IFS & IFIO Therapy
A gentle path to trauma healing, emotional integration, and deeper connection — with yourself and the people you love
What IFS & IFIO Therapy Are
IFS and IFIO are gentle, evidence-based approaches that help you understand and heal the parts of you shaped by trauma — so change comes from safety, not force.
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
IFS is an evidence-based model that helps you understand and heal the different “parts” within you — the ones that carry pain, the ones that protect you, and the ones that help you survive.
Instead of fighting your emotions or trying to “fix” yourself, we explore your inner world with curiosity and compassion.
This process brings more clarity, grounding, and a sense of coming back to who you really are.
Intimacy from the Inside Out (IFIO)
IFIO is an IFS-based approach for couples.
If you’re wanting healthier communication, emotional safety, or deeper intimacy, IFIO helps each partner understand what happens inside during conflict or distance.
Together, we slow things down, create space for real connection, and help each of you feel understood — not blamed.
Why This Approach Works
IFS and IFIO work because they meet you where you are — without pressure, without forcing anything, and without judgment.
This approach is effective for trauma, relational wounds, and emotional overwhelm because it:
Works gently with the nervous system, not against it
Helps you build an inner emotional language
Reveals the patterns you repeat and why they exist
Heals the parts of you shaped by trauma, neglect, or high sensitivity
Strengthens your self-worth and inner leadership
Supports more authentic connection in your relationships
Over time, people describe feeling calmer, more spacious inside, more connected, and more like themselves.
What You Can Work On With Me
My approach supports a wide range of inner and relational experiences, especially those rooted in trauma or emotional overwhelm, including:
For Individuals
Trauma, complex trauma, or childhood emotional neglect
Growing up in dysfunctional or unpredictable families
Low self-worth or feeling “broken inside”
Anxiety, emotional overwhelm, or shutdown
Feeling “too much,” “not enough,” or easily overstimulated
Difficulty setting boundaries or expressing needs
Identity confusion or losing yourself in relationships
Inner child wounds and unresolved past experiences
Wanting to understand your emotional world more clearly
For Couples
Repeating patterns, conflict cycles, or emotional distance
Fear of closeness or difficulty trusting
Feeling unseen, misunderstood, or disconnected
Communication challenges
Healing from relational trauma or past hurt
Building emotional safety and intimacy together
Whether you’re healing individually or as a couple, the work always centers on compassion, clarity, and connection.
What others are saying
“Healing through the Self Energy has given me a freedom and inner peace that I have been needing. Working with Andrea has been the most natural and easy way for me to reconnect to my self-esteem and finally build a career that I wanted. Thank you”.
-Tatjana Fortikov, mother of Zarya
What Sessions Are Like
Sessions are slow, collaborative, and attuned to your nervous system. We work with what arises in the moment, without forcing insight or emotional release. You remain in control at all times.
In individual sessions, we might:
Slow down emotional overwhelm
Meet the parts that carry your pain or protect you
Rebuild inner safety and self-worth
Integrate younger parts that still hold past wounds
Strengthen your ability to stay grounded and connected
In couple sessions, we focus on:
Understanding each partner’s inner world
Identifying what gets activated during conflict
Communicating from a calmer, clearer place
Creating emotional safety and deeper intimacy
The goal is not perfection — it’s real connection.
Is This Approach Right For You?
This work may be a good fit if you are:
Ready to look inward with honesty and compassion
Searching for deeper healing, not just temporary coping tools
Wanting to understand why you react the way you do
Hoping to repair emotional patterns shaped by trauma or neglect
Wishing for healthier, more authentic relationships
Sensitive, introspective, or simply longing for more connection
Whether your wounds come from childhood, adulthood, relationships, or simply from feeling too much — you don’t have to navigate them alone.
If this approach resonates, you’re welcome to reach out.
You can book a free 15-minute consultation to ask questions and get a sense of what it’s like to work together.