What Is IFS Therapy?
Internal Family Systems (IFS therapy) is a compassionate, evidence-based counseling approach that helps individuals understand and heal their inner emotional world. IFS is a form of parts-work therapy that recognizes each person has different “parts” — such as a protector part, anxious part, or inner critic — that are trying to help us, even when their strategies no longer serve us.
At the core of every person is the Self — a calm, confident, centered place within you that can lead your system with clarity and compassion. IFS therapy helps you reconnect with this Self so you can heal from within.
How IFS Therapy Works
In therapy sessions, we will:
Explore your internal parts with curiosity and compassion
Understand stress, triggers, and protective patterns
Heal wounded younger parts often connected to trauma
Build internal safety and self-leadership
Rather than trying to get rid of parts, IFS helps them relax and transform — supporting your natural capacity for emotional resilience, nervous system regulation, and self-compassion.
Issues IFS Can Support
IFS therapy is clinically effective and supportive for:
Trauma and PTSD
Anxiety and depression
Emotional overwhelm and burnout
Relationship struggles & attachment wounds
Feeling stuck or disconnected from yourself
Low self-esteem and negative self-talk
What to Expect
IFS sessions offer a gentle, non-judgmental, collaborative experience. You remain fully in control as we move at a pace that feels safe for you. Sessions may include guided mindfulness, visualization, or inner-dialogue exploration — but always grounded in consent and comfort.
IFS therapy doesn’t focus on fixing you — it helps you rediscover the resilience, clarity, and wisdom already within you.