Parts Work Practice Conference Presenters

Somatic therapist and yoga educator since 2000, Islena Faircrest is a trauma-informed Internal Family Systems trained practitioner and interpersonal somatic attachment therapist. She facilitates learning secure relational connection, repairing attachment injury, and helping individuals & families in their healing journey towards empowered living. She's a mother of two young adults, and a caregiver to her physically handicapped elderly mother, (while navigating menopause), and understands sandwich generation pressure from lived experience, as well as how to grow internal resources and resilience in the face of challenge and adversity.

IFS Level 2 trained practitioner offering online sessions to explore and heal your inner world. I believe every part has a story and purpose, and I create a safe, supportive space to uncover these narratives. My IFS journey began in 2014, and I’ve witnessed the profound healing it brings. My client-centered approach fosters self-awareness, self-compassion, and empowerment. Committed to ongoing growth, I continue deepening my skills in IFS and related modalities. I offer a free 20-minute consultation to see if we’re a good fit. I’d be honored to support your journey of healing and self-discovery.

Cofounder of Parts Work Practice, Certified IFS Practitioner, Compassionate Results Coach, and author of The Compassionate Results Guidebook. He began coaching in 2011 and became certified in IFS in 2021. Bill founded Parts Work Practice, where he leads five IFS-based groups—including two for coaches, therapists, and practitioners—and offers individual coaching. He helps people recover their true selves through the IFS model, drawing on over four decades of personal development since getting sober in 1982. He is also co-author of the forthcoming Partswork Guidebook.

I’m Peggy Popielarz, a Self-Led Results Coach and Level 1 trained IFS practitioner, mentored by Bill Tierney. For over a decade, I owned and operated my local health food store while practicing holistic health in multiple certified modalities. These days, I work with deeply feeling, heart-centered women drawn to the holistic wellness world - often practitioners, coaches, or space holders themselves - who give so much to others yet find it hard to turn that same care inward. Together, we uncover why the relief you’ve been seeking never seems to last — so feeling good becomes where you live, not something you’re always searching for.

Jesse supports midlife professionals who are seeking more meaning and alignment in their work. Formerly an engineering leader and executive in a fast-growing tech company, Jesse now helps others navigate career transitions using an Internal Family Systems (IFS)-informed approach. He is trained in IFS through IFSCA’s Stepping Stone program, holds an ACC credential with the International Coaching Federation, and is trained in Leadership and Performance Coaching.

Brian Jones is a Level 1 trained IFS therapist. He has volunteered as a Practice Assistant in the Parts Work Practice group since early 2024, and as a Program Assistant in IFS Institute Level 1 training. Brian works in private practice, specializing in religious trauma and adjacent issues such as shame, grief, relationship and family-of-origin issues. As someone who was raised in fundamentalist religion, Brian brings his lived experience as someone who inherited complicated feelings of shame and guilt through adolescence and adulthood.

Andrea Feucht is a Level 2 IFS Practitioner and IFIO (Intimacy From the Inside Out) Certified Practitioner, working with individuals and couples over Zoom from the lovely state of Utah. She’s a middle-aged neurodiverse athlete, currently obsessed with learning the ukulele.