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.
My goal and passion, as your therapist, is to help you achieve whole body wellness – emotional, physical, and spiritual. We’ll work together to seek the root cause(s) that are preventing you from experiencing wholeness and the resulting symptoms. Grief can manifest as fatigue; an underactive thyroid can create feelings of anxiety; & unresolved trauma can leave you feeling lonely. As we explore...
I enjoy working with adults, children and couples. I have been practicing for the past thirteen years and help clients with a variety of issues they might need support for; anxiety and depression, marital conflict, parent-child challenges, etc. My approach is relational and eclectic. I draw from many approaches such as Internal Family Systems, Developmental Theories and Cognitive Behavioral...
Life can be difficult at times and things can feel overwhelming but by looking for support you have already taken the first step in your healing. It can also be intimidating to find a therapist who feels like the right fit to help you through your experiences. I believe that a strong therapist-client relationship is of utmost importance and my ideal client would be someone who is looking to tak...
Now offering Web Therapy. Congratulations! You are taking an important step for YOU. You recognize that is is just as important to take care of your emotional health as it is to care for your physical health. My practice is a judgement free zone, an opportunity to set aside time to put yourself first. Conquer your fears, anxiety, depression. Clients describe me as compassionate, insightful and...
Do you feel a lack of meaning in your life? Do you feel fragmented, lonely, or disconnected? Are you overwhelmed with depression, anxiety, grief, or past experiences? We get stuck sometimes. These things can make us feel isolated and hopeless. Therapy is a process in which we can begin to feel relief from that despair and move towards wholeness and connection. Evidence shows that therapy can he...
Has your world been turned upside down after learning of your partner's secret romantic or sexual experiences? Do you feel furious, devastated, numb and confused all at the same time? One moment you feel love and the next extreme anger, one moment you're screaming and the next you're crying, one moment you're determined to leave and the next wondering if you can forgive? Or perhaps you've been...
Welcome! Congratulations to taking the first step towards a more healthy you! Hablo español. Seeking help for mental health is a huge step, and I hope to be able to be alongside you and/or your loved ones on the journey to self-love and fulfillment in every aspect of life. Are you finding it hard to quiet those pesky thoughts scrambling around your head? Do simple daily tasks suddenly seem...
Allie VanSickle, LLMSW takes an open-minded, sincere, validating, and direct approach to treatment. Allie believes the individual is the expert on their own lives and takes a holistic approach to supporting the individual's growth. Allie works collaboratively with clients and allows the individual's comfort/readiness to guide the therapeutic process. Allie specializes in assisting those struggl...
Therapy is about change. Many clients come because they are ready to explore how to make necessary or desired changes in their lives. Others reach out because they are experiencing change and need help navigating it. Ideally, clients come to the process open to seeing, thinking and doing things differently. People come to therapy usually because they have done everything they know how to do and...
Cultivating joy, self-worth and safety is an inherent right for all people. Navigating our life’s journey can present us with challenges. By strengthening our own agency, internal and external resources it can allow us to create a life that is thriving. My work with you is rooted in neuroscience and play. I work from a feminist, trauma informed approach. Incorporating experiential modalities to...
Experience a New Now by resolving your past. Most people don’t realize physical and mental health are intricately interwoven. Memory is encoded with the emotional and neurological information you experience at the time of the incident. These emotions and sensations are then released into the body when the memory is triggered. The survival functions of fight, flight or freeze shut down the immun...
Hello and Welcome. Would you like help finding your way to a more peaceful, balanced, and joyful experience in life? I am available to help you. Often the past interferes with the present day by triggering anxiety, fear, panic, sadness, depression, anger, or a sense of numbness. Our sense of well-being falls apart when we experience these feelings on a daily basis. You may feel stuck, overwhelm...
My mission is to help you to explore your life experience, to come to better know your true self, and to become empowered to enjoy your best possible quality of life. Realizing and building upon inner strengths - and courageously working through difficulties within the safety of a therapeutic relationship - are important to this process. I work in a primarily psychodynamic, integrative way base...
Have you done everything in your power to give your child the best opportunities within life? Are you confused as to why your child is struggling emotionally? Have you tried every parenting skill, self-help measure, and read every wellness book to help your child heal and nothing changes? Children deal with emotional issues that parents often cannot understand. I am able effectively address...
My ideal client wants to be free to enjoy life, remove barriers, and work toward meeting some self-identified goals by building on current strengths. Whether struggling with worrisome anxiety, feelings too depressed to enjoy, or behaving in ways that the client wants to change, I tend to take a person-centered, supportive approach to helping. Clients benefit from solution-focused approaches whi...
