Concinnity®

Professional Training in Internal Family Systems (IFS)

The harmonisation of parts. The integration of wisdom. The elegant fitting together.

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^{Concinnity trainings are independently created and not formally endorsed by the IFS Institute, HeartMath or the Trauma Research foundation}

Guiding Clients Safely, With IFS

Move beyond theory and bring IFS alive in your practice with practical tools, guided exercises, and a clear framework.

Use it to:

Recognise protective and exiled parts in your clients with compassion
Create safety and stability without retraumatising
Apply IFS principles to a wide range of trauma and clinical presentations
Strengthen your clinical confidence and presence as a Self-led practitioner

Yes, It Really Is Possible!

In Concinnity® Training, you’ll learn how to integrate the full IFS model into your practice, whether you’re just beginning your IFS journey or specialising in areas like addiction, narcissistic abuse, or complex trauma.

What Becomes Possible With Concinnity® Training

Confidently bring IFS principles into your client sessions
Feel equipped to hold safe space for trauma, addiction, and complex relational wounds
Deepen your understanding of both protectors and exiles, and how they interact
Strengthen your ability to embody Self-energy in clinical practice
Recognise the hidden wounds of covert and vulnerable narcissistic abuse
Learn how to integrate IFS within your existing modality or therapeutic approach
Grow your confidence in navigating countertransference and therapist parts
Join a supportive professional community committed to lifelong learning

The right training can make all the difference.

IFS One-Day Workshop: An Introduction to the IFS Model

Are You Ready to Explore Internal Family Systems?

This one-day online workshop will introduce you to the core principles of the IFS model and show you how to begin applying it in both your personal and professional life. You’ll learn how to:

Recognise the different parts of the inner system (managers, firefighters, exiles)
Experience the qualities of Self-energy — curiosity, calm, and compassion
Begin to unblend from parts and meet them with respect
Integrate IFS concepts into your clinical work with safety and clarity

With a simple shift in perspective and some practical tools, you’ll discover a new way of working with clients that fosters deep healing and harmony.

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CONCINNITY®: A Six Day IFS and Somatic Embodiment Training

Are You Ready to Go Deeper with Internal Family Systems?

This six-day professional training will take you beyond the basics and guide you through the full IFS model. Through teaching, live demonstrations, and experiential practice, you’ll gain the confidence and clarity to bring IFS into your clinical work in a meaningful way. You’ll learn how to:

Work safely with protectors, firefighters, and exiles
Access and embody Self-energy in therapeutic relationships
Support clients in unburdening the pain carried by exiles
Create the conditions for deep, lasting healing without retraumatising
Integrate the IFS framework into your existing modality and practice

With six immersive training days, you’ll move from understanding IFS conceptually to feeling it alive in your practice, opening the door for your clients to experience profound transformation.

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One-Day Workshop: IFS And Addictive Patterns

Discover How IFS Can Transform the Way We Understand Addictive Patterns

This one-day workshop explores how Internal Family Systems can be applied to addictive behaviours, helping therapists and practitioners respond with compassion and clarity. You’ll learn how to:

Recognise the protective role of addictive behaviours as parts working to manage pain
Work safely with the firefighters and managers that drive compulsive patterns
Support clients in meeting the exiles whose burdens fuel addiction cycles
Integrate nervous system awareness and Self-led compassion into addiction recovery
Begin to develop an IFS-informed framework for addressing addiction in your practice

Through this experiential training, you’ll discover a new way of approaching addiction that honours protective strategies while opening the door to transformation.

