IFS therapist online: Internal Family Systems therapy

This is for adults who want to understand why they do the things they do, or who already know but can't seem to stop doing them. Maybe that's complex trauma that has you feeling stuck, even after years of therapy, or religious trauma that has damaged how you understand yourself. Parts work can meet you there.

Internal Family Systems is a model developed by Richard Schwartz. The IFS Institute describes it as a model "that views every human being as a system of protective and wounded inner parts guided by a core Self." In plainer words: the parts of you that protect you, and the parts that are hurting, all make sense, and we get curious about them instead of fighting them.

I am EMDR certified, IFS trained, and Brainspotting trained, too.

All of my sessions happen by telehealth, and parts work does, too. We slow down, notice what comes up, and get to know the parts of you that show up, whether that's a protective part, a critical one, or one that's carrying something heavy.

I bring parts work right into EMDR therapy. It's how I teach EMDR to other clinicians, too: "I offer EMDR consultation that integrates parts work generally, and IFS specifically, into the 3-prong, 8-phase EMDR model." For you as a client, that just means that if a part of you isn't ready to go near a memory yet, we listen to it instead of pushing past it. And if Deep Brain Reorienting fits better, we can go there, too.

If any of this resonates with you, I'd love to connect! Get in touch and tell me a little about what's on your mind. Fees and superbills are on Services and Fees. I can't wait to hear from you!