Welcome! I practice Internal Family Systems model in Santa Cruz, California. I also do phone sessions nationally and internationally.
Learning how to build internal relationship is the cornerstone for all other relationships, whether they are with people, money, food, ideals, sex, sports, art, etc. The way you are relating with yourself right now is influencing and coloring the way you are relating with everything and everyone else around you.
Listening to the inner critics, the fearful, the grieving, the battling, the anxious parts of ourselves, using a specific and respectful method, simultaneously ignites the ability to relate with ourselves from a place rooted in compassion, genuine curiosity, and courage. Cultivating this internal place of connection moves us toward healthy responsiveness, a felt sense of our own freedom to make choices, and opens a space to be in life, partnership, and community in a vibrant way.
The process I use is collaborative, comprehensive and often has satisfyingly deep and immediate results. It is an effective way to shift parts of yourself that are “stuck” in old habits and patterns. The work is practical. And if you have the propensity for a little mystery and magic along the way, this is work is for you.
Here are some break -through areas I can help you with:
Leave the fog of confusion to experience clarity and choice
Work with parts of you that are in conflict to bring equilibrium and leadership to your internal system
Listen to parts of you that have been long ignored or rejected so that they no longer feel desperate (needy) or suppressed (resentful)
Reduce overwhelm to open up space for presence and learning
Listen and bring relief to physical problems, such as chronic pain
Bring leadership and awareness to parts that tend toward rage or self-righteousness
Cultivate a living and thriving “spiritual” practice