IFS Therapy & Therapeutic Coaching Services
Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy
Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy, is an evidence based therapy that is centered around the idea that each individual is made up of several parts or personalities. Parts of ourselves may have been compromised from childhood traumas and oppressive systems in our modern day society. IFS therapy has the potential to help you build a deeper connection with these parts, allowing you to understand their roles, be witness to their pain, and eventually bring more harmony into your life.
At the heart of IFS is Self; a steady, compassionate awareness within you. Some people refer to this place as the essential self. From the framework of IFS being Self-led means relating to your inner world from this grounded presence rather than from looping thoughts or protective reactions. From here you meet each part with curiosity, they can relax, and you gain more choice in how you respond. Life feels more anchored, choices clearer, and emotions manageable. IFS is especially helpful for trauma: it offers a gentle, empowering, non-retraumatizing way to reconnect with wounded parts, honor their stories, and release old burdens so healing and wholeness can emerge. IFS allows you to bring more awareness to your internal world, your body, heart and spirit (your system); which supports you to lead a self-led life.
Complementing IFS therapy with somatic practices and body awareness can be especially transformative. Trauma and emotional pain often live in the body, not just in the mind. By tuning into physical sensations, breath, and movement, we can access deeper layers of healing that words alone may not reach. Integrating somatic work allows for a more embodied, lasting transformation, helping you to not just understand your experiences but feel and integrate healing on a profound level.
If you’re ready to live with more clarity, confidence, and self-trust, I would be honored to support you on your journey!
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Therapeutic IFS Coaching
IFS (Internal Family Systems) therapeutic coaching is a supportive, growth-oriented process that blends the depth of IFS therapy with the forward-moving focus of coaching. This approach recognizes that we each carry many inner parts, aspects of ourselves that hold different emotions, beliefs, and roles. In coaching, we create a compassionate space to get to know these parts, ease their burdens, and connect with your deeper Self. This calm, clear, and wise center within you.
Unlike therapy, which often focuses on healing past wounds, IFS therapeutic coaching emphasizes applying this inner work toward present goals and future intentions. I will support you to carefully craft and intention for our time together, explore what’s keeping you stuck, strengthen your inner resources, and support you in making choices that align with your values and vision for life. The process is both reflective and practical, helping you cultivate resilience, clarity, and confidence as you move forward.
With IFS and somatic awareness as the foundation; our time together looks like:
Realize it - let your imagination and intuition guide you
First, I will support you in carefully crafting an intention for this season of your life. Your intention will be the anchor of your work. I will offer specific practices inside and outside of session to help you realize an intention, a want, or a goal that feels aligned to be named and claimed.
Alchemize it - turn insight into embodied change
This is where the deep work begins. With your intention clear and dialed in, we explore what keeps you from embodying and expressing it. Here you map your parts and see more clearly the internal battle through practices I offer, so you have a clear picture of what needs your attention. You meet the parts that feel hesitant and listen to what they need so Self can lead.
Live it - where your intention becomes daily life
As you emerge from deep self work, you will embody greater clarity in your system, with more awareness of your parts, your intuition, and your needs. I will support you in updating your parts and exploring what the embodied expression of your intention feels like, so it can be integrated and alive in daily life.
IFS Therapy vs. IFS Coaching
(Key differences to help you choose what’s right for you)
IFS Therapy
Focuses on healing past wounds, trauma, and mental health concerns.
Can address diagnosable conditions like depression, anxiety, PTSD, addiction, etc.
Sessions may go deeper into the therapeutic process of unburdening parts.
Involves unburdening processes to release trauma and transform parts.
Explores parts in-depth, even beyond immediate goals.
Often addresses clinical issues like depression, anxiety, trauma, or PTSD.
Sessions will have depth for extended parts work.
Usually more open ended with agreed upon number of sessions.
IFS Therapeutic Coaching
Focuses on personal growth, self-discovery, and life goals.
Supports in building clarity, resilience, and alignment with values.
Sessions are often more future-oriented and action-focused.
Not meant to treat or diagnose mental health illness.
Sessions will have depth and still aim to stay focused on supporting parts which directly connect to the person's goals.
More conversational and co-creative.
Focuses on identifying what’s impeding flow toward goals and strengthening Self-leadership.
Uses tools like re-framing, mindset shifts, and powerful questions to open new perspectives.
Aims to generate movement, clarity, and practical next steps.