In Person - "Using IFS & EMDR for Nervous System Healing"

In Person - Membership Meeting - In Person

"Using IFS & EMDR for Nervous System Healing" with Jennifer Adams LMFT

This presentation explores the integration of Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) as complementary, evidence-based approaches for supporting nervous system healing in trauma work. Grounded in a trauma-informed and attachment-focused lens, this training highlights how unresolved experiences are held not only cognitively, but within the body and nervous system.

Participants will learn how IFS helps clients develop a compassionate relationship with protective and wounded parts, creating internal safety and increasing access to Self-energy. Building on this foundation, EMDR is introduced as a powerful modality for reprocessing traumatic memories that are stored in maladaptive neural networks. Together, these approaches support regulation, integration, and adaptive resolution of trauma.

This training emphasizes practical application, including how to assess readiness, sequence interventions, and navigate common clinical challenges such as dissociation, overwhelm, and blocking beliefs. Clinicians will leave with a deeper understanding of how to track the nervous system in session, integrate parts work into EMDR phases, and support clients in moving from survival-based patterns toward greater regulation, resilience, and connection.

Learning Objectives By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to: 1. Explain 2 ways that trauma impacts the nervous system. 2. Describe 2 ways that IFS and EMDR each support regulation and trauma resolution. 3. Identify and assess for 3 indicators of client readiness for trauma processing. 4. Apply 3 integrated IFS and EMDR interventions to support stabilization, reprocessing, and nervous system regulation in clinical practice. 5. Develop a trauma-informed treatment approach that incorporates both IFS and EMDR to enhance client resilience and healing.

Jennifer Adams is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Clinical Lead, and Clinical Supervisor specializing in trauma healing and nervous system integration. She is currently a PhD Candidate in Trauma & Disaster Relief, with a research focus on the intersection of attachment, Internal Family Systems (IFS), and trauma-informed care.

Jennifer’s clinical work centers on helping individuals navigate trauma, attachment wounds, and complex emotional or trauma experiences by integrating evidence-based approaches such as Attachment-Focused EMDR, Internal Family Systems (IFS), and mindfulness-based practices. She has extensive experience working with Grief and Loss, Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), Suicidality/Self Harm, OCD, and Autism, and brings a holistic lens that honors the connection between mind, body, and—when relevant—spirit.

As a speaker and trainer, Jennifer is passionate about equipping clinicians and organizations with practical, trauma-informed tools that translate directly into their work. Her presentations are known for being engaging, clinically grounded, and immediately applicable—bridging research with real-world practice to support both clinician growth and client healing.

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EVENT DETAILS

When: Sunday, April 19, 2026

Time:

  8:30am-9am Check-In/Light Breakfast*

  9am-9:30am Membership Meeting/

      Chapter Announcements*

  9:30-11am CE/Speaker Presentation

  11am-11:15am Opportunity Drawing/

      Private Practice Announcements*

  11:15am-11:45am Break*

  11:45am-1:45pm Board Meeting (in-person)*

*=portion of course not eligible for CE's

This course is intended for beginning to advanced mental health professionals.

Course meets the qualifications for 1.5 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. Course evaluations will be sent and CE completion certificates will be awarded to participants that attend the entire presentation and complete the course evaluation within 48 hours of the speaker presentation.

Place:

In-Person at Encino Golf Course Banquet Room

                              16821 Burbank Blvd

                              Encino, CA 91436

This location is ADA compliant.

Professional or business casual attire suggested. It is recommended to dress in layers due to the weather and AC conditions.

Please note the following:

Confirm your meeting selection is accurate for in person or webinar and member or non-member. No walk-ins or registration changes will be allowed less than 24 hours before the meeting.

Price/Registration:

SFV-CAMFT chapter members

In-person

     $25 (online until Friday, Apr 10th at 11:59pm)

     $35 (online week of event, Apr 11th to Apr 17th)

Non chapter members

In-person

     $35 (online until Friday, Apr 10th at 11:59pm)

     $45 (online week of event, Apr 11th to Apr 17th)

No phone or email RSVP.

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Refund Policy 

Requests for refunds must be in writing and received by SFV-CAMFT before one week prior to the event. A $2 administrative fee will be deducted for cancellation of a paid event, through the cancellation deadline. There will be no changes or cancellations received after one week prior to the event (this includes no shows and arriving late to the presentation on the day of the event). The President has discretion to issue refunds that do not comply with the policy. To request a refund, email sfv.camft@gmail.com.

The personal values and beliefs expressed by presenter(s) are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the San Fernando Valley Chapter of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (SFV-CAMFT). SFV-CAMFT is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive professional community and does not endorse any specific personal viewpoints shared by presenters.

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SFV-CAMFT is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for Marriage & Family Therapists. SFV-CAMFT maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content.