Internal Family Systems therapy encourages people to embrace all parts of themselves, even the difficult ones. Its goal is to help people achieve balance and harmony within themselves.
IFS states that people do not have “bad” parts. Instead, they experience difficulty embracing all aspects as simultaneously affecting one another. IFS seeks to name and understand these parts and ultimately balance the factors that work toward self-growth.
Life experiences can encourage the various parts of the self to become out of balance, forcing the system into a less-than-harmonious operating state. Your IFS counselor will help you recognize these parts of yourself, inquire as to why you think they might be off-balance, and then assist you in balancing them.
People with a wide range of mental health concerns can benefit from IFS, but it is particularly effective for those who have dealt with traumatic experiences.
If you are struggling with anxiety, trauma, dysphoria, or life in general, I want to help you feel better. I believe you can find the calm, healing, clarity, and joy you seek. I have experience working with children, youth, and adults. I work predominately with clients who experience anxiety and adjustment disorders, ADHD, trauma and PTSD, depression, self-harm, and gender dysphoria. I...
Counseling does not solve problems, but instead provides a safe place to explore options and to process information. Counseling is for people with mental illness and for anyone who feels alone, misunderstood, hopelessness, or confused. Everyone struggles at one time or another, counseling is one way to ask for help. One way I can be helpful is to provide a safe place to talk openly about your...
I love to work with people who seek support for their desired changes, or are on the search for a fulfilled and balanced life. Other possible topics I am glad to address with you are: dealing with depression or anxiety, coping with stress, life transitions, relationship issues and healing from traumatic experiences. I understand therapy as collaboration and my goal is to assist you in re-access...
Are you struggling with relationships, intimacy, anxiety, or depression? Are you feeling the effects of the pandemic? Now is is a difficult time for many people. You can use this time to reflect and grow. You're not alone even if you feel like you are. Maybe you realized you wanted to make a change and now is a good time to generate a shift in your life. Therapy will not only give you time to t...
Each one of us is capable of living a life of authenticity, connection, meaning, and joy. Yet so much can get in the way. Early on, we're taught to believe that something is wrong with us - we're the wrong size, the wrong gender/sexuality/race, have the wrong talents/goals. We're taught to strive for a limited vision of success. On top of these cultural pressures, many of us experience trauma s...
PRACTICE IS FULL - NOT ACCEPTING CLIENTS. My belief in individuals and families informs my work as a clinician. I believe that because we are all human, we face a variety of struggles throughout our lives. If these struggles seem too much for you to handle at present, perhaps I can come alongside and support you toward insight, growth, and healing. I think that each of us holds the potential to...
Thank you for visiting my profile and for considering me as your therapist! I will strive to provide you with a nonjudgmental, environment where I will support your journey and empower you to remove the obstacles blocking your path to achieving your goals and fulfilling your potential! I have extensive experience in the mental health field and have worked for psychiatric hospitals, non profit...
As a warm, heart-centered, holistic therapist, I am deeply interested in accompanying my clients in their journey to health, happiness, and wholeness. In facilitating a safe healing space for adults, we gently explore what emerges in the present moment, letting the session organically unfold. I am welcoming clients who want to step into an authentic, more peaceful, more empowered and expansive...
Our typical clients are those with issues of sexual dysfunction. This includes those with issues of sexual desire, arousal, orgasm, pain, satisfaction, or out-of-control sexual behavior/addiction. Most of my clients are from a conservative religious background, but this is not a must. We see clients that have a range of personal beliefs and values. We meet regularly with individuals and couples...
I help adults and couples with relationship and codependency issues, grief and loss, depression, anxiety and addictive patterns with self and others. I help you to create a relationship with yourself and others based on respect, caring and trust. This helps build the feeling of safety that lies at the core of any successful therapy. My goal is to support you in finding and strengthening your ow...
It takes a brave person to seek help, and my goal is to help clients find healing and peace through fostering resilience and providing the opportunity and skills for change. One of the great honors in my life is the opportunity to walk with clients through their journey of change. My clinical interests range from individuals, to couples, to families. When I'm not doing therapy you can find me...
I am an artist and therapist (she/her) who helps people create the lives they want to live using art and creative expression in therapeutic and educational ways. I help people develop meaningful relationships with their problems in order to transform difficulties into creative projects that move them towards preferred ways of living and being. I am passionate about co-creating a world of...
I have a passion for treating trauma. You might be surprised to learn that many symptoms are rooted in trauma such as depression and anxiety as well as relationship issues. I am committed to treating those in the helping professions - nurses, therapists, parents - caregivers of all kinds. Are you a helper that is fatigued? Are you interested in treating the cause of your symptoms and not just...
Are you struggling in life or a relationship? Perhaps you and your partner just can't stop arguing, or your new child has caused you to feel as though you have lost control of your relationship. Has your marriage been forever redefined by an affair and you're wondering what this means? Are you experiencing anxiety about a decision, unable to move through a transition, and feeling undefined in a...
Life can be stressful! It has a way of taking us to places that we would have never planned for ourselves. Trauma, loss, drug or alcohol use, early childhood experiences, recurrent behaviors, career stress and life-cycle changes can all have a deep impact on the emotional health and well-being of children and adults. Individuals, couples, and families can develop unhealthy patterns of relating ...
