Internal Family Systems

Become better connected with your Self, and get to know different ways you show up in your emotions, thoughts, bodily sensations, and urges. All your parts have valuable information, and you are the one who gets to choose your course.

Sometimes we repeat patterns or behaviors that we don't like, that don't seem to make sense. Whether it's emotional eating, perfectionism or overwork, the struggle feels intractable. We may feel conflicted, like part of us wants to do one thing or be a certain way, while another part of us wants to go the opposite direction. IFS offers a framework for understanding these inner conflicts, and support a return to harmony within that honors the wisdom of your True Self.

I am a certified Level 1 IFS therapist, but I have actually done extensive CE as well, and view IFS as a way of being in the world with greater peace, deeper healing.

When families recognize their inner values and desires, then they can start to make decisions about how they would like to exist in the world.

One of the ways I help clients learn more about themselves is to explore the different parts of themselves. Have you ever noticed that you feel internally conflicted? Do some parts of yourself feel misunderstood or shoved down? I use IFS, or Parts Work, to help you get to know the different parts of yourself that come with their own emotions and perspectives. All of those parts make up the whole you and my goal is to bring those parts to your awareness and help you grow in self-compassion.

Most of us are ambivalent about most things to some degree. That is because we have parts with different, and sometimes conflicting needs and wants. Internal Family Systems is an approach that takes all impulses, feelings and desires seriously and is an approach that fosters integration and mastery so that no part is taking the lead without the consent of all other parts. This integration leads to a sense of empowerment and well-being.

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 have completed training in Internal Family Systems (IFS), a powerful approach that helps clients explore different parts of themselves, heal attachment wounds, and foster self-compassion. IFS allows individuals to understand and unburden emotions that may be keeping them stuck.

Internal Family Systems (IFS): is an effective tool to help center and ground you in your true self, relieving challenging parts that carry pain and act in unhealthy ways.

Internal Family Systems (IFS): is an effective tool to help center and ground you in your true self, relieving challenging parts that carry pain and act in unhealthy ways.

IFS is a somatic and mindfulness-based way of working through internal conflicts, emotional distress, compulsive / addictive tendencies, dissociative experiences, trauma-related challenges, relationship challenges, and much more. IFS helps people make what is less visible more visible – in therapy and in their everyday lives outside of therapy. It promotes more sense of choice, clarity, alignment, and mental flexibility. And it provides actionable steps and maps towards lasting healing.

Internal Family Systems therapy has quickly become one of my favorite approaches for supporting people in building compassion for the multiplicity of the self. To gain greater understanding of this modality I have completed CEU's, listed to hours of podcasts, and read multiple books on utilizing this approach. I integrate IFS and parts work into many of my sessions.

I often work from an Internal Family Systems perspective. This really just means that I welcome all the contradictory parts of a person that may show up in navigating life's struggles. We work together to understand both the parts you know well and the parts that you might often try to avoid. Better understanding all the parts of yourself, and having compassion for them can be a powerful first step in healing, finding peace and a path forward.

I primarily work from an Internal Family Systems orientation. I am level 1 trained in IFS through the IFS Institute. IFS is an evidence-based practice that can be used for pretty much any type of issue, but it is especially useful for working through trauma. Using IFS, I can guide the process but my clients really lead us in whichever direction they need. IFS explains people in terms of "parts" rather than being single-minded, which tracks for people with religious trauma and eating disorders.

Honoring the different aspects of our own self, especially when some our in conflict is the basis of new positive changes. Utilizing the different parts of ourself with tenderness and respect, causes healing. Exploring different aspects of ourselves, opens new doors to peace and ease where once there was tension and discomfort. PTSD, self-defeating habits. depression and anxiety can be cleared up. New life experiences can be generated.

Using IFS therapy, I aim to help my clients to get to know and negotiate with the different parts that constitute their whole self, and achieve an understanding of the ways in which they can best interact.

Internal Family Systems Therapy is a foundational aspect of work. IFS is a therapeutic approach that views the mind as a family system of interrelated parts, each with unique perspectives and roles. IFS helps clients identify and understand these different parts, which supports a feeling of integration and coherence in our lived experiences. By addressing the underlying conflicts and traumas that may be affecting these parts, IFS aims to promote healing, self-compassion, and personal growth.

We are all complicated, multi-faceted people! We naturally lean into different parts of ourselves as needed. Who you are as a coworker is different from who you are as a partner. This is an awesome, adaptive thing, but it gets us into trouble when more reactive parts are built to grab the steering wheel in stressful situations to keep us safe! I help folks to understand and build relationships with these reactive parts of us, so our adult selves can stay in the drivers' seat in tough times.

I'm one of about 10 trained IFS therapists in the city of Dallas. Similar to the film Inside Out, at times we all have these emotions warring for the spotlight within us. Insecurity, empathy, sadness, joy, perfectionism and more. Connect deeply with all these parts, understanding your core needs, and developing self compassion builds a grounded and unique sense of self to carry you through the various changes of life.