Internal Family Systems
Core self · parts · inner harmony
Why our parts matter in healing
Do parts of you feel in conflict, out of sync or blocked from what you want?
When we feel unsafe or stressed we have parts that step in and create strategies for us to continue on with life, often with us even knowing, and we call it our personality.
A part that overworks.
A part that isolates or shuts down.
A part that feels anxious, angry, ashamed, or exhuasted.A part that manages, a part that protects, and a part that’s exiled.
Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy helps you connect with Self energy to understand and connect to these parts with compassion rather than criticism.
As an IFS therapist, I help clients develop a trusting relationship with their inner world so they can move from reactivity to clarity, confidence, and calm.
IFS is especially helpful for:
Trauma and childhood wounds
Perfectionism and over-functioning
Relationship patterns
Shame and self-criticism
People who feel “too sensitive” for the world
This approach pairs beautifully with somatic therapy, allowing both the mind and body to heal together.
At the heart of Internal Family Systems therapy is the belief that there is a calm, compassionate core ‘Self’ within each of us that cannot be damaged.
We also have many ‘parts’ that help us through life and protect us. Sometimes these parts can become extreme because of our experiences in the world and it can then be harder to access the calm core Self. These parts can also make us behave in ways that cause conflict, distress or unhappiness in ourselves or those around us.
In our work together, we detach you from you parts and reconnect both you and your parts to Core Self. This allows the parts to let go of their extreme or destructive roles and enter into a harmonious collaboration led by the Self.
IFS therapy explicitly recognizes the spiritual nature of the Self, allowing the model to be helpful in spiritual development as well as psychological healing.