Sangha: From Secular to Spiritual: Exploring Internal Family Systems

Explore Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy and its unexpected connections to healing, energy, ritual, and spiritual experience. Please note this is the Hebron at Josey library. Conference room is located towards the back of the library. What happens when a therapeutic approach to understanding our inner world begins to intersect with spirituality? In this session, we’ll explore Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy—a therapeutic model that views the mind as made up of different “parts,” each with its own perspectives, emotions, and protective intentions. We’ll look at the concept of the Self, the process of building compassionate relationships with our inner parts, and how this approach can support healing and self-understanding. From there, we’ll delve into Carter’s personal experience of how IFS can serve as a bridge into spiritual practices and experiences, including energy work, healing rituals, intuitive experiences, and communication with discarnate beings. We’ll also examine where some of the ideas and language of IFS intersect with New Age and contemporary spiritual thought. This is an opportunity to explore the space between therapy, inner work, and spirituality—not necessarily to define what those experiences mean, but to become curious about the connections between them. Come with an open mind and your own experiences, questions, and perspectives as we explore what may happen when the secular and spiritual begin to meet.