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A free IFS Academy course on what EMDR is and who it helps in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR): how the therapy reprocesses distressing memories so they lose their grip, the idea that some experiences get stored in a stuck, unprocessed state, the eight-phase protocol, the three-pronged past, present, and future approach, bilateral stimulation as the engine, the conditions it treats, and where it stands among recognized trauma therapies. Every lesson ends w

A free IFS Academy course introducing Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR): what EMDR is and where it came from, the Adaptive Information Processing model behind it, the eight-phase protocol and three-pronged approach, bilateral stimulation, how target memories are found and set up, the resourcing toolkit, desensitization and the cognitive interweave, completing the work, modern developments like the Flash Technique and EMDR 2.0, and using EMDR in everyday lif

A free IFS Academy course on Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), the gold-standard treatment for OCD and a powerful approach to many fears: a clear, skills-first walkthrough that opens up what ERP actually teaches, from how the OCD cycle works and why facing fear heals it, through the SUDS scale, the exposure hierarchy, and the in vivo, imaginal, and interoceptive forms of exposure, to response prevention and the willingness to live with uncertainty. Every lesson ends wit

Free Course by Everything IFS Academy | Therapeutic Modalities Series Welcome to the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Course for Everyday People (professionals & non-professionals) Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, grew out of the cognitive therapy that psychiatrist Aaron Beck founded in the 1960s, joined with the behavioral tradition that completes its name. It is the most thoroughly researched form of modern psychotherapy and is widely regarded as the field's gold sta

A free IFS Academy course on the skills and tools of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): an orientation to what ACT is, who founder Steven Hayes is, and the Hexaflex model of psychological flexibility, followed by the six core processes and their tools, acceptance, cognitive defusion, contact with the present moment, self-as-context, values, and committed action, and a closing lesson on weaving them together in everyday life. Every lesson ends with an Acceptance and Comm

A free beginner-friendly Compassion-Focused Therapy course from Everything IFS Academy. Learn how CFT, developed by Paul Gilbert, helps people work with shame, self-criticism, the threat system, soothing rhythm breathing, compassionate imagery, the Compassionate Self, and everyday compassionate mind training.

Start learning the core concepts and relationship skills behind Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), one of the world’s leading approaches to love, attachment, and emotional connection. This free course from EverythingIFS Academy teaches EFT in clear, everyday language, covering attachment bonds, negative cycles, pursuers and withdrawers, emotional needs, the EFT Tango, attachment injuries, and relationship repair. Every lesson also includes an optional EFT practice to help you

A free IFS Academy course on Motivational Interviewing (MI) for beginners, taught in plain language as the real method of Miller and Rollnick. Covers what MI is, the spirit of MI (PACE), the core skills (OARS), the four processes, change talk and sustain talk, evoking, and planning, across twelve short lessons. Ends with Internal Family Systems (IFS) and parts work practice.

Explore this free Brainspotting course from IFS Academy, written in plain language for everyday people. Learn what Brainspotting is, how fixed eye position connects to the nervous system, and how the course covers setup, locating techniques, the Resource Model, therapist stance, specialty applications, and daily practice.

This free course explores the Book of James as a call to lived, embodied faith shaped through endurance, action, humility, and prayer. Thoughtfully informed by Internal Family Systems, it invites honest engagement with Scripture where belief meets daily life.

This free course explores the Ashtavakra Gita as a radical teaching on freedom, misidentification, and the end of spiritual striving. Thoughtfully informed by Internal Family Systems, it invites clear seeing without turning non-duality into psychology.

This free course explores the Corpus Hermeticum as a foundational work of Western metaphysics focused on Mind, reality, and awakening. Thoughtfully informed by Internal Family Systems, it offers a slow, contemplative way to engage Hermetic wisdom without turning it into psychology.

This free course explores the Lord’s Prayer as a formative path into belonging, trust, forgiveness, and daily dependence. Thoughtfully informed by Internal Family Systems, it invites prayer as lived relationship rather than recitation.

A complete fourteen-module course on candle magic from the candle types and the color system through carving, dressing, petition writing, timing, reading the flame and the smoke and the wax, sustained work, figure candles, and designing workings for love, prosperity, protection, healing, cleansing, communication, release, and road-opening.

A free thirteen-module beginner's course in crystal magic, taught from the ground up with Internal Family Systems (IFS) and parts work integration practices at the end of every lesson. No prior knowledge assumed. By the end, you'll own a confident core practice, working knowledge of roughly twenty essential stones, and the discernment to keep learning across a lifetime. Honest about science, honest about history, honest about sourcing, respectful of the living traditions the

A complete beginner's course in knot magic, taught as its own full discipline history, materials, the witch's ladder, numerical knot workings, binding and unbinding, handfasting and cord-cutting, and a closing IFS parts-work integration in every module.

A free folk protection course grounded in Internal Family Systems, teaching how protection magic functions across cultures as a system of boundary-setting, warding, and psychological containment through everyday practices, symbols, and environments.

This free course explores the Enneagram as a system for understanding motivation rather than behavior. Thoughtfully informed by Internal Family Systems, it offers a grounded approach to the nine types without simplification or pressure to type.

This free course explores the Seven Rays as fundamental streams of consciousness shaping psychology, spirituality, and human development. Thoughtfully informed by Internal Family Systems, it offers a grounded way to understand these forces without turning them into labels.

This free course explores the women of the Bible as central figures in Scripture, revealing faith, agency, and complexity across the biblical story. Thoughtfully informed by Internal Family Systems, it offers a grounded way to read these lives without flattening them into roles or morals.