Healing from Trauma By Working With Your Parts: An Intro to IFS

Inside each of us lives a system of “parts” — inner voices, roles, and strategies we’ve developed to survive, protect ourselves, and make sense of the world.

This workshop introduces Internal Family Systems (IFS) as a gentle, practical way to connect with those parts. Instead of trying to silence or fight them, you’ll learn how to listen with curiosity, ask what they need, and begin a compassionate dialogue.

If you’ve ever:

• Heard your inner critic judging you
• Felt like a scared child was running the show
• Noticed a part of you that overplans, overworks, or people-pleases

…then you’ve already experienced your parts at work.

What you’ll explore:

• The main types of parts (protectors, exiles, managers) and how they show up
• Why parts form in response to trauma, stress, or early attachment wounds
• Simple ways to talk with your parts instead of being controlled by them
• How to create safe inner spaces where your parts feel heard and supported

This is foundational work for trauma healing and central to the “Emotional Reconnection” and “Self-Awareness” phases of my Integration Path™.

You’ll leave with:
A clear entry point into parts work, and practical tools to begin relating to your parts with compassion so they no longer have to run your life from the shadows.