IFS Coaching
Connection Heals.
You Were Made To be Whole.
At Red Maple, we believe that lasting change is possible, but that it often requires deep work. Internal Family Systems (IFS) is a worldview about personhood and change, where the capacity and resources for healing are found within. Work with an IFS Practitioner to empower you to live from a place of Self-leadership, fostering compassionate healing within.
The Way Forward Is Inward
Internal Family Systems (IFS) has four CORE principles:
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We are each made up of many parts. While these parts hold good intentions, they have, at times, assumed extreme roles that lead to overwork, numbing, anxiety or relationship problems.
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Everyone has a true “Self” that is the natural leader of our many parts. This Self is capable of deep compassion and care for all of our parts. When this Self is present, the whole internal system becomes harmonized.
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As the Self expands and leads, each part is liberated from their extreme roles such that healing is achieved. When this happens, we feel more integrated and whole.
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Connecting Self to parts allows us to bring this self-leadership to the outside world as well – so that you live personally or professionally from a place of inner harmony and creativity.
What to Expect in an IFS Coaching Conversation
The best coaching conversations are customized so that real change can happen based on your unique goals, context and story. Red Maple’s IFS Practitioners are all IFS-trained, experienced practitioners. Most are teachers and trainers of this modality through our partnership with Wilfrid Laurier University.
1. Exploration of Parts
We begin by looking at your life history and how your internal system is organized. What parts are within in you? How are they experiencing your current circumstances? Teaching you how to turn inward, we’ll help you connect with the parts of you that are asking for time, focus, and attention, and discover what they need from you.
2. Strengthening Self-Part Connection
You will learn to enhance your connection with Self — the wisest, calmest, most connected aspect of yourself — and build the relationship between Self and your parts. This often opens a doorway to greater clarity, helps lessen the tension of inner conflict, and provides a sense of peacefulness. We will be there with you for each step as a guide and witness to this inner work.
3. Living From Self Energy
Over time, you will grow increasingly more able to access and nurture your own system. As you do so, your parts will become allies that help you live a with a higher quality of life, even in times of stress.
“Self-led individuals have the great pleasure of recapturing all the energy their protectors used to expend on inhibition, containment, distraction, and rebellion.”
— Richard C. Schwartz, Creator of the IFS Model
Frequently Asked Questions
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An IFS Practitioner is someone who can guide you in the process of going inward to listen to your parts and strengthen the presence of Self. They will help you enhance the connection between the Self and the parts so that you can live from a place of harmony, creativity and integration. They are each IFS trained with years of experience.
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Yes. We believe that fit is important, so our Practitioners offer a complimentary half-hour discovery call to discuss expectations and see if it’s a match.
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Our IFS services are remote via Zoom.
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Once you’ve agreed to work with one of our practitioners (note that we offer practitioners with both coaching and psychotherapy backgrounds), you will be invited to create your account with Red Maple and put a credit card on file so that payment is easy and automated.
You and your practitioner will agree to a schedule and pace of appointments that works for both of you.
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IFS Coaching with an IFS-certified coach is $175/Hour + HST.
IFS work within traditional psychotherapy (Social Worker or Psychotherapist) is $225/Hour + HST. These professionals are often covered through 3rd party insurance, which will be discussed upon intake.
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Connection Heals.