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INTRODUCING IN 2026

Making the Invisible Visible: An IFS Training in Narcissistic Abuse Recovery

Discover How IFS Can Illuminate the Hidden Wounds of Narcissistic Abuse

This two-day training is designed for therapists and practitioners who want to deepen their understanding of covert and vulnerable narcissism, and learn how to support survivors safely through an IFS lens. You’ll learn how to:

Recognise the subtle patterns of covert and vulnerable narcissistic abuse in clinical work
Understand the profound impact on survivors, including shame, gaslighting, and invisibility
Work compassionately with protector parts that have developed in response to narcissistic abuse
Support exiles carrying burdens of shame, guilt, and self-doubt without retraumatising
Apply the Self-Led Recovery Pathway™ as a clinical map for guiding survivors into healing and visibility

Over two days, you’ll gain both the theoretical grounding and the practical tools to integrate IFS into your work with survivors, helping you name what has been unseen, and guide clients safely toward Self-led recovery.

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NICE TO MEET YOU

I'm Angel M. Carter

After more than thirty years as a therapist and social worker, I saw the same truth again and again: traditional approaches often missed the deeper parts of people’s pain. Survivors of trauma and relational harm were left feeling unseen, and many therapists felt unprepared to support them fully.

That realisation led me to seek out training with world-leading institutions including the IFS Institute, the HeartMath Institute, and the Trauma Research Foundation. Through these experiences, and through my own lived journey of relational healing. I found a framework that brought together science, compassion, and the harmonisation of all parts.

Now I use what I’ve learned to help both clients and therapists. Through Concinnity®, the professional training arm of the Trauma Release Centre, I offer workshops, specialist trainings, and supervision that bring Internal Family Systems to life in real, practical ways.

What Professionals Say about IFS and Concinnity® Trainings

“IFS offers a remembering, a shimmering, benevolent, and skilled landscape that we once knew but had lost access to amidst the mist. Within this work, the kiritaki (client) and I, remember and inhabit our shared humanity, moving beyond the problem saturated and diagnostic positioning so often defined by DSM language. Introducing IFS enlivens a diverse and intelligent internal community within the kiritaki, now recognised with compassion and curiosity.

For me, this deepens trust in Self and in the protectors, exiles, and firefighters that make up the inner system. It offers a language, insight, and orientation that allow both kiritaki and therapist to explore the world with compassionate regard for all parts. In doing so, the world of recovery expands, rich with new possibilities, the legacies of the kiritaki, the promises held in the states of Mauri, the pursuit of wellbeing, and the ongoing journey home.”

- Merrill, Therapist, Social Worker, Researcher & Supervisor

"Angela brings a beautifully compassionate presence that shows up each week to encourage and affirm everyone in her trainings. I appreciated her intellectual part that clearly explained the intricacies of IFS, and her wise, confident part that demonstrated how powerfully this model can support both us and our clients.

Through Angela’s teaching, I’ve come to see that every part of myself and my clients simply wants to be understood for the role it plays. My clients now recognise that their protector parts are trying to help in their own way, which has brought greater compassion and understanding when those inner voices appear. Thank you so much, Angela, for creating such a safe and affirming learning space.”

- Nicola, Counsellor & University Lecturer

“I highly recommend this course to anyone wanting to deepen their understanding of the IFS model. It is clear that Angela not only knows this model thoroughly but teaches it with great passion and clarity. The opportunity to practise the model, receive feedback, and observe others was invaluable. It was inspiring to see how each participant could bring their own personality and strengths into the process. The course provided a genuinely safe space to learn and grow, I felt supported by both Angela and my fellow participants throughout. Angela’s responses to our questions were always clear, thoughtful, and deeply informative.”

- Rebecca, Psychotherapist

"The IFS and Somatic Embodiment Training was more than just a course, it was a life-changing experience. Angela created an environment for learning and growth unlike anything I have ever encountered. She is approachable, responsive, welcoming, and genuinely loving. Her depth of knowledge and experience as an IFS therapist shines through in every session.

Even with almost no prior experience, these twelve weeks gave me the confidence to begin offering this beautiful method of healing. I went in to learn about IFS and came out a different person. I cannot recommend this training highly enough.”

- Monica - Yoga Teacher & Coach