Start with the free library. No cohort, no waitlist, no prerequisite.
Start where you are.
The resource library
The training that made this work possible took years and thousands of dollars to reach. That is the part Crystal is trying to fix. Take what you need, use it in session this week, and go deeper when you want to.
Guides and exercises
Free to download.
Each one lands in your inbox. Use them with clients, or use them on yourself first, which is usually the better order.
Be-with-Parts Meditation
Twenty to thirty minutes of guided parts work in Crystal’s voice. Sit with your own parts before you take a client there.
Get it freeMeeting Place Exercise
A guided exercise for building an inner meeting place where parts can gather safely and start to trust each other.
Get it freeInterviewing a Protector
The questions that open a protector up, so you get curious with it instead of pushing past it.
Get it freeBuilding a Self-to-Part Relationship
A practical exercise for growing a compassionate, trusting relationship between Self and a part.
Get it freeSelf Spectrum: Degrees of Consciousness
The four stages of consciousness in IFS on one page, from fragmented to Self-led.
Get it free5 Ways to Enhance Self-Energy
Crystal’s five: curiosity, nervous system regulation, awe, the 8 Cs, and what animals and children already know.
Get it free5-Step Process to Be with Parts Who Block EMDR
For the session where reprocessing stalls. Five steps for meeting the protective part doing the blocking, so the work can move again.
Get it freeBusiness Referral Resource List
A growing list of therapists and consultants in Crystal’s community, for when you need somewhere good to send someone.
Get it freeWatch
Skills, one at a time.
Short teaching videos on the moves that make up IFS‑Informed EMDR. Start with parts detection and work down.
7 minHow to Become a Parts Detector
The foundational skill: hearing a part speak in the room, in your client and in yourself.
12 minThe 6 Fs: How to Get to Know a Part
The six steps for getting to know a part in IFS-Informed EMDR, walked through one at a time.
9 minInterviewing Protectors
What to ask a protector, and what to do with what it tells you.
20 minIFS Meets EMDR: Why Therapists Are Mixing These Methods
The long-form case for the integration, and what each modality does that the other cannot.
More as Crystal records them. Subscribe on YouTube.
Published with TTI and Insight Timer
Start with the free hour.
A one-CE introduction to the integration, followed by five ways to help clients access Self-energy.
- Trauma Therapist InstituteFree · 1 CE · lifetime accessTake the free course
Bridging Models: IFS in EMDR Clinical Practice
An introduction to Self-energy, protective parts, and the clinical bridge between IFS and EMDR.
- Insight TimerFree worksheet · 5 practicesOpen the worksheet
Enhancing Self-Energy in IFS
Five practical ways to help clients notice and access the calm, compassionate Self within.
Read what over 400 clinicians asked after the live event. Follow Crystal on Insight Timer.
On demand
When you want the whole thing.
Self‑paced courses with lifetime access. Two carry CEs and are hosted by the Trauma Therapist Institute, where Crystal teaches.
- See the course
IFS-Informed EMDR Mini-Course
The shortest way into the integrated framework. Self-paced, start this afternoon.
- See the course
Foundations of IFS Therapy
The full grounding in the model, self-paced with lifetime access.
- View at TTI
Internal Family Systems (IFS) Informed EMDR
Crystal’s on-demand CE course, hosted by the Trauma Therapist Institute.
- View at TTI
Foundations of Internal Family Systems Therapy
The Foundations material with CEs attached, hosted by the Trauma Therapist Institute.
The full path, from a $47 course to the consultant‑in‑training year, is laid out on the training page.
Free communities
Rooms full of people doing this too.
Both are free, both are therapists, and all parts are welcome.
Blog
Writing on the work.
Essays and clinical notes on IFS, EMDR, and the integration between them.
Not sure which rung is yours?
A few questions about where you are and what you are carrying, and you get a clear view of the credentials and requirements ahead.
Plan your training path