About My Work
All of my work is focused around guiding you to accessing your own authentic, inner "Self", which is alive with abundant curiosity,
creativity, confidence, and compassion.
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Why do I capitalize the word "Self"? Because from the perspective of
Internal Family Systems (IFS), the Self is the
"core, positive essence of who you are."
IFS (or Parts Work) has a main tenet that says that every one of us
has a unique, whole, untraumatized essence inside ourselves
that we are all born with. This Self is the source of our innate
qualities such as calmness, compassion,
courage, and, of course, creativity.
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Whether I'm using the tool of an inward IFS dialogue session or that of journaling or meditation or energy work, my goal is to help you
access your Self and also be able to distinguish when
you have accessed Self-energy and when you haven't.
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In a safe space with me guiding you, ​I give you the tools to notice
when you're stuck and to heal those parts of you
that are still in resistance to creating the life you feel called to live.
I act as a coach and guide you toward listening to
your own inner wisdom. Then you are able to make decisions and
create from your authentic Self. You begin creating things in your life
from a place of Self-Leadership.
You are able to connect more fully with your authentic creative voice and express your own creativity with much more freedom.
The IFS method was founded by Dr. Richard Schwartz, LMFT, and allows you, through guided visualization processes, to get to know the inner "Parts" (thoughts & emotions) of yourself that are distracting you or confusing you or causing disruption in your life. In fact, some of these Parts may have been doing all of these things in your life for years.
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In Parts Work, we treat these parts with compassion and in doing so, our parts finally start to relax and trust our core Self to lead our lives.
We then connect more and more with our own authentic,
very real sense of presence and patience and purpose.
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If you are interested in learning more about IFS on your own, a great place to start is Dr. Jay Earley's book Self Therapy: A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating Wholeness Using IFS, A Cutting-Edge Psychotherapy.​