pleasure, and authenticity.

In this groundbreaking new course, Tammy Nelson, PhD — renowned sexologist and leading relationship expert — teams up with one of the field’s premier IFS trainers, Frank Anderson, MD…

…to show you exactly how to integrate proven tools from sex and couples therapy with the transformative power of IFS…

…so you can confidently guide your clients through even the most challenging sexual struggles.

What Sets This Program Apart?

The only training that teaches you to integrate IFS therapy skills with sex and couples therapy.

Dr. Tammy Nelson is at the forefront of developing treatments that actually work to address the challenges related to sex, pleasure, and intimacy.

Her Integrative Relationship Therapy (IRT) incorporates the latest interventions from today’s most powerful approaches (including Gottman Method, IFS Therapy, Imago relationship therapy, and Emotionally Focused Therapy)…

…and she’s helped thousands around the world find the deeply connected and passionate relationships they’ve always wanted.

Dr. Frank Anderson has been a pioneer in developing an IFS therapy approach to trauma that creates deep and lasting healing outcomes.

And now, he’s applying the same passion/skills to creating a truly destigmatized IFS approach to helping clients explore and embrace their sexual and gender identity.

What You’ll Learn In IFS-Informed Sex And Couples Therapy

In this first-of-its-kind program, Drs. Nelson and Anderson combine their expertise to give you all the insights and skills you need so you can help your clients fully embrace all parts of who they are, including those related to sex, intimacy, and desire.

What’s Included:

• 16 hours of exclusive, on-demand content led by Drs. Anderson and Nelson ($959.84 value)
• A 90-minute live group Q&A call ($89.99 value)
• Complete training manual including all presentation slides and handouts ($29.99 value)
• Unlimited access to the training videos and materials

Your Roadmap to the IFS-Informed Sex and Couples Certificate Training

This is a critical step in becoming an IFS-Informed Sex and Couples Therapist.

• MODULE ONE: Clinical Foundations for Sexuality and Intimacy
  Become skilled at detecting your client’s barriers to desire and connection in intimate relationships. Get expert insights into the real-world challenges modern relationships face and discover Dr. Nelson’s Integrative Relationship Therapy (IRT) approach to working with couples.
• MODULE TWO: Essentials of IFS for Sex and Sexuality
  Get the key IFS therapy skills you need to be successful working with sex and intimacy. Dr. Anderson goes straight to the heart of the model and shows you how to work with parts to address internal conflicts around desire, identity, and shame.
• MODULE THREE: Parts Work and Emotional Intimacy
  Find out why parts work is the key component most therapists miss when working with sex and relationships. Get critical insights into how parts block intimacy and learn specific interventions you can use to help your clients overcome fear, improve communication, build trust, and strengthen emotional connections.
• MODULE FOUR: Enhancing Erotic Wellbeing with IFS
  This is your opportunity to get the cutting edge, IFS-informed skills you need to confidently navigate the challenges related to sex, sexuality, intimacy, and pleasure. Never before have these techniques been put together in this way!
• MODULE FIVE: Healing Sexual Trauma Through the IFS Lens
  Build your confidence in working with sexual trauma. Get key skills for engaging trauma-held parts and expert insights on how to safely guide your clients through the stages of trauma recovery.
• MODULE SIX: Navigating Affairs in Therapy
  Dr. Tammy Nelson is one of the most renowned experts in working with affairs — and in this module, she’ll teach you how to use her model along with parts work to help your clients overcome betrayal, rebuild trust, and reignite passion.
• MODULE SEVEN: Therapist Parts and Sexuality
  We all have parts related to sex and intimacy — and if you aren’t aware of yours, they will interfere with your client’s progress. This is your opportunity to examine your own internal system — so you can show up in the therapy room with clarity, authenticity, and confidence.
• MODULE EIGHT: Client Session Deconstruction
  See how it all comes together! In this final module, you’ll watch a real-life client session and see exactly how an IFS-informed approach is used to work with sex and relationships. Listen in as Drs. Anderson and Nelson talk about what’s happening, so you can feel confident using these skills with your own clients.

Meet Your Experts

About Tammy Nelson

Tammy Nelson, PhD, is a licensed psychotherapist in private practice, a relationship expert and international speaker, an author, a faculty member, and teacher with a Doctorate in Philosophy in Clinical Sexology. She is a Board Certified Sexologist, a Diplomate of the American Board of Sexologists, a Licensed Professional Counselor, an AASECT Certified Sex Therapist, a Registered Art Therapist, a Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor, a Certified Imago Relationship Therapist, and an Advanced Imago Clinician.

Dr. Tammy is the author of several books including Open Monogamy: A Guide to Co-Creating Your Ideal Relationship Agreement (2021), Integrative Sex & Couples Therapy: A Therapist’s Guide to New and Innovative Approaches (2020), The New Monogamy: Redefining Your Relationship After Infidelity (2013), Getting the Sex You Want: Shed Your Inhibitions and Reach New Heights of Passion Together (2008), and What’s Eating You?: A Workbook for Anorexia and Bulimia (2004). She is also a TEDx speaker, host of the podcast The Trouble with Sex, and Director of the Integrative Sex Therapy Institute.

About Frank Anderson

Frank Anderson, MD, is a world-renowned trauma treatment expert, Harvard-trained psychiatrist, and psychotherapist. He is the acclaimed author of Transcending Trauma and coauthor of Internal Family Systems Skills Training Manual. As a global speaker on the treatment of trauma and dissociation, he is passionate about teaching brain-based psychotherapy and integrating current neuroscience knowledge with the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model of therapy. Dr. Anderson believes that traumatic events can have a lasting effect on the well-being and life of an individual and that addressing these events will help lead people down a pathway of healing and forgiveness.

Dr. Anderson is the co-founder of The Trauma Institute and Trauma Informed Media, organizations that promote trauma awareness, education, integration, and healing. He is a lead trainer at the IFS Institute under Richard Schwartz and has a long affiliation with the New York Times bestselling author of The Body Keeps the Score, Bessel van der Kolk, MD, and the Trauma Research Institute.

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