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IFS Therapy (Internal Family Systems Therapy)
Have you received therapy in the past, but didn’t get the results you wanted? Are you dealing with a specific emotional or psychological challenge, and need a therapist who does more than talk you through problems? Or, maybe you’re a practical person who seeks a form of therapy that sets clear goals and provides clear results.
Internal Family Systems therapy is an innovative form of therapy. It empowers you the client to precisely target emotions and behaviors you want to reduce or change. It can help with a variety of challenges, including:
Anxiety
Trauma
Impulsive behaviors such as overeating or drinking
Relationship challenges
Anger
Insomnia
Self-criticism
Depression
Obsessive thinking
And much more
Best of all, IFS psychotherapy sets up concrete, measurable goals from the start. So that you can track and observe the ways you heal and grow.
IFS is a gentle and heart-centered form of online therapy. It’s also a flexible form of therapy that adjusts to the backgrounds and needs of each client.
Improve Your Emotional Reactions
Modern life in America is exhausting. Most of us face incredibly high pressures and expectations within our personal relationships and professional lives. As if life isn’t hard enough, many of us worsen our stress by reacting to life challenges with self-criticism.
We’ll help you develop more gentle and wise reactions to the difficulties of life. With just a few changes to your emotional reactions, your life can ease and expand in many wonderful ways.
Our therapists prioritize your well-being, and work hard to build warm, caring, and collaborative relationships to support your therapeutic goals.
Intro video for IFS Therapy, from Director of WRPS
Online IFS Therapy – Results Driven
Our clients complete IFS therapy when they experience increased harmony within their thoughts and emotions. They report a renewed sense of living more authentically, with increased levels of self-confidence.
Through the IFS therapy model, our clients learn to trust themselves to respond well to unpredictable challenges that occur in life. And when mistakes are occasionally made, they have enough overall respect for themselves to not be self-critical.
Decision making becomes easier
Relationship conflicts are more effectively managed, and occur less often
Harmful negative beliefs are significantly reduced
Inner peace and calmness occur more regularly
Levels of creativity, playfulness, and spontaneity are higher
Find out more via the IFS Institute website: ifs-institute.com/about-us
Free Phone Consultation
Berkeley IFS Therapy (online): It’s important for you to choose a therapist with whom you feel comfortable talking with, so we invite you to book a free, 20-minute phone consultation here. Or, contact us directly to schedule a time or to ask questions: admin@windingriverpsychotherapyservices.com/ (510) 761-9818. Feel free to ask questions about how we can help you. Based in Berkeley, CA, and throughout California online.
IFS Therapist for Anxiety and Insomnia
Anxiety, for many people, significantly reduces the quality of life. It interferes with important life activities, and adds undue stress to relationships.
In IFS for anxiety and sleep problems, we will guide you to calmly look within yourself and better understand fears that drive anxiety. We will then help you address your fears in new ways, so that anxiety is put to rest. And you can begin living with increased mental and emotional ease. Find out more about anxiety treatment here: Anxiety Therapy
IFS and Trauma
IFS is a leading therapy model for recovering from childhood family trauma. When a child or young adult experiences a traumatic family life, he or she needs to develop coping strategies to protect themselves from unpredictable caregivers. For example, many people who grew up with an alcoholic parent learned to be highly watchful and pleasing to make sure they did not trigger their alcoholic parent.
By using IFS trauma therapy to heal from traumatic past events, clients are likely to gain significant relief from emotions and unideal behaviors that show up in their present-day lives.
IFS and EMDR therapy tend to work very well together, and we at Winding River provide therapy that effectively combines these two modalities. Read more here about EMDR therapy.
IFS Therapist for Eating Disorders, Substance Use Disorders, and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders (OCD)
These three types of disorders are commonly referred to as impulse disorders. When strong emotions overwhelm the nervous system’s regulatory functions, it triggers impulsive behaviors to provide short-term calming benefits. Unfortunately, impulse disorders majorly disrupt life, and lead to strong emotional backlash such as feelings of shame.
IFS therapy is particularly suited for helping people overcome impulse disorders. Through this innovative form of therapy, we will help you develop an effective method to regulate your nervous system. So that impulsive behaviors drop away.
IFS for ROCD and Relationship Anxiety
Many people agree that relationships have a special power to activate our most difficult emotions. When relationships are in distress, it’s common to experience feelings of anxiety, confusion, sadness, hopelessness, and anger. Let’s face it: Until you confront your fears directly, you’ll always find reasons not to show up fully in your relationship.
IFS therapy for relationship anxiety offers a powerful method to overcome your obsessive focus on your relationship. And enable you to connect to your partner with open-heartedness and steady commitment.
IFS therapy will lead you on a deep journey into your inner world of emotions and relationship anxieties. You’ll be guided to your highest wisdom and authenticity, so you can distinguish between legitimate and unreasonable fears about your relationship. The end goal: more clarity and confidence, less doubting yourself.
