What is Internal Family System (IFS)?
Internal Family Systems (IFS) is a gentle and empowering therapy model that views each person as made up of distinct “parts,” each with its own needs, emotions, and protective roles. Rather than trying to eliminate these parts, IFS helps you understand them, build compassion for your inner world, and access your “Self”, the calm, wise, compassionate core of who you are. When these parts learn to work together instead of in conflict, IFS promotes deep healing, clarity, and emotional harmony
Improved Emotional Awareness
IFS helps you see and understand the different parts of yourself and how they shape your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors
Greater Self-Compassion
By befriending your parts instead of judging them, you naturally cultivate kindness toward yourself
Trauma Healing
Exiled parts hold past pain, fear, or shame. Safely accessed, they can release their burdens, allowing healing and inner balance
How It Works
01.
Identify Parts
You and your therapist map out the different "parts" of your psyche. Each part has a role or function, often formed in response to past experiences.
02.
Access the “Self”
The goal is to help your core "Self" emerge. The Self is calm, curious, compassionate, and capable of leading your internal system
03.
Understand and Befriend Parts
Protectors are parts that try to prevent emotional pain or vulnerability. By learning their motivations and fears, you can build trust with them, encouraging them to step back so deeper healing can occur
04.
Access Exiled Emotions
As protectors step back, you can safely access the exiled parts that carry pain
05.
Heal and Integrate
The Self works with the exiled parts to unburden them of their pain, leading to healing and a more balanced system
What Can Internal Family System (IFS) Support?
Depression
Anxiety
Trauma & PTSD
Grief & Loss
Childhood Trauma
Sexual Assault & Abuse Survivors
Addiction & Substance Abuse
Body Image Issues
Low Self-Esteem & Negative Self-Beliefs
Shame & Guilt
Attachment & Relationship Issues
Anger or Emotional Dysregulation
Explore your inner world with care and curiosity
Book a free consult and learn how Internal Family Systems (IFS) can support you