IFS sessions don’t come with a pause button. This one does.
In any session, there are moments that shape everything that follows. A part appears. The client’s energy shifts. The practitioner has a few seconds to decide whether to speak, wait, or follow the work somewhere unexpected. Those decisions happen quickly, and they’re rarely examined afterward.
Demo Dissection brings them into view. Each month, a skilled IFS practitioner shares a recorded client session they chose for its richness and complexity. Over two live hours, we slow it down and stop at the key moments to ask what they were tracking, what shaped their pacing and language, and what was happening inside their own system. The practitioner can speak to choices that were intuitive in the moment, and the other practitioners in the room bring what they notice from where they sit.
Learning Objectives
These events are for students who want to see the model used in real time, practitioners who want to sharpen their own tracking, coaches and other helping professionals who work with parts, and anyone IFS-curious who wants to understand what meaningful practice looks like from the inside
About Gustavo Mello
Gustavo Mello is a trainer and director at IFSCA, where he teaches and develops curriculum for foundational and advanced Internal Family Systems (IFS) courses. He maintains a private practice in Brazil, offering individual psychotherapy, weekly therapeutic groups, and weekend retreats.
Gustavo has experience working with LGBTQIA+, BIPOC, neurodivergent, and low-income communities. His work focuses on healing from chronic pain, emotional neglect, oppression, attachment wounds, and complex trauma. He integrates body-based approaches, parts work, mindfulness, and movement to support greater emotional integration, self-understanding, and relational well-being.
Gustavo has trained in Hakomi, Biodanza, Primary Attachment Therapy, and Emotional Integration and Conscious Sexuality Therapy. A longtime meditator and meditation instructor, he draws on both Eastern and Western wisdom traditions, bringing an integrative perspective to his work. He often incorporates complementary therapeutic modalities to respond to the unique needs and experiences of each client.
Gustavo lives in Brazil with his partner, a dog, and an elderly cat. Outside his professional life, he enjoys playing soccer, hiking, and spending time in nature.
Cost
- $55 CAD
- Recording included, with access for six months (so you can join live or watch later)
- 100% of proceeds go to the IFSCA scholarship fund