Understanding Internal Family Systems (IFS): Internal Family Systems (IFS) is a psychotherapeutic approach that views the mind as a complex system with various inner parts or "subpersonalities." These inner parts represent different aspects of your personality, each with its own feelings, thoughts, and behaviors. IFS therapy helps individuals explore and harmonize these inner parts to achieve emotional healing and balance. Application and Scope of Internal Family Systems (IFS): IFS is applied to address a wide range of emotional concerns, including trauma, anxiety, depression, and relationship difficulties. It's particularly effective for individuals seeking to understand and transform the inner conflicts or "parts" that influence their emotions and behaviors. IFS is relevant for people of all ages and backgrounds. What to Expect in Internal Family Systems (IFS) Sessions: In IFS sessions, you'll work with a trained therapist who will guide you through a process of internal exploration. You'll identify and interact with different inner parts, gaining insight into their roles and origins. Through compassionate dialogue and visualization techniques, you'll foster understanding and cooperation among these inner parts, leading to emotional healing and self-empowerment.

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Professionals Who Specialize in Internal Family Systems (IFS)

Bassy (Batya) Schwartz, LMFT

Therapist, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT

You are the one you've been waiting for -Richard Schwartz

  • 💙 Warm
  • 😃 Humorous
  • 🥇 Empowering
  • 🤝 Collaborative

Esther Teitelbaum, LCSW

Therapist, Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Anything that’s human is mentionable, and anything that is mentionable can be more manageable. When we can talk about our feelings, they become less overwhelming, less upsetting, and less scary.

  • 💙 Warm
  • 😃 Humorous
  • 👂 Listener
  • 🥇 Empowering

Esther (Ellen) Gendelman

Therapist, Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC

Shayna Shafier, MHC-LP

Therapist, Mental Health Counselor, Limited Permit

Safety is not the absence of threat, it is the presence of connection - Gabor Maté

  • 💙 Warm
  • 😃 Humorous
  • 🙌 Affirming
  • 🧘 Calm

Moshe Norman

Therapist, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW

The curious paradox is that when I accept myself, just as I am, then I can change.

  • 🙌 Affirming
  • 💙 Warm
  • 👂 Listener
  • 😃 Humorous

Loren Aryeh Leib Ecker

Therapist, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, CASAC-T

The way out is through

  • 💙 Warm
  • 💪 Challenging
  • 👂 Listener
  • 💡 Solution-oriented

Rachel Shasho, LCSW

Therapist, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW

I'll be here through the tough days, the longing, the heartache and your biggest wins on your healing journey

  • 💙 Warm
  • 👂 Listener
  • 🙏 Spiritual

Leah Roman, MSW

Therapist, Somatic Practitioner

The best way out is always through -Robert Frost

  • 💙 Warm
  • 👂 Listener
  • 🙌 Affirming
  • 🌎 Holistic

Meir Hersh Brach, LMSW

Therapist, Licensed Master Social Worker

The act of revealing oneself fully to another and still being accepted may be the major vehicle of therapeutic help. -Dr. Irvin D. Yalom

  • 👂 Listener
  • 💭 Open minded
  • 🧘 Calm
  • 🤝 Collaborative

Simi Schwartz, LCSW

Therapist, Licensed Clinical Social Worker

The one thing you can’t take away from me is the way I choose to respond to what you do to me. The last of one’s freedoms is to choose one’s attitude in any given circumstance. ― Viktor E. Frankl

  • 🎯 Direct
  • 💙 Warm
  • 💪 Challenging
  • 🙌 Affirming

Rachel Toiv, LMHC

Therapist, Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LMHC

The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change. - Carl Rogers

  • 💙 Warm
  • 💡 Solution-oriented
  • 🙌 Affirming
  • 🥇 Empowering

Jackie Glaser

Coach, Psychologist

We don't see things the way they are, we see things the way we are. - The Talmud

  • 🎯 Direct
  • 💙 Warm
  • 💡 Solution-oriented
  • 🥇 Empowering

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