Internal Family Systems

IFS gives us the space to externalize important parts of your system that protect you, judge you, love you, or anything in between! It's extremely valuable in helping us identify the patterns that keep you stuck and clarify where you learned them. It can even be a fun experience to hear from new and interesting parts of yourself that you haven't spent time getting to know. Let's be curious about the parts that make you who you are!

With its transformative framework, IFS helps individuals explore their inner world, understand different parts of themselves, and cultivate self-compassion. By developing a compassionate relationship with these parts, healing and integration occur, leading to lasting change and personal growth. IFS empowers individuals to navigate challenges, heal wounds, and discover their innate resilience, resulting in greater well-being, and a more authentic, fulfilling life.

I use the book Self Therapy as a companion guide for working with clients in IFS sessions.

Our minds are actually made up of sub-personalities. We may have our "work part" or "romantic part" and our work will be to get to know these different parts and understand what they do for our internal system. IFS believes we have an inherent self that can lead these parts in healthy ways by showing them compassion and a sense of self-leadership. This therapy will help the parts begin to trust the self. *IFS Informed

I am trained in the Internal Family Systems (IFS) protocols. I have completed training and receive continuing education and consultation as an IFS informed therapist through ifsca.ca. As we learn to approach our different parts from a place of openhearted compassion, we can experience insight and deeper healing. The outcome of IFS therapy techniques include the unburdening and transformation of our parts bringing a sense of inner freedom and peace.

People naturally understand that they have different parts of their personality. Internal Family Systems builds on this way of understanding ourselves. When I integrate this model into my work, my clients are able to bring more compassion, courage, calm and creativity to themselves and others. This helps bring more satisfaction into their lives and relationships.

I frequently use the non-pathologizing "all parts are welcome" techniques in my sessions. While not yet officially trained in IFS, i have self studied the concepts extensively and love the non judgmental approach this method offers.

I utilize an approach which in informed by the wisdom of Internal Family Systems (IFS). I use this model to support clients in identifying the various parts of themselves which inform their behaviors and attitudes. Once identified, I provide a forum for these parts to be understood compassionately. This process allows for the resolution of inner conflict, and increased self-compassion and inner unity.

Internal Family Systems is a really fantastic therapy to use for those who have experienced trauma in their lives. What it helps us do is discover the different parts/roles we all have within us in order to see what is in conflict with our life and what doesn't align with our values.

There are so many facets to who you are, and layers to your experience - and they all deserve loving kindness. By getting to know and understand the parts which make up your whole self, we work to release old hurts and create new patterns. Whether as an individual or in relationships, it's important to learn "where am I speaking from?" and unburden those parts of you that are stuck in painful places so that you can move forward into becoming your most authentic self.

For many people, Parts Therapy (or IFS) is a game-changer. It involves listening to different parts of self (inner protectors, inner child, etc.) to awaken what's already there and build more cohesiveness instead of allowing a never-ending inner battle. People usually enter therapy with frustration towards a part (e.g., avoidance or defensiveness), but are able to eventually understand the role it's been playing and to support that role in a way that allows it to calm down.

I have education and experience that allows me to use IFS with clients. Internal Family Systems (IFS) is an approach that identifies and addresses multiple sub-personalities or families within each person’s mental system. These sub-personalities consist of wounded parts and painful emotions such as anger and shame, and parts that try to control and protect the person from the pain of the wounded parts.

I continue to add to my knowledge of IFS through readings and trainings. I have utilized IFS meditations with clients and recognize its power to cultivate self-compassion and improve one's knowledge of themselves.

Certified IFS Therapist

My graduate training and education heavily focused on Internal Family Systems and Ego-State Therapy. Imagine if the bad-ass part of yourself that shows up at work could also be the part that shows up when you have lunch with your mother. That would be pretty powerful, and it's also fully possible. Conceptualizing who we are into parts of a diverse and hard-working team is such a powerful tool that can provide immediate results.

Most of my work with individuals and couples is centered around IFS in both my private practice and through my work with marital conflict at The Relationship Institute.