Parts Work Practice Conference
Saturday, September 20, 2025 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
Online, Zoom
A four-hour interactive event designed to support participants in the practical application of the IFS model. Parts Work Practice volunteers, all trained in the IFS model present one hour workshops throughout the conference. Participants can attend up to three workshops of their choice - choose on the day of the event. This conference is designed for community.
Meet the Presenters
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Islena Faircrest
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.
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Bill Tierney
Bill Tierney is a 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.
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Leslie Lumsen
IFS Practitioner