Risa Adams, MD
IFSI Assistant Trainer
Risa is a physician providing IFS psychotherapy and perinatal mental health services. A Certified IFS Therapist and Approved Consultant with IFSI, she is passionate about bringing IFS to trauma and the systems that create it, including the medical system itself.
Risa is a mother, daughter, partner and basketball coach, as well as an avid reader. She lives with her family in Elora, Ontario on Treaty Land and is actively working to unlearn white privilege and cultivate cultural humility. Having experienced educational trauma herself, Risa is acutely aware and sensitive to shame in learning environments, and prioritizes relationship and consent in all of her IFS work.
Risa has taught introductory and comprehensive IFS courses for therapists and physicians including at St.Michael's Hospital Academic Family Health Team and the Central Lambton FHT. She is keen to bring IFS beyond the therapy room and into all levels of community and leadership.
As an Assistant Trainer with the IFS Institute Risa is part of bringing more and more Level 1 trainings to Canada.
Marina Hazan, RSW
IFSI Approved Consultant
Marina is a Certified IFS Therapist and Consultant with over 20 years experience working with individuals, couples and families, facilitating groups, and developing and leading workshops for professionals in Canada, Israel, Russia, and other countries. Marina specializes in treating attachment trauma, PTSD, challenging relationships, life transitions, and more.
Marina was introduced to the IFS in 2008 while completing the Couple and Family Therapy program of Tel-Aviv University. She learned the model directly from its creator, Dr. Richard Schwartz, having completed all three levels with him.
The IFS model has tremendously impacted Marina personally and professionally, and she is passionate to share her knowledge, understandings and discoveries with other people. Marina guides people with much clarity, confidence, compassion, and hope, and she believes that every successful journey starts with building a trustful and loving relationship within ourselves. Therapeutic and consultative relationships, that provide safety, containing, holding and lack of judgement, can become a great starting point for such a healing journey.
Having experienced several immigrations herself Marina understands and cherishes multi-culturalism and diversity, and knows firsthand the challenges and gifts of being different in a mainstream culture.
Marina fluently speaks English, Hebrew and Russian.
Marina is currently enrolled in the Lead Trainer Program with the IFS Institute and has been Lead PA for several international Level 1 trainings.