2025 Changes to Conference Format
If you are a past attendee of FCRP, you know that our weekend has traditionally begun on Friday afternoon and ended after lunch on Memorial Day.
We want you to note that this year the conference will draw to a close on Sunday afternoon. Shifting from a four-day retreat to a three-day one was not an easy decision for us. Our experiment with this format is to make the gathering less expensive to create, and more affordable for you. In addition to saving you money, you will be able to celebrate Memorial Day somewhere pleasant with family and friends.
If you have registered with FCRP before, you know that selecting an interest group was part of the process and the gatherings have been an engaging element of our weekend.
This year we are trying something new – interest groups that we will form during the conference plenaries to help us explore our inner parts under the guidance of Dr. Tom Holmes.
Tom will offer prompts for experiencing the ideas he presents. Then group members will adjourn to private spaces to explore his exercises. This will include helping us identify a symbol of our Sacred Self and show us how to center there during life’s difficulties. He’ll also help us uncover and release the burdens carried by parts of our psyche that feel stuck in distressful emotions.
In the Internal Family Systems framework, our inner world consists of sub-personalities, or “parts.” While these parts try to help us to meet the challenges of everyday life, they often compete or conflict with each other.
Tom will help us understand how these parts can harmonize under the leadership of the Self, fostering calm and integration. As Tom puts it, “When we trust the Self to take care of us, it prevents inner alienation and exhaustion.”