Approach
Internal Family Systems
A compassionate framework that assumes every part of you is trying to help — even the parts that make life hard.
The premise
No bad parts.
IFS understands the mind as a system of parts, each with its own history and job. The critic isn't cruel — it's protective. The part that uses food to cope isn't broken — it's carrying something. We work to know each part, not banish it.
Why it fits trauma work
Because you were never one thing.
Survival splinters us in small, wise ways. IFS gives us a language and a method for helping those parts unburden — while your core Self stays online and in the lead.
How Lauren works with IFS
Trained in IFS — parts-centered, not doctrinaire.
Lauren is trained in IFS (not a certified IFS practitioner). She offers IFS-informed, parts-centered work woven together with somatic therapy, EMDR, and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy — always shaped to fit you, never applied as a rigid protocol.
Common questions
What people ask.
- Are 'parts' the same as multiple personalities?
- No. IFS understands parts as a normal feature of human minds — the inner critic, the protector, the exile, the manager. Everyone has them.
- What if I don't feel my parts?
- That's common at first. We start with what's here — sensations, thoughts, images — and let the map fill in as it does.
Take the next step
Ready when you are.
Reach out to talk about fit and fees. Consultations are a low-pressure conversation — we'll see if working together feels right.
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