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Internal Family Systems Therapy

Healing Trauma Through Compassionate,
Parts-Focused Therapy

At Health Allies Counseling, many of our therapists are trained in Internal Family Systems (IFS)—a powerful, evidence-based approach that helps adults heal trauma by connecting with their inner world in a safe, non-pathologizing way.

Whether you’re struggling with childhood trauma, relationship wounds, chronic stress, or feeling “stuck,” IFS helps you understand and care for the parts of you that carry pain, fear, and overwhelm. You don’t have to manage trauma alone. You can heal from the inside out.

How will IFS therapy help me?

Bridge In Forest

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How IFS helps you heal

Trauma can make your inner world feel chaotic or confusing. Parts may criticize, shut down, avoid, or react with intense emotion. IFS helps you:
 

✓ Understand your triggers

Learn why certain parts get activated and how to soothe them.
 

✓ Build a compassionate relationship with yourself

Shift from self-judgment to curiosity and care.
 

✓ Calm anxiety, fear, shame, and overwhelm

Protective parts don’t have to work so hard once they feel supported.
 

✓ Heal younger, wounded parts with compassion—not force

IFS allows trauma to heal gently and at your pace.
 

✓ Reduce dissociation and numbness

Rebuild connection with your body and emotions safely.
 

✓ Break old patterns in relationships

Healing trauma inside creates healthier boundaries outside.

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What symptoms is IFS good for?

 IFS Is Especially Helpful For:
 

  • Childhood trauma or neglect

  • Complex PTSD

  • Attachment wounds

  • People-pleasing, overworking, or perfectionism

  • Emotional flashbacks

  • Stress and burnout

  • Anxiety and depression

  • Chronic shame or self-criticism

  • Feeling “broken,” “stuck,” or disconnected from yourself
     

If traditional talk therapy hasn’t helped—or you feel like you keep repeating old patterns—IFS may offer the deeper, internal shift you’ve been looking for.

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What to expect your first session
 

Your first session will be calm, grounding, and collaborative. We’ll:
 

  1. Get to know you and what brings you in

  2. Learn about your history—only what you feel ready to share

  3. Introduce the basics of IFS

  4. Explore the protective parts that show up most

  5. Develop a plan tailored to your goals and pace
     

You steer the process. We go as gently or as deeply as you choose.

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