What is Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy?

People often come to therapy because they are exhausted from struggling against unwanted thoughts, feelings, or behaviors. In Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy, we take a different approach. We work with your "parts," seeking to understand their good intentions and how they came to operate in the ways they do. There are no bad parts — meaning symptoms we seek to heal usually started as well-intentioned ways to cope with pain. As we get to know each other and as you get to know your parts, parts relax and allow us to heal at the root cause of the issue, creating change that is organic and holistic.