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IFS Therapy Hamilton / IFS Therapy Burlington

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Trauma, Inner Conflict, Anxiety, Depression, Relationship Issues, Perfectionism, Compulsions, Self-Discovery and more...

IFS - Internal Family Systems
(parts work)

Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy is a powerfully transformative, non-pathologizing way to experience therapy. It is an attachment-based trauma model that extends to a variety of other therapeutic goals. 

 

What does this mean? IFS is a great option for most issues you are bringing to therapy.

 

Do you ever feel like different parts of you are in conflict, each pulling you in a different direction? Perhaps one voice is critical, another is protective, and beneath it all, a more vulnerable part carries the weight of past wounds.

Internal Family Systems (IFS) offers a powerful approach to understanding and healing these inner parts, helping you reconnect with your core Self—the calm, compassionate presence within you. By fostering harmony within, IFS empowers you to move beyond inner turmoil and embrace lasting peace.

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This mind-body approach provides a way to create harmony in your mind, and to shift the way you show up as a human being (with yourself and with others). â€‹It also emphasizes the daily relationship you engage in with yourself. You don't have to remove the pieces of yourself that you don't like or that don't work in order to feel better. Instead, it's about noticing and holding space for the multiplicity of you inside and where you may be in conflict. You will bring awareness and appreciation to all of the ways you have had to show up in the world based on your unique experiences. This act of noticing and "listening" to what is inside supports you to trust and accept yourself. So what you would think of as "change" comes from a permanent shift in perspective. 

 

In short, you may see yourself (and others) with new eyes.

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What we find is that our clients begin to feel less shame and discomfort. Imagine feeling like it's ok to be you? Well that's what this approach can do. It's all about self-acceptance but it also makes sense. It speaks to your mind, body and spirit.

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We say "all parts are welcome" because the ways we support ourselves to move about in the world or even cope are parts with very good intentions that bring incredible skill. We need our parts! They are therefore all welcome.

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"We are the primary caretakers of our own parts...and they contain valuable qualities...our core Self knows how to heal, allowing us to become integrated and whole" (IFS Institute).

Our therapists who practice IFS:

Shannon

Andrea

Briar

Jenni

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ALL are welcome.

Making Space Psychotherapy is a community of Registered Psychotherapists dedicated to a common focus — to continually make space for, learn about and support the healing of individual, family and collective trauma in our local community and beyond.

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The land on which our clinics operate have been the traditional land of the Erie, Neutral, Huron-Wendat, Haudenosaunee, and Mississaugas of the Credit for thousands of years. Making Space Psychotherapy and its staff are grateful to have the opportunity to work on this land. We also acknowledge and have gratitude for the elements of our work in various modalities that may come from ancient, ancestral and Indigenous ways of knowing and healing.

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Hamilton Office: 67 Frid St., Suite 1B, L8P 4M3

Burlington Office: 3150 Harvester, Suite 203, L7N 3W8
office@makingspacetherapy.ca

Text/Voicemail: 289-904-0400

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*Please note that we are not a crisis centre, and we cannot respond to urgent matters in real time.

For urgent matters call 9-1-1.

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