An Intimate, Intentional Cohort

• 8 IFS- and medicine-informed practitioners like you committed to expanding their capacities for showing up in their lives with more Self-energy

• All participants will be carefully screened to ensure readiness and create a cohesive, supportive practice community

Guided by Expert Facilitators

• The retreat will be led by Justin Wilford, PhD, and Robyn Merchant, LPC, both experienced mental health practitioners specializing in immersive experience preparation, facilitation, and integration.

• Justin Wilford, PhD, is a Level 2 IFS practitioner with a PhD in Public Health. He applies his academic expertise in mental health program design to create transformative interventions that bridge evidence-based practices with experiential, heart-centered emotional healing. His innovative group-based programs emerge from his academic research combined with extensive collaboration with mental health practitioners, allowing him to develop uniquely effective frameworks for deep psychological healing and growth that have impacted thousands through his work with the Yes Collective and MaxLove Project.

• Robyn Merchant is a licensed professional counselor, trained trauma therapist, medium, and reiki energy practitioner offering a holistic approach that honors mind, body, and spirit. Since entering the mental health field in 2013, she has worked in treatment centers, community mental health, an intensive outpatient program, and private practice, blending evidence-based modalities with mediumship and energy healing to support deep, transformative change. At Satya Counseling & Wellness—named for the Sanskrit word for truthfulness, honesty, and integrity—Robyn is dedicated to practicing what she teaches and helping clients understand how trauma impacts every level of their being. She brings warmth, humor, and a grounded spiritual lens to her work, and outside the therapy room you can find her doting on her two cats, traveling, naming her plants and crystals, and continuing her own healing so that she can better serve others. 

Pre- and Post-Retreat Connection

• Two 2-hour group Zoom sessions: one the week before our gathering to establish connection, discuss intentions, and prepare our internal systems; the second in the week after to share, reflect, and explore further opportunities for development.

• Opportunity to address questions, concerns, and begin accessing the Self-energy necessary for effective facilitation

Immersive Learning Structure

• Two immersive sessions allow each participant to experience a fuller arc of intention, witnessing, and integration

• Daily integration circles create a collective field of understanding as we witness transformation through the IFS lens

• Somatic practices and breathwork foster embodied knowing that helps integrate intellectual understanding

Personal Development

• Emphasis on practical experiential applications for implementing IFS-informed immersive experiences

• Development of nuanced skills for maintaining Self-energy presence while supporting others in our lives

• Collaborative wisdom gathering to help us engage in the best practices emerging at the intersection of IFS and immersive journeys