Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS) East London/Online 

‘You can’t hide from your inner shit. Nope. You can’t sleep it off. You can’t surgically remove it. You can’t eat/buy/wish or exercise it away. You have to turn towards it and embrace it. Look into its eyes. Be patient and so fucking tender. Then get intimate with it until it shows you another way…' - Tanya Markul

You can’t outrun the parts of you that are hurting. And believe me, I've tried. Unfortunately we can’t shop them away, drink them away, talk them down, or bury them under routines and responsibilities. Sooner or later, they find their way to the surface  through anxiety, burnout, disconnection, or a persistent feeling that something just isn’t right.

Internal Family Systems (IFS) offers a path. Rather than fighting or fixing what’s inside, IFS invites you to turn toward it  with curiosity, compassion, and courage. It’s a therapeutic approach grounded in the understanding, that we’re all made up of parts: inner voices, emotions, and behaviours that once tried to protect us, even if now they feel stuck, critical, or overwhelming. For example, you know when you're in two minds about something - that would be two parts with opposing ideas. Or you might say 'I really don't know what came over me' - that would be a part that suddenly took the driving seat in your life. 

IFS helps you develop a relationship with these parts. Not to get rid of them, but to understand them. To meet them with patience and tenderness. To unburden the pain they carry. And eventually, to let them show you another way one that’s rooted in compassion and care. 

This isn’t quick-fix therapy. And I can understand that to some of us this might all sound a bit 'Woo Woo'. Yes, it sounds a bit weird. However, its deep, meaningful inner work, and if you’re willing, IFS ican help you reclaim your life, and let go of so much stuff! Stuff that really doesn't serve you and/or was never really yours in the first place. 

Drop me a line for a free 20 minute consultation.