CAN IFS HELP YOU?
Take the IFS Self-Assessment created by IFS founder, Dr. Richard Schwartz.
Simply check all of the boxes that are generally true for you, answering as honestly as you can:
☐ I am easily triggered by things people say
☐ I sometimes don’t know why I make certain choices
☐ I often feel overwhelmed by my emotions
☐ I struggle to have compassion for people I disagree with
☐ I often work to the point of burnout
☐ I don’t remember the last time I cried
☐ I feel a lot of rage inside
☐ I have trouble accessing my emotions
☐ Sometimes I embarrass myself in public
☐ I have difficulty communicating my emotions to loved ones
☐ I have unresolved conflict in some of my relationships
☐ I often regret things I’ve said to others or actions I’ve taken
☐ Sometimes I spiral into depression
☐ It’s hard for me to speak up
☐ I wish I could silence my inner critic
☐ I say yes when I really want to say no
☐ I’m hard on myself when I make mistakes
☐ I have bouts of anxiety
☐ I have behaviors or habits I would like to change
☐ I would like to be more courageous
All of these experiences can be addressed through the IFS process. According to Dr. Schwartz, if you checked 5 or more boxes, you’re likely facing many of the struggles that the IFS approach helps people with every day.
If you’d like to experience the healing potential of IFS firsthand, contact me now to arrange a free discovery call.
Unlocking Growth, Healing and connection
IFS can support a wide range of life experiences. I’ve helped clients navigate career challenges, explore parenting dynamics, and increase sexual fulfilment. It’s helped individuals through the grieving process, assisted in integrating psychedelic journeys, and deepened their understanding of spiritual experiences. IFS is a powerful way to;
Gain clarity about a situation, emotional trigger or pattern that keeps showing up in your life.
Resolve recent or historical material that isn’t fully processed or integrated.
Navigate a challenging period or transition.
Access youemotions and emotional healing.
Open to more harmonious relationships and connection with others.
Connect to your intuitive and authentic expression so you experience more calmness, creativity and confidence.
IFS IN mY LIFE...
IFS is more than a modality for me, it’s a daily practice that has shaped my personal and professional growth over the past two years. In addition to working with clients, I continue to expand my expertise through ongoing work with my own IFS practitioner, both individually and with my partner through IFIO (Intimacy From The Inside Out), the IFS approach for couples. I also engage in consultation sessions with an IFS supervisor and continued professional development.
My background in psycho-sexual somatic therapy coaching provides a strong foundation in attachment theory, the nervous system, trauma, the relational field, and somatic transference. This isn’t just something I’ve studied through theory alone, I’ve lived it through my own journey with complex trauma. This integrative approach allows me to hold space for deep, embodied healing and transformation. It would be an honour to walk beside you and provide support for your personal journey.
A LITTLE MORE ABOUT IFS
Internal Family Systems is a powerful way of accessing the different “parts” of your psyche to understand what’s driving you in different circumstances. It could be a critical inner voice, a protective stance, a response you’re having to something, or an on-going feeling. It can also be a physical pain or symptom. Together, we approach these parts without judgment, building a compassionate, supportive relationship to them and between the different parts.
The model recognises that our psyche is naturally multiple and that’s a good thing. Some of our parts help manage our day-to-day life, some have protective roles, and other parts hold our deepest vulnerabilities and emotional burdens. No parts are bad! Through experiences and circumstances, often when we are growing up, our parts can be forced from their most valuable and flexible states, into extreme and rigid roles. This generates recurring patterns of thoughts, behaviours and responses that can become unhelpful and limiting in our present life.
Often, these parts sit in the driver’s seat, unconsciously running our responses and feelings. But when these parts become led by our core or true Self, we experience greater freedom, trust and peace. Self energy is in everyone. It can’t be damaged, and it knows how to heal!
Developed by Richard Schwartz Ph.D, originally a family systems psychotherapist, IFS is an evidence-based psycho-spiritual model with therapeutic benefits that’s helped people to heal from physical and mental ailments, past trauma and addictions. It helps cultivate inner harmony, reduces internal conflicts, and empowers you to navigate day-to-day life with a grounded, resilient sense of Self.