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.
I specialize in helping people heal from traumatic and stressful experiences, to include: family conflicts, abuse survivors, parental alienation and parents financially caring for adult children. You may not know what to expect from therapy, but you know you need to make some changes so you can move forward in life. Stress, anxiety, and depression are highly prevalent in our lives, and sometime...
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Sometimes life can be difficult to handle alone. There are times a person needs outside help. My clients are a diverse group of people from various genders, sexual orientations, races, and backgrounds who are experiencing a variety of problems. I commonly assist people with relationship issues, depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress, transitions-life changes, substance abuse, mental...
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I have over 25 years of experience working with children, adolescents and their families, as well as individual adults, in independent practice, school and hospital settings. While I work with patients presenting with a wide range of issues and concerns I specialize in working with neurologically or developmentally 'atypical' children and adolescents - ADHD, learning disabilities, autism spectr...
( English | español ) Whether you are struggling with anxiety or depression, have a specific area that you’d like to work on, or are just curious about yourself, there are ways to increase the level of happiness and meaning in your life. Therapy is a tool to approach life’s challenges with inner strength and balance. If this sounds like something that you are interested in, you’ve come to the...
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