IFS & IFIO Therapy in Stockholm and online for Trauma Healing and Emotional Recovery
When your past has shaped the way you feel, think, and relate, you deserve a space where every wounded part of you is met with compassion — not judgment
Heal at your pace. Reclaim your voice. Build relationships that feel safe, steady, and real
I use Internal Family Systems (IFS) and IFIO couples therapy — gentle, evidence-based approaches that help you understand your inner world, heal protective parts shaped by trauma, and create safer, more connected relationships.
IFS & IFIO therapy online & in-person sessions · English, Spanish, French & Serbian · Certified IFS & IFIO PractitionerSupport for adults and couples healing from childhood neglect, dysfunctional families, emotional wounds, and patterns shaped by traumaThe Outcomes Clients Often Experience: develop greater emotional regulation and a calmer internal world, heal protective or reactive parts shaped by trauma, neglect, or chaos, reduce shame, self-criticism, and inner conflict, understand your triggers and soften automatic survival patterns, rebuild a sense of self-worth and emotional safety, create healthier boundaries without guilt or fear, communicate your needs more clearly in relationships, repair attachment wounds and shift relational patterns, feel more connected to your authentic self instead of operating from survival mode, experience more stability, grounding, and choice in daily life
Does this feel familiar?
You may be doing your best to function — working, caring for others, keeping everything together — yet inside, it feels different.
Perhaps you grew up in a family where emotions weren’t safe, where you had to stay small, invisible, or “the strong one.”
Maybe you're still carrying:
Childhood emotional neglect
Shame or self-blame from growing up in a dysfunctional family
Old survival patterns you can’t switch off
Hypervigilance, shutdown, or people-pleasing
Trauma from emotional abuse, unpredictability, or chaos
Difficulty trusting, expressing needs, or setting boundaries
Feeling disconnected from yourself or your body
Trauma doesn’t always show up as dramatic memories.
Sometimes it shows up as the life you had to build around your wound.
You’re not alone in feeling this way.
Many of the people and couples I work with have already tried talk therapy, mindfulness, or self-help tools that offered moments of relief — but didn’t quite reach the deeper layers where real change happens.
My approach weaves together Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Intimacy from the Inside Out (IFIO) — gentle, integrative ways of helping you understand and heal the parts of yourself that carry pain, protect you, or make it hard to connect. Within this work, we focus on getting to know and integrating the different parts of you — in a safe and supportive way. As these parts begin to feel understood rather than managed, you can experience more calm inside, more clarity in your choices, and more authenticity in your relationships.
Whether you come alone or with your partner, this work helps you meet what’s inside with compassion — so you can move toward more balance within yourself and more authenticity in your relationships.
Healing doesn’t happen by pushing harder — it begins when you turn toward yourself with curiosity and compassion.
What healing with IFS & IFIO can create?
A calmer, more regulated inner world
Boundaries that feel natural rather than forced
A steadier sense of who you are beneath overwhelm
Relationships that feel safer, clearer, and less confusing
More compassion toward yourself and the parts that protect you
A gradual release of old survival patterns
Therapy that helps you reconnect — with yourself and with others
In my work, I draw on Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Intimacy from the Inside Out (IFIO) to support individuals and couples who want to understand themselves — and each other — on a deeper level.
Rather than trying to change or silence parts of you, we create space to listen to them. Each emotion, reaction, or pattern has a story and a purpose. Together, we approach these inner experiences with curiosity and compassion, so they no longer have to fight for your attention through stress, anxiety, or disconnection.
Sessions unfold at a pace that feels safe for your system. Nothing is pushed or forced — healing happens through understanding, not effort.
As you begin to relate differently to yourself, you’ll also notice shifts in how you show up in relationships. With time, you may find it easier to:
Feel more grounded and at ease in your own mind and body.
Recognize and soothe the parts of you that feel anxious, reactive, or overwhelmed.
Express your needs with more clarity and less fear of conflict.
Create space for genuine connection and empathy with your partner or loved ones.
Trust yourself — and your emotions — as reliable guides.
This work is about integration: helping all the parts of you, and all the parts of your relationship, move toward greater balance, openness, and authenticity.
Why This Approach Helps
IFS & IFIO provide gentle, effective ways to heal the parts of you shaped by early wounds — the scared child parts, the protective parts, the wounded parts that still carry pain.
This approach helps you:
Understand your trauma responses without shame
Build an emotional language for your inner world
Heal the younger parts of you who never felt seen or safe
Create healthy boundaries without fear or guilt
Shift patterns in relationships and choose connection, not survival
Feel more grounded, calm, and connected to who you truly are
Trauma may explain why you learned to survive —
but healing is what helps you finally live.
Hi, I’m Andrea.
I work with individuals and couples who are navigating the impact of trauma — whether rooted in childhood experiences, relational wounds, or long-term patterns of emotional neglect. Many of my clients are sensitive, thoughtful, and highly attuned people who have learned to cope and function outwardly, while internally feeling overwhelmed, dysregulated, or disconnected from their sense of self.
My therapeutic approach integrates Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Intimacy from the Inside Out (IFIO), two evidence-based, trauma-informed models that support safe and sustainable healing. These modalities help you understand how trauma shapes your inner system, why certain protective patterns form, and how to gently access and heal the parts of you that carry pain, fear, or shame.
Before specialising in IFS and IFIO, I spent over six years working with mind–body methods such as the Silva Method Life System and Theta Healing, supporting people in rebuilding emotional stability, nervous system awareness, and internal resilience. I hold a Master’s degree in Psychology from Stockholm University, where my research — “Facilitating Post-Conflict Reconciliation through Moral Elevation” — was published in the Journal of Psychology.
My work is grounded in safety, attunement, and a deep respect for the nervous system.
Trauma cannot be rushed, and in our sessions we move slowly and intentionally — creating space for your system to feel regulated enough to explore what has been overwhelming. Whether working individually or with couples, I help clients identify survival patterns, strengthen inner leadership, and build healthier, more secure ways of relating to themselves and others.
This is a space where every part of your story is welcome — especially the ones you’ve had to carry alone
“I’m really thankful for Andrea. She listens in a way that makes you feel seen, and our work together has made a big difference in my life”.
-Alexander Facklam, Entrepreneur
What others are saying
Working Together
I work with adults and couples who want to heal trauma at its roots — not just manage symptoms.
People come to me when they’re ready to understand their past, rebuild their inner safety, and create more authentic, steady relationships.
Some of the areas I support include:
Childhood emotional neglect
Dysfunctional or chaotic family systems
Emotional abuse, gaslighting, or invalidation
Post-traumatic stress (complex or developmental trauma)
Relationship patterns shaped by childhood wounds
Fear of conflict, abandonment, or closeness
People-pleasing, perfectionism, or emotional shutdown
Difficulty naming feelings or needs
Boundaries that collapse or feel “too harsh”
This is a space where every part of you is welcome — especially the parts that had to survive.
In our sessions, we’ll work with the models of Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Intimacy from the Inside Out (IFIO) — approaches that help you build understanding and compassion for every part of yourself, while creating healthier patterns of connection with others.
You don’t have to have everything figured out before you start.
We’ll take the time to understand what’s happening inside and around you — at a pace that feels safe, kind, and real..