Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Through deeply knowing and accepting our true Self, trauma can heal, confidence can grow, and individuals can move through places of stuckness toward the freedom to live connected and fulfilled lives.
What is IFS?
Internal Family Systems (IFS) is a holistic and transformative psychotherapy that empowers individuals to heal themselves through learning the needs of their internal systems. This evidence based practice encourages nonjudgement and compassion of the Self and all its parts. By learning our internal system and offering compassionate space for triggered parts of ourselves to relax, we can gain access the true or wise Self that exists within all of us; a place of resilience, strength, nurturance, and love.
As a nonpathologizing therapy, IFS gently guides us toward connection and allows us the freedom to be curious and compassionate towards the deepest layers of our personalities. Through this work individuals learn to fulfill their own unmet needs and begin to love and accept themselves in ways that heal the deepest of wounds. Through this modality individuals get a chance to nurture parts of themselves that have been neglected, hurt, and abandoned and rewrite their internal narratives through corrective healing experiences.
Can IFS help Me?
IFS helps with a wide range of symptoms and can be specifically helpful for those struggling with:
- Low self esteem / self criticism
- Trauma / childhood trauma / PTSD
- Sexual assault
- Anxiety / rumination / panic
- Depression
- Perfectionism
- Anger
- Addiction
- Difficult relationships
- Lack of clarity or purpose
- Hopelessness and overwhelming emotions
Healing through Safety and Acceptance
IFS guides individuals toward finding safety and comfort within themselves and offers support to soothe the nervous system and regulate overwhelming emotions. Through IFS therapy individuals often find they can uncover a well of internal resources which can release negative beliefs and shame, heal trauma, and guide them toward self love and acceptance.
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“You will find that just as is true of well-fed children in the outside world, your inner characters will transform – they’ll become lighter and happier, when you feed them rather than starve them. ”