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Perimenopause changes the body.
It also changes what parts are
doing inside it.
Originally presented live, this workshop explores 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.
We 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 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 is introduced during the workshop and does not require prior familiarity.
We 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.
Who This Is For
This workshop is grounded in IFS, though clinicians from all modalities are welcome and will find the material clinically relevant and applicable. No formal IFS training or Level 1 completion is required.
This training is especially relevant for:
IFS-informed and IFS-trained clinicians seeking a clearer framework for understanding perimenopausal clients
Therapists noticing increasing emotional volatility, cognitive shifts, changing protector dynamics, or fluctuating capacity in midlife clients
Clinicians navigating perimenopause themselves and wanting greater conceptual clarity around what may be happening internally
What’s Included
Workshop recording of the teaching
PDF of the presentation slides
Comprehensive written workshop summary
Written summary of the live Q&A, including additional resources shared during the discussion
The original workshop included a live Q&A that was intentionally not recorded to protect participant privacy. Instead, you'll receive a written summary of the key questions, clinical discussions, and resources that emerged.
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.
Watch On Demand
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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.
After purchasing through Eventbrite, you'll receive instructions for accessing the recording.
How do I access the workshop?
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Will this workshop be offered live again?
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Join the interest list to be notified when another live offering is scheduled.