As soon as you decide you want to pursue IFS Certification, please review the following IFS-I details that pertain to you and the role of your Approved Clinical Consultants (ACCs) in your Certification Application.

• IFS Institute Certification Policy

• IFS Certification Application **do this First!

Consultation Hours for IFS Certification

• Group Hours towards Certification only count in groups of 6 members or fewer that are attended LIVE, not viewed later via recording.

• Keep careful track of all consultation hours with any ACCs including Dates, Type (Group or Individual), number of students in the group, and number of hours you attended live.

• If you don’t have record of the dates/hours you met with Laura, she can try and track that down in her records but will have to charge you for the time required.

Who can my client be for the Certification Video?

Per IFS-I, “ While we recommend using a client, the current policy does not specify beyond the no dual relationships clause. Ultimately, it’s at the discretion of the certification candidate and should be in accordance with their professional guidelines.  

It’s also important to note: the point of the video review is to demonstrate the skills listed on the video review form in a session. IFSI video reviewers may not pass a video if the participant was clearly guiding the process and/or things felt artificial or inauthentic.”

Who can Review my Video for Certification?

Your Certification Video is reviewed by a Lead Trainer, not by Laura. Trainers who can review videos for certification may be found here.

Laura recommends you designate your video reviewer asap, since this process can take several weeks/months for your video to be approved.

LAURA’S ROLE IN RECOMMENDING YOU FOR CERTIFICATION:

• In your Certification Application, please review pages 8-10 of the ACC Toolkit to familiarize yourself with what Laura needs to verify in order to recommend you for Certification.

  Laura needs to see you demonstrate the 8 Core Competencies in order to recommend you for Certification.**

  This happens in a final 1H review session with Laura after your video has been approved by your Video Reviewer.

• You send your approved video to Laura with your written summaries which she’ll offer feedback in your final review session.

  You may count this final review session towards 1H of individual consultation.

• The charge is $300 (which covers the 1H final meeting plus Laura’s time to review your video and written summaries, complete and submit your Certification paperwork).

Verification of your 200 Clinical IFS Hours needs to come from a colleague other than Laura who has witnessed your work throughout this period.

1. Designate an Approved Reviewer to review your certification video and submit your video to them for their review. They will use this Video Rubric to review your video.

2. Two months prior to submitting your completed application to IFS-I, complete and submit Laura’s Certification Documentation Request form (found at the bottom of this page)

3. As soon as you’ve designated your Video Reviewer and have an estimated date that your video will be approved, email Laura to give her a heads up that you’ll be sending your approved video + written summaries to her upon video approval..

4. If you and Laura have previously discussed and she has agreed to verify a portion of your 200 IFS clinical hours, please provide her the necessary documentation so that she can verify those hours.

5. Once your video is approved, send Laura a link for her to review it (stored in a confidential, secure location).

6. Include any written summaries, comments, etc. from you or your video reviewer. You may also include annotations of where Laura should review the video to see your 8 Core Competencies.

7. Be sure Laura confirms she received the video link!

8. Laura will schedule your final review session after she receives your approved video and summaries from you and your Video Reviewer.

9. Laura’s fee to review your video and written summaries, meet with you for your final review session and complete IFS-I Certification paperwork is $300 for the 2H that typically takes.

10. You may count this final 1H of individual consultation towards Certification hours if needed.

11. If the 8 Core Competencies are not demonstrated in your approved video or Laura cannot ethically recommend you for Certification, you’ll need to discuss options with Laura to meet those requirements.

12. Once Laura can recommend you for Certification, complete your portions of the IFS-I Certification paperwork that need Laura’s signature and send to Laura for her to complete and submit. (e.g. e.g. Full description of your practice focus, duration of your meeting dates with Laura, total # of hours, etc.) Laura can highlight these areas on your forms if you’re not sure.

13. Congratulations! You’re almost there!

Here are details on becoming an ACCas well as in the Approved Clinical Consultant Toolkitspecified by IFS-I.

Details on IFS Recertification are here

Purchasing a product (i.e. IFS Consultation Group) from Laura does not meet the IRS qualifications to receive a 1099 or to send you a W9. Laura is not providing services to your business, so is not a vendor. She is offering training and experience to you, the customer. Providing your Registration invoice to your tax preparer may be written off as a business expense in most cases. If you need a copy of your invoice (you received one when you registered) or have additional questions, please reach out to support@pausewithlaura.com.