The Magic of IFS Consultation
I’m about to launch an IFS Consultation and Practice Group (More My Self), which will include therapists from within our group practice...
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Family Tree Wellness
- Aug 10, 2022
- 2 min
Welcoming the Worst
Internal Family Systems defines our human psychology - our internal system - as constructed of multiple parts. Parts of us hold burdens...
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Family Tree Wellness
- Jun 1, 2022
- 2 min
NotNormalNess
Loosening the boundaries of our concept of normalness changes everything. We all become blank canvases, adorned with unique colors that...
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Family Tree Wellness
- Feb 16, 2022
- 3 min
Encouragement for Men
I love men. I love working with men in therapy because they tend to be really receptive and engaged. They take in new ideas and - if the...
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Family Tree Wellness
- Jan 30, 2022
- 4 min
The Space Between: Finding Freedom and Connection in Relationship
You know that feeling when you get “triggered?” When someone you thought cared about you suddenly acts like a complete jerk? “Why on...
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Family Tree Wellness
- Jan 25, 2022
- 1 min
Your Broken Wing
Here is a visual depiction of how our repetitive conflicts with our partners are always informed by our own early wounding and exiled...
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Family Tree Wellness
- Jan 13, 2022
- 4 min
Healing With My Dad
My Dad died unexpectedly in September of 2020. This is our last photo together, from a FaceTime call a few days before he died in Mexico....
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Family Tree Wellness
- Oct 8, 2021
- 3 min
Queer Enough?
Am I queer enough? Trans enough? Nonbinary enough? Gay enough? Bi enough? Pan enough? Am I a woman? What does that even mean? Am I a man?...
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Family Tree Wellness
- Aug 31, 2021
- 3 min
What We Hand Down
Telephone. Hot potato. Musical chairs. Remember playing these fun games as a kid? Games are playful ways for humans to experiment with...
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Family Tree Wellness
- Jul 22, 2021
- 2 min
Courage for the Darkness
The darkest corners of our psyches are not inviting. Those crevices where we've stuffed all our secret feelings of worthlessness, shame,...
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Family Tree Wellness
- May 25, 2021
- 3 min
Why do we PUSH through?
As the COVID-19 pandemic begins to wane and things start to open up more, I’ve been thinking a lot about not wanting to go back to the...
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Family Tree Wellness
- Mar 19, 2021
- 3 min
Move Closer to Your Shame and Fear
Shame and fear seem to be at the root of so many of our behaviors and choices. We're programmed to hide from shame and react protectively...
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Family Tree Wellness
- Feb 16, 2021
- 2 min
Job Title: Perfect Mom
(This blog was created to be a tongue-in-cheek accompaniment to a talk we are giving on "Using Internal Family Systems to Heal...
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Family Tree Wellness
- Dec 16, 2020
- 3 min
Safely Held
“Allow yourself to be held by something greater.” - Matt Licata A part of me is spiraling in grief. Inside, there is so much alarm as the...
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Family Tree Wellness
- Nov 21, 2020
- 3 min
Curiosity Can Heal You
Most of our day is spent reacting. Events and interactions happen outside of us and inside of us, and we have reactions to those things....
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Family Tree Wellness
- Oct 1, 2020
- 3 min
What’s your (real) problem?
For those of us who are privileged to not have immediate survival concerns, what is it that we’re struggling with? What causes us to...
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Family Tree Wellness
- Jul 26, 2020
- 2 min
Turn Toward Your Pain
Growing up in an alcoholic family, I was encouraged to not notice, speak to or feel my pain. And my pain was immense and unbearable....
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Family Tree Wellness
- Jul 11, 2020
- 1 min
Do You Belong?
Did you feel like you belonged in your family as a child? Do you feel seen and understood and accepted as you walk through the world?...
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Family Tree Wellness
- Jul 5, 2020
- 2 min
You Are Trustworthy
At your core there is innocence and openness, a spirited soul that wants connection, acceptance and safety. There is not one thing wrong...
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Family Tree Wellness
- Jun 16, 2020
- 3 min
Shame Is a Path to Freedom
My thesis: to be anti-racist, we need to get friendly with our most shameful feelings. To allow ourselves to see and acknowledge racism...
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