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What is Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy?
If you’ve ever felt like part of you wants one thing while another part shuts it down… you’re not broken — you’re human.
Internal Family Systems (IFS) is a therapy model that helps you make sense of the different parts of you — the ones that panic, shut down, push people away, overwork, or spiral. In IFS, these parts aren’t seen as “bad” — they’re protectors. Often shaped by trauma or survival, they learned to keep you safe the best way they knew how.
Instead of fighting or suppressing these parts, IFS helps you build a relationship with them. We ask:
Why is this part showing up? What does it need? What is it trying to protect?
Over time, you learn to lead from your Self — the calm, compassionate, grounded core that’s always been there beneath the noise. Healing isn’t about erasing your parts. It’s about helping them trust that they don’t have to do it all alone anymore.
The Benefits of IFS are Compelling
IFS is powerful for people who feel like they’re constantly at war with themselves. You might say things like:
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“A part of me wants to rest, but another part won’t let me.”
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“I keep sabotaging myself and I don’t know why.”
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“I hate how I feel, but I can’t make it stop.”
Through IFS, you’ll begin to:
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Unblend from reactive or overwhelming emotions
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Heal the wounded parts that carry past trauma
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Shift out of survival mode and into self-led living
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Make decisions from clarity, not chaos
IFS is especially supportive for trauma survivors, perfectionists, high achievers, people navigating identity questions, and those longing for more internal peace.
What Our Approach to IFS Looks Like
IFS at Boundless is collaborative, curious, and culturally responsive. We’re not here to pathologize you. We’re here to explore with you.
Our therapists might gently ask, “Can we check in with the part of you that feels anxious right now?” or “What do you notice in your body when that critical voice shows up?” Over time, you’ll learn to recognize your parts, soothe your nervous system, and build internal trust.
We often integrate IFS with other modalities—like EMDR, somatic awareness, or ACT—to meet your unique needs. And because we serve a deeply diverse community, we honor how your cultural, familial, and spiritual context shapes your parts.
What an IFS Treatment Plan Looks Like at Boundless
1. Foundations & Parts Awareness
We start by building trust and helping you get curious about your inner world. You’ll begin noticing and naming your “parts” — protective, reactive, avoidant, perfectionistic — and learning how they’ve been trying to help.
2. Deepening Dialogue with Parts
Once safety is established, we begin exploring the relationships between your parts and your core Self. You’ll learn how to:
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Notice when a part is activated
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Understand its role and fears
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Build compassionate internal dialogue
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Create space for healing without forcing change
Your therapist helps guide this inner work with attunement and care, moving at your system’s pace.
3. Integration & Inner Leadership
As parts feel heard and unburdened, you begin to move through the world with more clarity, calm, and self-trust. Sessions focus on strengthening your connection to Self and building lasting internal harmony.
At Boundless, IFS isn’t just a technique — it’s a way of being.
We honor all parts of you, especially the ones you’ve tried to hide.