Internal Family Systems(IFS) therapy
In Oakland and online across California
A holistic therapy space for all your parts.
Do you ever find yourself saying…
“I feel conflicted. One part of me wants to change… but another part of me gets in the way…”
“I don’t get why I feel and react to stressful situations the way I do”
“I have a strong critical voice. I try to ignore it but it gets louder”
We have many parts within us.
Making space for your parts helps to you to understand their purpose, needs, worries, and fears. Together we can slow down, listen and find out how they came to be, why they feel anxiety, overwhelm or self-doubt.
“Parts work” invites you to recognize the multitude of parts within you. Some parts are trying to protect you from feeling painful or overwhelming emotions. Others are hurting and need tending and support.
Imagine offering curiosity and compassion to your parts, even the ones that feel overwhelming and stressful.
Internal Family Systems(IFS) therapy can support you to connect with your parts, practice self-compassion, offer them the healing you’ve been yearning.
Some parts you can tend to with IFS therapy Are:
anxious parts
parts that overthink
parts that overwork
burnout parts
judgemental parts
overwhelmed parts
scared parts
perfectionist parts
Do you have other parts you are curious about?
We can make space for them together!
In IFS Therapy we will…
Explore
How parts show up
Parts have a way of letting us know their presence. Body sensations, anxiety, thoughts, emotions, images are only some of the ways they call our attention.
With curiosity we begin to befriend them.
Identify
What they take care of
By slowing down to listen to them, we learn about their wants and fears. We learn how they protect us.
Even the parts we struggle with, like anxiety, overwhelm, self-doubt, shame are in some way trying to take care of us.
Practice
Compassion and care
Practicing self compassion is not easy yet IFS can help us tap into the its medicinal power. Most parts are longing for it.
When we meet our parts with curious intention we can offer them care and relief. Consequently, we feel care and relief too.
Tending to our parts allow us to:
Nourish self-compassion and cultivate courage.
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There’s no need to choose between Somatics and IFS. In my holistic approach to therapy, I integrate these practices and various ways of understanding experience. Through on our work together, we’ll determine what works for you based on your intentions for you healing process.