We all face moments of overwhelm, anger, and self-doubt — especially when our child’s behavior pushes buttons we didn’t even know we had.
But when we react from stress or fear, it often escalates what’s already hard.
What if you could meet those moments with steadiness and self-awareness — and help your child do the same?
In this class, Susan Stiffelman and Tammy Sollenberger will introduce you to Internal Family Systems (IFS), a comprehensive, research-backed approach that helps you make sense of your inner world in a way that helps you parent with greater calm, clarity, and connection.
You’ll learn to recognize the different “protective parts” of you that show up in parenting — the fixer, the avoider, the worried one — so you can better from your wise Self. (What Susan calls the Captain of the ship.)
You’ll also learn kid-friendly ways to help your child make sense of their own inner conflicts, like wanting to go to a birthday party and stay home where things feel safe and comfortable.
With practical tools and relatable guidance, you’ll leave this class with new ways to respond with clarity, supporting your child’s emotional growth, while honoring your own.
Join us to begin a new chapter in your parenting — one rooted in presence, compassion, and secure connection!
We'll cover:
✔️ How to stay steady and calm, even in moments of high emotion, conflict, or defiance
✔️ How to recognize "trailheads" — the emotional signals that let you know a "protective part" of you has been triggered
✔️ Age-appropriate ways to introduce “parts” language to kids, so they can better understand their inner world
✔️ How to set healthy, respectful boundaries, without yelling, shaming, or over-explaining
✔️ Embracing moments of struggle as invitations to heal the parts of you still carrying pain, fear, or insecurity
✔️ Developing the skills of pausing, reflecting, and choosing your responses — instead of reacting from strong emotional patterns
✔️ Tools and scripts to help you repair and reconnect when things go wrong
✔️ And much more!
Susan Stiffelman, MFT
Tammy Sollenberger
Tammy Sollenberger is a licensed clinical mental health counselor with a busy private practice in New Hampshire. She believes we all can experience a more harmonious and connected existence no matter what our past or present experiences when we bring curiosity to all those noisy voices inside. She is a certified Internal Family Systems therapist and produces and hosts a podcast called “The One Inside.”
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The material covered in this class will help parents of toddlers through young adults.
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