Internal Family Systems (IFS)

Josie Bilbao Bourke (she/her)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

LCSW, LICSW

Level I

Kelly Arthur, LPC, CADC I

Licensed Professional Counselor

IFS is my primary modality for individual counseling because it is both highly effective and relatively easy for most people to work with, across a range of issues. It can help bring clarity to all the myriad parts of a complex human being dealing with complex life issues. I find that IFS also supports differentiation of self, which is key to personal freedom and relationship success.

Carissa Aresta (she/her)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

LCSW, LICSW

I have taken the Level 1 and Level 2 Training through the IFS Institute. This means I have completed over 133 hours of training in the model. I am working towards certification in IFS and attend regular consultation for this modality. I also am involved in helping train other clinicians, and serve as a program assistant for Level 1 trainings through the IFS institute.

horizon greene (she/her)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

LCSW, LICSW

IFS teaches us to compassionately understand our thoughts, emotions, behaviors and feelings as a response to systemic wounding and protection rather than the result of pathology. In this way, we work within your inner world by honoring and collaborating with your body’s protective system rather than fighting or overriding it. IFS is a beautifully queer healing lineage that invites the practices of deep witnessing, trust-building, nurturing and self-attunement to help us feel whole and free.

Rebel Heart Therapy

Licensed Professional Counselor

Simon Yugler (he/him)

Professional Counselor Associate

MA

Internal Family Systems (IFS) is a transformative, systems-based approach to working with conflicted, wounded, or misunderstood parts of ourselves. The core of IFS is centered around helping clients access the loving, undamaged, and empowered core of their deep Self, which exists within everyone regardless of life experiences. I am currently participating in the Level 1 IFS training.

Morgan Fitz Gibbon (she/her)

Licensed Marriage Family Therapist

OR #T1128

Jed Rendleman (he/him)

Marriage and Family Therapist Associate

MFT

Throughout our lives, we learn behaviors to cope and feel safe. Perhaps a part of you became a perfectionist to protect a part that fears rejection. Over time, patterns like this can become entrenched, inhibiting our growth and even causing the very pain they were meant to prevent. I can help you identify these patterns and the parts of yourself they protect. Through curiosity and compassion, we can loosen their grip and even befriend them.

Nancy Walker (she/her)

Professional Counselor

Dip BC, PABC

Melissa Hartley ((she/her/hers))

Professional Counselor Associate

MS, NCC, LPC intern

There is a wise, core 'Self' to us all, along with other 'parts' which try to help, but can get forced into unhealthy roles in our lives. Parts associated with trauma are often pushed down or 'exiled' out of awareness. When they do emerge, other protective parts try to suppress them, blocking access to core Self, which could help them heal. Together, we can help all your parts access your core Self and work both together, and for you in an adaptive and sustainable way.

Karla Wolf, LPC (she/her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

Accepting Clients-WEEKDAY SESSIONS ONLY(no evenings)- TELEHEALTH ONLY -"Sometimes I wrestle with my demons, sometimes we just snuggle" -This quote speaks so well to my work as an IFS therapist. As an IFS therapist, I believe that our wholeness is not achieved by cutting off a portion of ourself but by inviting in ALL parts of ourself, which all want to play a positive role in who we are.

IFS believes that each of us is comprised of many psychological "parts", each with valuable qualities to help us thrive & protect us from pain. Each of us also has a core Self that knows how to heal us. As an IFS therapist I use this evidence based model to support you in your healing. I have completed IFS Level 1 Training & I am becoming a Certified IFS Therapist. I also use IFS personally for my own growth & healing to insure that I can bring my wholest Self to the therapy sessions with you.

Emily Chavez-Nguyen (She/her)

Professional Counselor Associate

NCC, Professional Counselor Associate (OR), LMHCA (WA)

Have you ever told someone "One part of me wants this, but the other part..." We all have different "parts" within us. One part of us craves change, while another part fights it to feel safe. One part wants us to be self-critical, before others can, while another part of us wants to hold self-compassion. Sometimes it can be a little hard to hold these all. I love to hear each of these parts out, and help you become more fully and genuinely you without crushing or dismissing parts of who you are.

Gregory Kaplan (he/him)

Professional Counselor Associate

MA, PhD

Jill Corvelli (she/her)

Professional Counselor

PhD LPC

This method raises a client's awareness of the many parts of themselves and these part's burdened and unburdened states and roles and inter-relationships. This method of conceptualization promotes healing and behavior change.

