We are thrilled to welcome Ashley Thompson, a California Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, to our team. Ashley specializes in working with individuals who identify as Highly Sensitive Persons, perfectionists, people-pleasers, or planners, helping them navigate life’s challenges with compassion and insight.

Learn more to discover if Ashley is an ideal fit for your therapy needs!

We are thrilled to welcome Peggy, Clinical Social Worker licensed in the state of Oregon, to our clinical team. Peggy brings a deep passion for helping individuals reconnect with themselves and navigate life’s challenges with authenticity and compassion.

Learn more to find out if Peggy is an ideal fit for your therapy needs!

Common experiences of butterflies in your stomach or a gut-wrenching experience along with a growing body of research make it clear: the gut is sensitive to emotion, and emotions are sensitive to the gut. Our bodies and minds are inseparable, and in a constant feedback loop of communication. It makes sense, then, that your parts are inevitably affected by what’s going on in the belly and digestive system.

We know that finding a therapist you feel comfortable with and who is effective at helping you can feel like a daunting search. It’s one thing to decide that you want or need therapy. But from there, how do you wade through the countless treatment types, credentials, and specializations, let alone determine the qualities and ineffable chemistry that makes a therapist a good fit?

One of the most powerful synergies in therapy today is the combination of IFS and EMDR. These two approaches compliment each other. You might have parts that are more comfortable processing the charge of traumatic memories using EMDR before exploring parts in more depth through IFS. On the other hand, the foundation of IFS might make EMDR feel safer and more approachable as you do that work.

The IFS model can shed light on what's happening inside us during trauma. IFS recognizes that we all have an inborn, core essence of spiritual intelligence, perspective, confidence and compassion—our Self energy. However, we also have parts that unconsciously take on different protective roles and survival strategies in response to life experiences, particularly traumatic ones.

Whether stress accumulates gradually or hits us suddenly, it can lead to a cascade of effects, from physical illness to burnout. Both mindfulness and the IFS model offer unique pathways toward regaining equilibrium and reclaiming our sense of equanimity. While mindfulness provides a powerful approach to staying present and cultivating inner calm, IFS offers a structured method for processing the past and fostering deep healing in the present.

Whether you’re jazzed about Valentine’s Day with your beau, or dreading the season for any reason, IFS can help you get closer to the ones you love, including yourself.

Learn more about our new IFS Couples Therapy offering in Oregon and Massachusetts.

Our culture can put an intense amount of pressure on us to use the blank slate of the New Year to create a “new you.” Reflecting on the habits we tried to establish last year can trigger feelings of self-criticism and doubt. We’ve all had the experience of setting out in January, full of energy, eager to establish new habits in the New Year, only to watch ourselves lose steam and stamina as early as February.

Reflect on your connection to Self and the natural world as you read this blog by IFS-TC clinician Stephen Toriello.

We are thrilled to welcome Barbara Wall, a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, as the newest clinician on our New York IFS Telehealth Collective clinical team. Despite over a decade of experience in this field, Barbara shares that she holds it an absolute honor and "beautiful privilege to walk alongside someone, to hear their story, honor their truth, and witness them showing up for themselves in healing and heroic ways."

Learn more about IFS clinician Barbara Wall to see if she seems like a right fit for you!

We are so delighted for you to get to know Michelle Glass (she/her), CIFSP.. Michelle has created Daily Parts Meditative Resources to not only support the unblending process, but also boost the integration along one’s IFS healing journey.

Thank you, Michelle, for being a Friend of the Collective and for sharing your work with our community!

Learn more about our friend, Michelle Glass!

Not only is Jenna an experienced IFS therapist, she is an all-around incredible human with an old-soul.  Her desire is to make heartfelt connections to people through written word, speaking engagements, and consulting in a deeply personal way. Thank you, Jenna, for being a Friend of the Collective and for sharing your work with our community!

Learn more about our friend, Jenna Riemersma!

Grief proceeds at its own pace. It is a visitor that can arrive in unexpected moments before leaving just as quickly. Sometimes it settles in and stays for a long while, taking the mind and heart along well-trodden paths to wander through different thoughts, memories, emotions, or sensations relating to the loss. But one thing is clear: everyone’s experience with grief is different.

Discover how grief affects parts as you read this blog by IFS-TC clinician Alicia Dabney.

Whether examining the microscopic layers of the universe or the vastness of the cosmos, it is easy to feel a range of positive emotions when witnessing the miracle of nature. In IFS therapy, we understand the peace, connectedness, compassion and harmony that we can easily feel when we are in natural settings, as qualities of human nature – the true Self.

Reflect on your connection to Self and the natural world as you read this blog by IFS-TC clinician Stephen Toriello.

This month, The IFS Telehealth Collective is excited to introduce you to Jill DePass, the newest member of our team now accepting clients for Online IFS therapy in California. We had the opportunity to hear from Jill about how she stays grounded in Self energy, her focus on working with clients from diverse backgrounds, and her love of being with her dogs in nature.

Learn more about IFS clinician Jill DePass to see if she seems like a right fit for you!

The terms Parts and Self come up in anything related to Internal Family Systems℠(IFS), but what are they really?

Check out this blog written by IFS-TC clinician Alicia Dabney to learn more!

This month, The IFS Telehealth Collective is ready to introduce you to Stephen Toriello, the newest California-based member of our team now accepting clients for Online IFS therapy. We had the opportunity hear from Stephen about how he first discovered IFS therapy, his focus on trauma-informed meditation practices and somatic applications of IFS, and what you might find him up to on the weekend.

Learn more about IFS clinician Stephen Toriello to see if he seems like a right fit for you!

The IFS Telehealth Collective is delighted to introduce you to Jorge Martin, a member of our California team now accepting clients for Online IFS therapy. We had the opportunity to talk with Jorge his identity as a Brazilian-American, his love of salsa dancing, and how IFS has become the center of his therapeutic style and his way of listening to his own internal experience.

Learn more about IFS clinician Jorge Martin to see if he seems like a right fit for you!

The IFS Telehealth Collective is delighted to introduce you to Nancy Edenfield who is now accepting clients in California, Florida, and Michigan. We had the opportunity to sit down with Nancy for a chat about the “playfully magical” healing available through IFS therapy.

Learn more about IFS clinician Nancy Edenfield to see if she seems like a right fit for you!

Different protector parts use different strategies: managers will seek to pre-empt emotional pain by keeping things in control, while firefighters will react to emotional pain that has been triggered by trying to numb, distract, or douse the feelings. What do these two types of protectors have in common? They both do what they can to protect the most vulnerable, wounded, exiled parts of us that have taken on burdens and beliefs as a result of these painful experiences.