Using Inner Active Cards in Counseling
Friday, September 25th, 2026
10-00 am - Noon Central
Live Via Zoom
$45
2 NBCC CE Hours
Get your cards out. We’re actually going to use them.
Inner Active Cards can be a powerful way to help clients put something in front of them that may be difficult to explain with words alone. But having the cards and knowing what to actually do with them in session are two different things.
That’s what we’re doing for two hours.
This is a hands-on workshop. You’ll have your own deck spread out in front of you while we practice different ways to use the cards to explore parts of self, internal struggles, resources, support, relationships, and unmet needs.
You do not need to know IFS or have previous training in parts work. I’ll walk you through the interventions, you’ll experience them yourself, and we’ll talk about how to take what you learn and use it with clients.
What We’ll Actually Practice
Resource Parts + Struggling Part
Identify braver, kinder, wiser, and stronger parts and explore how those internal resources might respond to a part that is struggling.
Supported + Unsupported Parts
Explore which parts of self currently feel supported, which feel less supported, and what support might actually look like.
How I Respond to This Part
Explore the difference between how someone typically responds to a part of themselves and how that part may need to be responded to.
Family as Experienced + Family as Needed
Use the cards to explore significant family relationships and compare what was experienced with what was needed.
And we’ll talk about the questions that come next.
What do you ask after someone chooses a card?
How do you deepen the work without interpreting the image for them?
How do you know when to keep going, slow down, or stop?
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this program, participants will be able to:
1. Identify at least three ways to use Inner Active Cards in counseling to help clients explore parts of self, including internal conflict, protective responses, emotional needs, and relational patterns.
2. Apply at least three Inner Active Card interventions designed to help clients identify, externalize, and explore relationships among parts of self.
Instructional Level: Introductory
Who Should Attend
This workshop is designed for licensed mental health professionals, counseling interns, and graduate-level counseling students interested in incorporating experiential interventions for exploring parts of self into clinical practice.
No previous training in IFS or another formal parts-work model is required.
Your Presenters
Melanie Taylor, LPC-S
Melanie Taylor is a Licensed Professional Counselor-Supervisor who has been practicing since 2012 and currently serves as President of the Arkansas Mental Health Counselors Association (ArMHCA).
Her clinical work focuses on trauma and complex client presentations and incorporates EMDR, parts-informed interventions, sand tray, and other experiential and expressive approaches. Melanie also provides clinical supervision and continuing education for mental health professionals.
Dr. Tessa Hastings, PhD, LPC-S, RPT-S
9:00 – 9:30am
Dr. Tessa Hastings has more than 30 years of experience working with children, adolescents, adults, families, graduate counseling students, supervisees, and clinicians.
She is a licensed mental health counselor, clinical supervisor, Registered Play Therapist–Supervisor, counselor educator, and trainer. Her work integrates developmental and attachment theory, play therapy, sand tray therapy, expressive arts, experiential approaches, trauma-informed care, and counselor development.
Together, Melanie and Tessa will demonstrate the interventions, guide participants through using their own cards, and discuss ways the activities can be adapted for clinical practice.
12:30pm
2:00pm
6:30pm
What You’ll Need
Participants must have their own Inner Active Cards deck available during the workshop.
The cards can be purchased through Amazon or directly from the Inner Active Cards website.
Center for Emotional Enlightenment, LLC, Melanie Taylor, LC-S, and Dr. Tessa Hastings, PhD., LPC-S, RPT-S, are not affiliated with Inner Active Cards and receives no compensation from the purchase of the cards.
Continuing Education Requirements
Participants who successfully complete the program will receive 2 NBCC continuing education hours.
To receive continuing education credit, participants must:
Attend the entire live program
Participate in attendance-verification activities
Complete the post-program evaluation
Partial continuing education credit is not available.
This workshop is live and will not be recorded.
Registration & Cancellation
Registration Fee: $45
Cancellations received at least 14 calendar days before the workshop are eligible for a full refund of the registration fee.
Cancellations received fewer than 14 calendar days before the workshop are nonrefundable.
If you are unable to attend and are no longer eligible for a refund, registration may be transferred to another eligible participant when the transfer request is received at least 24 hours before the program.
If Center for Emotional Enlightenment, LLC cancels the workshop, registered participants will receive a full refund of the workshop registration fee. Costs associated with purchasing the Inner Active Cards deck are separate and cannot be reimbursed by Center for Emotional Enlightenment, LLC.
9:00 – 9:30am
Accessibility & Questions
Participants who require reasonable accommodations are encouraged to contact us as early as possible before the workshop so reasonable efforts can be made to meet individual needs.
Questions regarding registration, accommodations, continuing education, cancellations, transfers, or grievances may be directed to:
Continuing Education Provider
Center for Emotional Enlightenment, LLC
NBCC Approved Continuing Education Provider
ACEP No. 7479
CE Contact: Melanie@youarefor.com
Center for Emotional Enlightenment, LLC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7479. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Center for Emotional Enlightenment, LLC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
Ready to Join Us?
Friday, September 25, 2026
10:00 AM–12:00 PM Central
Live via Zoom
$45 | 2 NBCC Continuing Education Hours