Shifting Center Education

education for the rest of us

Shifting Center supports education that will help us all to do better. We believe that unlearning is necessary for a liberated world.

Shifting Center Education aims to provide education that intentionally centers non-dominant groups and narratives that you don't find in mainstream education.

Courses and Workshops

  • $95

Charts + Parts: An Immersive Workshop Playing with the Spring Equinox and Aries Season

  • Closed
  • Webinar
  • Mar 28, 2024 at 4:00 PM PDT

Hosted by QTIFS and Azaad Healing Justice Studio, Charts and Parts is a one-of-a-kind healing justice workshop series that integrates astrology, IFS/parts work, and psychodramatic theater. Sand Chang, Ph.D. (they/them), and Kulkiran Nakai, Psy.D. (they/them), will support participants to encounter and befriend the shadows of our inner family systems related to the themes of the Spring Equinox and Aries Season.

  • $95

Charts + Parts: An Immersive Workshop Playing with the Summer Solstice and Cancer Season

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  • Webinar
  • Jun 21, 2024 at 10:00 AM PDT

Hosted by QTIFS and Azaad Healing Justice Studio, Charts and Parts is a one-of-a-kind healing justice workshop series that integrates astrology, IFS/parts work, and psychodramatic theater. Sand Chang, Ph.D. (they/them), and Kulkiran Nakai, Psy.D. (they/them), will support participants to encounter and befriend the shadows of our inner family systems related to the themes of the Summer Solstice and Cancer Season.

  • $77

Choosing Abundance: Minding Our Money Parts

  • Webinar
  • Aug 14, 2024 at 4:00 PM PDT
  • 30-day access

This 90-minute Zoom workshop is for anyone interested in receiving abundance as an anti-capitalist. We'll discuss basic IFS ideas and common parts, behaviors, and strategies related to money.

  • Free

Decolonizing Trans Health

  • Course
  • 11 Lessons

In this multidisciplinary panel of trans providers, we address common themes currently arising in trans health and the movement toward decolonization. We will discuss non-hierarchical models of leadership that can better serve trans professionals and communities. We will explore how trans leadership challenges paternalistic care models care towards self-determination and depathologization.

  • $177

Healing From Diet Culture

  • Course
  • 37 Lessons
  • 365-day access

Most of us have been steeped in diet culture without knowing it. When we start to realize the impact of diet culture on our bodies & lives, it's hard to know what to do. This introductory course will help you establish a foundation of unlearning so you can move toward feeling more liberated in your body. This course contains ~6 hours of content, including lecture, video, worksheets, meditations, and resources.

  • $149

Intro to Internal Family Systems

  • Course
  • 37 Lessons
  • 365-day access

This pre-recorded course is for people who are versed in providing gender/trans-inclusive care and want to learn basic IFS concepts. Appropriate for beginners and a great way to get a sense of whether you’d like to invest in more comprehensive IFS training, such as our IFS Foundations course or an IFS Institute Level 1 training. The learnings can be applied to work with people of all genders/sexualities.

  • $99

Oops I Did It Again: How to Be A Gender-Inclusive IFS PA Dec 4

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  • Webinar
  • Dec 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM PST
  • 2-day access

In this 3-hour workshop, we will provide a space for people to learn foundational knowledge and skills so that they can best support participants and communities aiming for trans/nonbinary inclusion. This workshop is for anyone who is or desires to facilitate IFS learning spaces, including: Program Assistants (PAs), trainers, or administrators. 3 IFS Continuing Education Credits available.

  • $99

Oops I Did It Again: How to Be A Gender-Inclusive IFS PA Dec 6

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  • Webinar
  • Dec 6, 2025 at 9:00 AM PST
  • 1-day access

In this 3-hour workshop, we will provide a space for people to learn foundational knowledge and skills so that they can best support participants and communities aiming for trans/nonbinary inclusion. This workshop is for anyone who is or desires to facilitate IFS learning spaces, including: Program Assistants (PAs), trainers, or administrators. 3 IFS Continuing Education Credits available.

  • $121

Wisdom to Know the Difference: IFS and 12 Step Recovery

  • Webinar
  • Jul 18, 2024 at 4:00 PM PDT
  • 90-day access

In this 2-hour Zoom workshop, Sand Chang (they/them) will discuss the integration of IFS and 12-step recovery, including: 1) An overview of common dynamics/parts involved in addictive processes and 12-step recovery; 2) How increased awareness of similarities and differences between IFS and 12 step can support an integrated recovery experience; 3) An introduction to a model for Self led 12-step recovery.