“What is Internal Family Systems?”

Transformative psychotherapy… and empowering paradigm. IFS is a transformative tool that conceives of every human being as a system of protective and wounded inner parts led by a core Self. We believe the mind is naturally multiple and that is a good thing. Just like members of a family, inner parts are forced from their valuable states into extreme roles within us. Self is in everyone. It can’t be damaged. It knows how to heal. 

IFS is frequently used as an evidence-based psychotherapy, helping people heal by accessing and healing their protective and wounded inner parts. IFS creates inner and outer connectedness by helping people first access their Self and, from that core, come to understand and heal their parts.  

But IFS is much more than a non-pathologizing evidence-based psychotherapy to be used in a clinical setting. It is also a way of understanding personal and intimate relationships and stepping into life with the 8 Cs: confidence, calm, compassion, courage, creativity, clarity, curiosity, and connectedness. Professionals from many different backgrounds such as, but not limited to, body workers, legal mediation, school administration, life coaches, and religious leaders may utilize IFS to inform and guide their work. Our growing list of educational programs aims to serve not only therapists but the wider public and other professions.” https://ifs-institute.com/

What internal family systems therapy can help with?

The IFS model can be applied to the dynamics of couples, family members, and between the sub-personalities of the individual in therapy to treat trauma and other conditions to develop sustainable self-leadership, including:

• Anxiety, panic attacks, and phobias           

• Chronic Illness, medical issues, and pain

• Grief and loss

• Trauma and stress-related issues

• Eating disorders, substance abuse and addiction 

• Depression and bipolar disorders