June 15, 2026, 12:00pm—1:30pm Central
Perimenopause changes the body.
It also changes what parts are
doing inside it.
A 90-minute live online workshop exploring what happens when the body becomes a destabilizing force during perimenopause —
and how parts adapt around it.
What to Expect
Many therapists were never trained to recognize how perimenopause may be impacting the clinical picture. Clients may suddenly present with worsening anxiety, emotional flooding, brain fog, relationship conflict, increased shame and self-doubt, fluctuating capacity, or a pervasive sense of “I don’t feel like myself anymore.”
Treatment and client presentation can start shifting in ways that are hard to fully grasp and integrate.
This workshop explores what happens when changing physiology reshapes nervous system state, emotional regulation, protector strategies, and overall capacity — and how those shifts begin impacting identity, cognition, and relationships.
Through an IFS-informed lens, we’ll explore what becomes possible when the usual protector strategies stop landing the way they used to.
Together, we’ll explore:
How changing physiology reshapes protector systems, emotional regulation, and capacity
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How parts adapt when the body itself becomes less predictable
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Why the same triggers can suddenly begin landing differently during perimenopause
How parts organize around fear, self-doubt, and “something is wrong with me” narratives during perimenopause
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Using the NPHF framework to conceptualize the changing body–parts relationship
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A real clinical case illustrating what this looks like in practice
The NPHF Framework
Using the NPHF framework, developed by Lirone Losoff, we’ll track how changing physiology, nervous system shifts, and protective patterns continuously shape one another over time, and how they impact how clients experience themselves, their relationships, and their capacity during perimenopause.
The framework will be introduced during the workshop and does not require prior familiarity.
We’ll also explore how parts can begin organizing around stories of failure, deficiency, instability, “not coping well enough,” or becoming someone unfamiliar to themselves, and how those stories increasingly shape what clients bring into the therapy room.
Workshop Format
60 min of teaching + 30 min of Q&A
Live on Zoom
Q&A is not recorded to protect privacy
What’s Included
Live workshop
Recording of teaching portion
Written Summary
Who This Is For
IFS-informed and IFS-curious clinicians
Therapists noticing increased complexity or changing protector dynamics in midlife clients
Clinicians navigating perimenopause themselves and wanting more language and conceptual clarity
About Your Host
Lirone Losoff, ALMFT, is a Chicago-based therapist, IFS Level 3 trained clinician, Program Assistant for the IFS Institute, and developer of the NPHF framework. Her work focuses on how physiology, nervous system capacity, protective systems, and relational and systemic conditions interact to shape emotional regulation, identity, and functioning.
Lirone also offers consultation and training for clinicians integrating parts work, neurodiversity, nervous system capacity, and complex state-dependent presentations.
Registration Options
Early Bird
Ends May 31st
$95
✓ Live Workshop
✓ Live Q&A
✓ Recording Access
✓ Written summary
Regular
Through June 15th
$125
✓ Live Workshop
✓ Live Q&A
✓ Recording Access
✓ Written summary
Recording Only
Through June 15th
$85
✓ Recording Access
✓ Written summary
FAQs
Who is this workshop for?
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This workshop is designed for IFS-informed and IFS-trained clinicians — therapists, counselors, social workers, and other health professionals who have foundational familiarity with the IFS model and want a clinical framework for working with perimenopausal clients.
You do not need to be working with perimenopausal clients to benefit. This workshop may also resonate with clinicians navigating these shifts personally and looking for a framework that helps make sense of them.
The framework also applies broadly to any moment when the body becomes a destabilizing force in the internal system.
What if I can't attend live?
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You'll still get the recording of the teaching portion and the written summary.
If you know in advance you can't attend live, the Recording Only ticket option is built for that.
Will the workshop be recorded?
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Yes — the 60-minute teaching portion is recorded and sent to all registrants within 24 hours after the event. The 30-minute Q&A is not recorded, to protect the privacy of clinician questions and any case material that comes up.
What platform is the workshop on?
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The workshop will be hosted on Zoom. You'll receive the link via email after registering, with a reminder the day before and the morning of.