Internal Family Systems

IFS THERAPY

Internal Family Systems (IFS) is a therapy modality for healing complex, and often challenging feelings and inner experiences that we all hold.

IFS is a non-pathologizing approach that believes the mind is naturally multiple (part of me wants the job and part of me doesn't!), offering a gentle, supportive framework for accessing an inner healer we all possess. IFS calls it Self. You might think of it as what meditative and spiritual practices having been aiming towards for centuries.

IFS believes that this Self energy within each of us innately knows how to transform and heal the difficult feelings, distorted beliefs and other burdens various parts of us carry. This is what mental health has been missing. We are able to foster greater calm, clarity and connection, allowing a sense of spaciousness within to unfold as we develop a sense of safety inside...with care...and compassion.

"I wish I could show you when you’re lonely or in darkness, the

astonishing light of your own being."

~Hafiz

"If you consider your thoughts, emotions, urges, and impulses to be coming from an inner landscape, that's best understood as a kind of internal family, populated by sub-personalities, many of whom are child-like, and are suffering, then it makes more sense to take that next step of comforting and holding these inner selves, rather than just observing and objectifying them."

~Richard Schwartz

the wisdom of your system

IFS fosters healing by helping us to:

· Experience greater self-acceptance and self-compassion

· Better understand ways we've had to cope

· Feel seen and heard

· Access our curious, confident inner leader - the Self

· Create a safe and compassionate space for healing

· Find your center, Self, and restore your natural sense of calm

When we develop the capacity to get to know the parts of ourselves that are protecting and managing our inner world of emotions and conflicts, we create the opportunity to help the parts of ourselves that are in pain, freeing them of their burdens. They become able to take on roles they desire rather than difficult roles they got stuck doing out of necessity. We allow space to gently and respectfully hold curiosity and allow your system's inherent inner wisdom to unfold.

The IFS modality was developed by Richard C. Schwartz, Ph.D. in the 1980's and has been working tirelessly for decades to bring this powerful model to the world. The IFS Institute offers a number of workshops, resources and training available globally.

"Until you make the subconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate"

~Carl Jung

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