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IFS therapy in California and Hawaii for Therapists, Clinicians, and Healers

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Even Therapists Carry Anxiety—
Here’s a Place to Set It Down

Behind the role of healer, anxiety can still run deep—through racing thoughts, sleepless nights, and the weight of holding space for others while neglecting your own needs. IFS therapy offers clinicians and care providers a place to pause, reconnect, and work through the patterns of worry and over-responsibility that so often come with this work. Here, you can restore calm, clarity, and the compassion you bring so easily to others.

The impacts of your role as healer
can fill your life with…

  • Constant worry or racing thoughts about clients, outcomes, or professional responsibilities—even when sessions are done for the day.

  • Difficulty resting or sleeping, with a nervous system that stays on high alert from holding others’ stories and struggles.

  • Carrying guilt, shame, or self-doubt, with an inner voice that says you’re “not doing enough” or “should be better.”

  • Balancing personal struggles while showing up for others, feeling like you must set aside your own pain to remain steady and reliable for clients and patients.

Vicarious trauma, compassion fatigue, and the pressure to hold it all take a toll.

IFS therapy gives clinicians a restorative space to process what they carry and reconnect with their own well-being.

  • IFS is a body-based, somatic model of psychotherapy that differs from traditional talk therapy. Rather than focusing only on thoughts or behaviors, IFS incorporates awareness of both mind and body. In session, we track how anxiety, worry, or other internal “parts” emerge as patterns of thought, emotion, or physical sensation, and we approach them with curiosity instead of avoidance.

    When these parts are engaged with compassion—what IFS calls Self—they begin to regulate, soften, and shift. Over time, this allows previously protective patterns to take on new, healthier roles, leading to greater emotional balance, resilience, and clarity.

  • In IFS therapy, we begin by slowing down and observing your thoughts, emotions, and body sensations—what the model refers to as “parts.” With therapeutic guidance, you’ll learn to approach these internal experiences with curiosity, sometimes engaging them as if in dialogue or noticing how they manifest in your body. When these parts are met with understanding and compassion, they begin to feel safe enough to shift, reducing their intensity and creating more regulation, clarity, and choice in daily life.

  • IFS helps reduce anxiety by working with the underlying protective parts of the nervous system that carry worry, hypervigilance, and self-criticism. Rather than suppressing or pathologizing these responses, IFS creates space to observe and engage them with curiosity and compassion, activating the brain’s natural capacity for integration and change. Over time, this process decreases reactivity, enhances regulation, and fosters greater flexibility in how you respond to stress.

As clinicians, we’re often trained to
push past our own stress to show up for others.

IFS therapy offers a way to turn toward your anxiety with curiosity, so it no longer has to run the show and you can restore balance in both your work and your life.

Is IFS the right fit for you?

As an IFS therapist, I have seen how this model supports clinicians carrying anxiety, vicarious trauma, and burnout.

IFS may be a particularly good fit for clinicians because it addresses both the personal and professional burdens of caregiving work.

Therapists, psychiatrists, PTs, OTs, nurses, psychologists, and healers often carry vicarious trauma, compassion fatigue, and the pressure to remain steady for others while managing their own internal struggles. Unlike traditional talk therapy, IFS offers a structured yet deeply experiential way to process these layers of responsibility—helping clinicians recognize the parts of themselves that hold anxiety, self-doubt, or over-responsibility. By cultivating self-compassion and nervous system regulation, IFS not only reduces reactivity but also strengthens resilience, making it possible to show up for clients and patients with greater clarity, presence, and sustainability.

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What you’ll gain

With IFS therapy,
you can…

  • Improve emotional regulation and feel more grounded, even in the middle of demanding clinical work.

  • Address the root causes of anxiety, stress, and over-responsibility instead of relying only on surface-level coping strategies.

  • Develop body-based awareness, learning to notice and respond to your own nervous system signals as guides toward calm and clarity.

  • Experience support and space to be seen, so you’re not carrying your personal and professional burdens alone.

  • Build sustainable resilience, cultivating steadiness and self-compassion to meet the challenges of both your work and your life.

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You hold so much for others—now it’s time to have a space for yourself.
Reach out today to schedule a consultation and explore how IFS therapy can support you.

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FAQs

Frequently asked questions

  • IFS is less about analyzing or problem-solving and more about creating an inner relationship with your thoughts, feelings, and body sensations—what we call “parts.” Instead of pushing anxiety or stress away, you learn to listen to these parts with compassion. This body-based, experiential approach often leads to deeper and longer-lasting change than surface-level coping strategies alone.

  • In a session, we slow down and notice what’s happening inside—whether it’s a racing thought, a tightness in your body, or a critical inner voice. With my guidance, you’ll get curious about these experiences and explore what they might be protecting or holding. Over time, this process helps those anxious or stressed parts relax, making more room for calm, clarity, and choice.

  • IFS helps by addressing the root causes of anxiety and stress, rather than just managing symptoms. We explore how past experiences, trauma, or relationship wounds may have shaped your nervous system’s responses. By building compassion for the parts of you that carry these burdens, your system learns new ways to feel safe—reducing reactivity and allowing you to move through life with more ease.

  • Every person’s process is unique, but many clients notice a shift after just a few sessions—such as feeling more calm, connected, or less reactive. Longer-term work allows us to address deeper patterns and past experiences that continue to fuel anxiety or stress. Think of IFS as a practice: the more you engage, the more lasting the change becomes.

  • Yes—many people come to IFS after trying traditional talk therapy, CBT, or mindfulness-based approaches. What makes IFS different is that we’re not just talking about your anxiety or stress—we’re directly engaging with the parts of you that carry it. This experiential process often creates breakthroughs for people who felt stuck or plateaued in other therapies.