Please join the Maine Coaches Connection Executive Committee for our Annual Pot Luck – this year we are gathering online! This will be an evening of coaches connecting, learning and sharing ideas. In the spirit of a “pot luck”, we hope each of you shows up (virtually) with something yummy to enjoy and a recipe to share.
On the agenda:
- Fun facilitated connection activities
- A recap of the last year and an update on this year’s planned activities
- A short coaching demo (20 minutes) using the Internal Family System’s model for coaching.
- A link to all the recipes!!! (Instructions will be provided in your registration confirmation)
Coaching with the Internal Family System’s Model
Presented by Barti Bourgault, MA, PCC, CMT-P
The IFS model gives the coach and client a shared language/map that allows clients to create separation between their “parts” and their fully resourced “Self.” Our parts carry our painful emotions, limiting beliefs and maladaptive behaviors. Within a trusted coaching relationship, clients are able to witness these parts, understand their noble purpose and extend compassion for how hard they work. Feeling seen, heard, accepted and most importantly safe, these parts are often able to take on new roles that are in alignment with and support the clients’ values and deepest desires.
This model supports the coach in asking powerful questions that bring about greater awareness of, and insight into, their clients’ “Internal Systems.” And like all systems, when one part shifts, many things change.
You will learn the basic tenets of the IFS model.
You will witness the steps in the process of:
- identifying a part,
- befriending a part,
- understanding its noble purpose
We will end with Q&A
The IFS Model was developed by Richard Schwartz as a therapeutic model. It is now offered as a model for coaches as well.
Barti Bourgault, MA, PCC, CMT-P was trained in applying the IFS model to coaching at The Graduate Institute where she earned both her Masters in Consciousness Studies and her Certificate in Transformative Coaching. She is the Associate Trainer for The Graduate Institute’s Coaching with Spirit ICF-approved coach training program. She has her PCC from ICF and is also a certified Mindfulness Teacher through the International Mindfulness Teachers Association. She has been trained in Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness and Trauma Sensitive Coaching. She also has studied the Neuroscience of Change and The Polyvagal Theory. She applies her understanding of our human nervous systems to her coaching, teaching and mentoring. She believes that no change occurs without a feeling of safety. She has a private practice based out of Portland, ME, Beyond the Edge, LLC, where she offers life coaching, mentor coaching, and mindfulness workshops.