Program Overview
This introductory, experiential program offers a clear, structured introduction to the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model for coaches.
You will:
- Learn the core IFS concepts (Self, parts, and multiplicity)
- Understand Managers, Firefighters, and Exiles
- Explore Self Energy in coaching presence
- Recognize key internal dynamics
- Reflect on next steps in your learning
This program focuses on learning and personal insight. It does not prepare participants to use IFS with clients.
Enrollment is now open!
LaTonya Demps
LaTonya Demps, LCSW is a psychotherapist, Lead Trainer, and Approved Clinical Consultant with the IFS Institute. She is certified in IFS, specializing in complex trauma, perfectionism, anxiety, and relational concerns — with attention to how systems and lived experience shape our inner world. LaTonya facilitates IFS training, leads consultation groups, and partners with organizations and business leaders to address the root causes of burnout and create cultures of genuine wellbeing. A lifelong learner, she has spent her career at the intersection of teaching, community, and clinical work. When she's not teaching or consulting, she's traveling with her family, deep in a fiction novel, or on a hammock — ideally all three.
David Kitchings
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David Kitchings, LPC, is a certified IFS therapist and approved IFS clinical consultant with a private practice online practice. He is also an IFIO (Intimacy from the Inside Out) couples therapist and is on staff for IFIO trainings. David teaches introductory IFS workshops and leads IFS and IFIO consultation groups. He provides IFS-inspired executive coaching and is continuously training in IFS and psychedelics. David returned to the field of psychotherapy after a long period of time working as an attorney, business owner, and stay-at-home dad to three children. He has also lived in Singapore and Switzerland, working with expatriates and the international IFS community. David has a deep interest in spirituality, and is an artist and musician.