Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy

The awareness of IFS is growing rapidly. It can be effective in gaining and expanding self awareness all the way through to treatment of trauma. It is an evidence based method of psychotherapy that can be a powerful and transformative way of working.

 As you will see from the video linked here, IFS assumes that all of our minds are multiple (which is positive!) and that these parts which we are born with and make up our personality, can be forced into taking on new roles, beliefs or ways of being, often to keep us safe or protect us in some way. As we get older and life changes, these parts may not be aware that they no longer need to respond the way that they have been and may, through good intention, keep us stuck in the past which doesn't serve us now.

As we begin to develop an awareness about this, we can begin to understand ourself and make choices about our life from a more informed place. 

Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) is a modality of therapy that looks at how we connect to those we love based on our earlier experiences and what might hold us back from asking for connection. It support us to notice how these feelings show up in the present day in our bodies, how to make sense of our feelings and how understanding this can help us to connect and bond in our relationships in new ways. 

The training that I have done is in EFCT; Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy. This way of working allows couples to identify their negative cycles, to offer support to stabilise them and to understand what might be holding them back from connecting. At this point of therapy, IFS can also help to make connections about the parts in each person that are communicating and how this dynamic can be supported to shift and soften.

I offer online therapy for individuals ages 18 and over. This work can be very different than working face to face, but has been shown to offer just as much value to clients. 

I am qualified as a Certified Cyber Therapist with the Online Therapy Institute who offer a broad and comprehensive training about working online and all the different ways this may suit different individuals.