Unlike conventional talk therapy, it’s not my role to provide brilliant interpretations, give advice or empathize with you. The healing doesn’t happen through transference with me. Nor is IFS about telling your story. In fact, you don’t have to tell me anything, because the healing is not in the telling. Rather, the healing is within you, in the intrapsychic witnessing that takes place when your Self makes contact with the parts of you that need your attention.
Very common parts include perfectionism, people-pleasing, anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation and any number of addictive processes (drinking, smoking, cutting, or even just obsessively checking your cellphone…) We welcome all of these parts and thank them for their efforts: they are only trying to keep you from feeling the pain of very young, exiled parts. Once we gain the trust and permission of these protectors, we can work to unburden the frightened inner children they’ve been working so hard to defend. When you do this, you start living a life where you’re able to act from choice rather than compulsion, responding rather than reacting to its vicissitudes.
An IFS session is akin to a guided meditation through your inner landscape. My job is to hold a compassionate space for you, creating a safe container as I guide you on your inner exploration. I track and reflect your ever-shifting states, naming your parts for you as they appear. While I may make suggestions, I’ll never tell you what to do, because what needs to happen inside of you is something that you already know. I help you clear the space so you can access this inner knowing. When I do this, I get to access my own compassion and curiosity. Ideally, we leave our session feeling lighter and more in touch with our authentic selves.
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