IFS - Internal Family Systems
Internal Family Systems (IFS) is a gentle and empowering approach to therapy that sees each of us as made up of many different parts — like inner voices or aspects of our personality — each with its own feelings, needs, and roles. Some parts carry pain or try to protect us in ways that can feel stuck or overwhelming.
IFS helps us get to know these parts with compassion, and gently supports healing where it’s needed. At the heart of this work is the Self — a calm, curious, and wise presence within each of us that can lead our inner system with care. The Self doesn’t just guide — it also has the capacity to help our wounded parts feel seen, safe, and supported enough to heal.

No Bad Parts — A New Way of Seeing Ourselves
One of the most healing ideas in Internal Family Systems is simple but profound: there are no bad parts.
The emotions, patterns, or behaviours we dislike in ourselves—the critic, the pleaser, the part that shuts down or overreacts—are not our enemies. They are protectors, doing their best to keep us safe from old pain. Beneath every protective part is a wounded part that once felt too much—fear, shame, loss—and needed protection.

When we meet these parts with curiosity instead of judgment, something shifts. Inner conflict softens. We begin to feel compassion for ourselves, even for the parts we once wanted to hide or fix.
And as this understanding grows inside us, it changes how we see others too. We start to recognize that everyone has parts—everyone carries wounds and protective patterns. From this place of shared humanity, healing becomes something we can do together, not just alone.

What I like about IFS:

• it provides a non-pathologizing view of ourselves and the world in general.
• though it is helpful and sometimes also necessary to have a well-trained facilitator or therapist, you can learn to do much on your own or with peers.
• it provides a deep restructuring of our psyche towards healing and a general sense of well-being and aliveness.
• its efficiency and effectiveness are outstanding for common struggles like depression, anxiety, addictions, PTSD and CPTSD.
• It’s a psycho-spiritual modality addressing all levels of our existence; body, mind, and spirit.
  

IFS  Intuitive Drawing
IFS Intuitive Drawing fosters a creative way of working with parts by inviting them to express themselves on a paper.  Devised by Ruth Culver, it combines the IFS protocol with intuitive mark-making, using pastel crayons on paper.
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Affordable IFS sessions
Individual sessions (online) in English and German:
I am an Level 1 trained IFS practioner, here to support you on your healing journey!
My IFS sessions are moderately priced and on a sliding scale to make them more accessible.
I offer a free pre-consultation, so you can get to know me and see if it feels like a good fit for us to work together. If it does, the first IFS session is also offered free of charge, giving you a gentle entry point into the work
60 min online sessions:
Canadian $ 70 – 120
US $ 55 – 95
Euro 50 – 90
Pounds sterling 45 – 70
Please contact me through my contact form or send me an email:  i[email protected]
           
Healing Circles and Workshops
For 20 years I have been offering workshops and classes first in Germany and then in Victoria, BC, Canada.  
As well as my work with individual clients, I love to offer workshops and Healing Circles. Being part of a safe and loving environment can help us heal the wounds of disconnection that many of us carry deep within.

Working with me
in English and German:
60 min online sessions:
Canadian $ 70 – 120
US $ 55– 95
Euro 50 – 90
Please contact me through my contact form or send me an email:  i[email protected]

IFS intro videos

An IFS intro article by Dick Schwartz