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.
Scott Grupp, LMHC, founded Catalyst Center for Change LLC with his wife, Erin Grupp, LCSW, to provide powerfully effective customized therapy for individuals, couples and families. Scott is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC), Master Level Certified Addiction Professional (MCAP), Certified Sex Addiction Therapist (CSAT), Certified Sex Therapist (CST), Certified Emotionally Focused Couple...
Relational work is my primary focus. Individuals, families, and couples who desire to repair conflicts, reduce abusive (sexual, spiritual, emotional, and physical) or negative patterns, or heal trauma is my niche. My work experience includes couples, family (including adoptive), and individual therapy. My focus is relational/attachment. Clients reflect on interpersonal experiences and...
Change is inevitable, and with it emerges multiple experiences that shape your course as you transition through life. But know this, you have a choice in who is writing your story and what it says to you and those around you. I am Latisha Wilson and I find that it takes a bold and courageous person to ask for help. Let me take this time to welcome and congratulate you on taking the first step...
Between my life experience and my years of clinical work, I bring a broad depth of knowledge to my work as a therapist. This helps me to better understand and help my clients with the dilemmas they bring. I combine a non-shaming atmosphere with careful listening, and then bring forth tools and knowledge for them to use in their life outside the therapy room....
Everyone encounters problems... Healthy people seek solutions. Our rigorous training and over 40 years experience equip us to address a wide range of challenges. Christian Family Institute (CFI) has been providing professional counseling and therapy services to individuals and families in the Tulsa, Oklahoma area since 1977. The institute staff members are trained professional counselors with...
I believe change is possible! I help people just like you improve their relationships and build healthy interpersonal and family interactions by highlighting your strengths and resources, and helping you develop new coping strategies. I help families in crisis due to school issues, relationship issues and economic issues. I work with grief and specializes in issues related to pregnancy loss,...
I am compassionate, understanding, and supportive. I care deeply about others and the struggles life brings. I believe every person has the ability to make positive changes in their life. I provide effective counseling to families, couples, and individuals that will encourage life changes in many ways....
***I am NOT currently accepting new clients.*** As a Mental Health Therapist, Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Oregon and Washington and a Certified Personal Trainer through the National Academy of Sports Medicine I believe that we all inherently have the capacity for deep healing within ourselves. I have experience working with a wide range of issues including anxiety, depression, eating...
I have long had a passion to help people and am so grateful for the chance to do so as a therapist. I enjoy working with individuals of all ages on an individual basis or in a family setting. I specialize in working with individuals struggling with anxiety, depression, trauma, and addiction. As a marriage and family therapist I see the value in including family when desired to increase success....
NOT ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS AT THIS TIME DUE TO EXTENSIVE WAITING LIST. Let's be honest, therapy isn't the first choice for most people. If, however, you are in a place where this might seem like a good option, I'd appreciate the opportunity to work with you. Whether it is personal issues or you're having difficulties with your spouse, significant other, parent, or child(ren). Or, maybe you just...
Perhaps like you, when I’ve felt trapped in my darkest moments, I never would have believed that pain could lead to my greatest inspirations. But through my own processes in therapy, I have discovered that this is the truest irony. So often the way out is through and the key to our freedom is within what binds us. Shining a safe and supportive light on our deepest struggles can actually provide...
I work with individuals, couples and families from a strengths-based, relational, collaborative, and multicultural approach. My specialties cover a variety of clinical issues that include trauma and loss, relational and family distress, anxiety, depression, and personal wellness. I specialize in working with trauma and abuse survivors, LGBTQ clients, couples, and adolescents and their families....
I work with couples and individuals on a variety of levels from crisis management to simply 'fine tuning'. Much of my work has been in the areas of physical and emotional affair recovery; sex addiction; divorce recovery; and trauma and shame recovery. Recently I have been working with a number of clients on spiritual identity crisis and recovery. It is important that clients enjoy a comfortable...
I believe that my clients have everything they need to achieve the life they want. Sometimes they just need a little light to shine in the darker places. I enjoy working with clients who are struggling with transition. Many of my clients have adopted life patterns that no longer suit them. I am inspired by the work I have seen my clients do. Supporting them to shift out of old stories that no...
There's a beautiful passage by Jacquelyn Small that sums up the way I view and practice therapy: "When therapeutic relating occurs, both parties have dissolved the boundary between the one needing help and the other offering it; they are simply two beings bouncing off each other in truth; We all just need clear people to bounce off of so we can see our own light." I strongly believe that we're ...
