Trainer: Crystal Hines
On-Demand: Available with lifetime access for asynchronous learning. This course was recorded on October 8th, 2025.
Unlock new pathways for client transformation by integrating Internal Family Systems (IFS) principles within your EMDR practice. This dynamic, experiential course is designed for practicing trauma therapists ready to deepen their skillset, expand clinical flexibility, and facilitate lasting change. Learn how to invite compassionate Self Energy into EMDR, blend a “parts” approach with adaptive information processing, and walk away with practical tools you can use in your next session.a
Because the best learning happens when you feel safe. Ask freely, show up fully, and learn in a relational, non-judgmental environment built for practitioners like you.
Expect real case examples, clear guidance, and a teaching style that makes even complex topics feel approachable so you can confidently use what you learn in session right away.
Join a community of clinicians learning side by side, sharing real case insights and peer support so you can grow your skills with confidence alongside your peers in meaningful connection.
This course is ideal for:
Whether you're brand new to IFS or already incorporating parts work, this training meets you where you are and takes your skills to the next level.
Crystal is the founder of Align Therapy and Consultation, a virtual group practice based out of Colorado, focused on supporting mental health therapists to thrive in our field. Crystal has a brain-body-heart approach to healing. She is both direct and compassionate in her work with clients and knows the importance of doing her own healing. Crystal is a complex trauma survivor and is passionate about helping others along their healing journeys. She has experience working in community mental health and private practice, and loves supporting other therapists and healers. At the start of her career she worked with kids, teens, and families, and now works primarily with older teens and adults. Crystal specializes in working with complex trauma, attachment trauma, dissociation, gifted individuals and high achievers, and anxiety. She is an EMDRIA Approved Trainer and Consultant. She has a gift of connecting with the inner child who lives in all of us.
Earn a free CE while learning a technique you can use with or without EMDR!
12:00 pm - 12:05 pm: Welcome, objectives, and presenter introduction
12:05 pm - 12:15 pm: Theoretical Foundations: AIP & Self Energy
12:15 pm- 12:25 pm: Mapping the Parts & Spectrum of Consciousness
12:25 pm - 12:40 pm: Bridging the Models: Clinical Integration
12:40 pm - 12:50 pm: Experiential Practice: Connect with Self
12:50 pm - 1:00 pm: Wrap-up, key takeaways, and Q&A
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1 CE is available upon completion of all course material.
Trauma Therapist Institute is an approved continuing education provider. ACE and NBCC CEs are available for this course. This course is not approved for APA or EMDRIA CEs.
Participants must complete the full training to receive credit.
Trauma Therapist Institute, #1869, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 1/16/25 - 1/16/28. Social workers completing this course receive 6 clinical continuing education credits.
Trauma Therapist Institute has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7033. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Kase & CO is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
To receive a CE certificate, participants must complete the entire course, complete the post-test with a score of 80% or above, and complete the course evaluation. You may retake the post-test as needed. Once completed, a CE certificate will auto-populate to your online account.
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