Internal Family Systems

IFS For Sensitive, Creative, And neurodivergent Adults

  • Shifts in values can lead to a huge crisis of identity. Whether you’re 25 or 65, our identity and how we see ourselves greatly impacts how we navigate the world. Certain personal or collective events can cause us to reevaluate our daily life. Letting go of previously held versions of ourselves can trigger self-doubt about who we truly are. You deserve the time needed to explore this essence of who you are, who you are no longer, and who you’re becoming.

  • It’s normal at some point along your path to question the work you’re engaged in. As the world shifts, your values may shift as well. This can bring up buried fears and concerns about what’s next, or all the “what-ifs”. Guilt and shame might also arise, especially if another part of you is saying, “you should just be grateful”. It’s often difficult to make any movement or big decision when parts are polarized. I can help.

  • Many of us hold a type of grief that can be difficult to understand and explain. This is a grief related to the loss of what should have been, what once was but is no longer, a grief for a way of living in this world the way humans were meant to live. There can be a deep grief that originates from a feeling that you do not belong. That the ways in which you navigate this world do not seem to be a part of the dominant culture and the norms of the modern world. This type of grief can result in an overwhelming sadness, and a persistent feeling of detachment.

Internal Family Systems (IFS)

a non-pathologizing approach to mental health and our inner world of parts and Self

We are of multiple minds

We often underestimate the wounds we carry from our younger selves, dismissing the hurt because ‘it wasn’t that bad’.

Being deeply misattuned and misunderstood can all take a toll on the psyche and human spirit, especially for women and non-binary folks who are highly-sensitive, deeply creative, and/orneurodivergent.

IFS is one of the most trauma-informed and compassionate approaches I have experienced for supporting the parts of yourself that hold the pain of feeling like they’re too much.

  • Internal Family Systems (IFS), is a non-pathologizing approach to healing the most sensitive and vulnerable parts of yourself.

    These are the parts that are typically stuck in the past, and often in extreme roles of behavior. Some of these behaviors get overlooked because they appear to be helping us in our life and work, these are the overworking parts, people-pleasing, perfectionist parts.

    And then there are the parts most of us don’t like, maybe even hate, they are often the least “socially acceptable”, the ones you might feel shame about when they emerge (the judgemental part, the one that feels rage, the harsh inner critic).

    Yet, all of these protective parts hold the keys to your healing. And we can help them out so they don’t have to work so hard.

    Once they trust that you’re here to listen, they often settle and soften, allowing for your most true self to show up.

    IFS is an attachment-focused and evidence-based modality for healing emotional distress, and relational/collective trauma.

    I look forward to sharing this potent approach to healing with you and all of your parts.