Amanda Fitzpatrick (She/they)

Marriage and Family Therapist Associate

LMFT Associate

When working with individuals, I pull primarily from an IFS perspective. I have advanced training in IFS. Together we will invite your emotions and identify them as messengers to guide your healing. We will use ritual, art, story telling and more to explore all the parts of yourself that have a voice. Our work will dive into your body story, uncovering your inherent worthiness and wisdom.

Terry Marshall

Licensed Marriage Family Therapist

Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy is an evidence-based, non-pathologizing and empowering approach. It is also a new paradigm for understanding and harmonizing the mind. Many of us might say, "I hate this thing about myself" or "I wish I didn't do that". It turns out that when we listen inside, rather than trying to eliminate these aspects of ourselves, our self-talk changes spontaneously and real self-compassion and connection often arise.

Taunya Gesner

Professional Counselor Associate

LPCi, NBCC

I'm currently in level one training in addition to much reading on the topic and consultation with a coach who has 20+ years working with IFS. Let's heal your wounded inner parts.

Shay Larken

Professional Counselor Associate

MA, Professional Counselor Associate, NCC

Chelsea Kellogg (she/her/hers)

Marriage and Family Therapist Associate

M.A. Marriage, Couple, and Family Therapy

IFS is a nonjudgemental approach to diving deep into your patterns. With IFS we can get to know the unconscious or subconscious parts of your self, and learn what they need to heal. I use IFS with individuals and with couples.

Jeremy McAllister (He/Him)

Licensed Professional Counselor

LPC

IFS and other parts-work modalities facilitate direct reduction of internal conflict, providing a last and felt sense of internal support, confidence, and awareness.

Catherine Palmer; MS, LPC, MFT (She/her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

Taylor Kravitz (She/Her/Hers)

Marriage and Family Therapist Associate

Sometimes it feels like we have many conflicting parts of our internal world. This can lead to feeling a lot of confusion and self doubt. Using Internal Family Systems, I can help you untangle what may feel like a jumbled mess in your mind so that you can get to know your true Self and all the “parts” of yourself, especially the protective parts of you that can sometimes get in the way of your goals.

Portland Counseling & Anxiety Specialists

Licensed Professional Counselor

Jules Allison (They/them)

Professional Counselor Associate

MA, Professional Counselor Associate, CADC-R

I use IFS so you can be Self-led, rather than led by anxiety, worry, and negative self-talk.

Kari Carroll (she/them)

Licensed Professional Counselor

LPC, LMFT

Louise Gordon (she/her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

LPC

I have been using IFS for several years and am on track to become certified.

Emily Fagan (she/her)

Professional Counselor Associate

Using Internal Family Systems therapy, I can help you to identify and understand different parts of yourself that may hold onto burdens from your past. Releasing these burdens can restore balance and harmony among the different parts of yourself, and give strength to your core self.

Madeline Warnick (she/her)

Professional Counselor Associate

MCoun, NCC

Sarah Blaszczak, M.A, LMFT (She, her, hers)

Licensed Marriage Family Therapist

LMFT T1554

Most of us have some ambivalence about most things because we have multiple motivations (to succeed, to be happy, to be liked for example). IFS is a way to reach consensus within ourselves, particularly if we experienced trauma.

Haley Bosco Doyle (she/her)

Marriage and Family Therapist Associate

M.A.

Ruth Tessema (she/her/hers)

Professional Counselor Associate

M.Ed., NCC, LPC Associate (R6545)

JESSICA VAN DER MERWE (She/Her)

Professional Counselor

LMHC, Professional Counseling Associate

IFS is an evidenced based therapy that explores the "parts" of us to explore and resolve internal conflicts, depression, trauma, and anxiety. Within this framework, we increase self-compassion and value our natural protective strengths. I am also trained in Trauma Informed Stabilization Treatment (TIST), an integrative approach that includes mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, IFS, and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy.

Heather Simpson (she/her)

Marriage and Family Therapist Associate

MA LMFT Intern

Blake Locher (he/him)

Licensed Professional Counselor

LPC, CRC

Using IFS, we partner to explore your inner world and get to know your parts of self. Though they are all pieces of the whole, there are parts that protect, parts that defend, parts that lead, and parts that get exiled away. Through this approach, powerful change happens. We can increase self-awareness, resolve inner conflict, heal pain, change destructive behavior and gain flexibility.

Courtney Watson (She/Her)

Professional Counselor Associate

MA, Professional Counselor Associate, CHT

Through a powerfully transformative, trauma-informed, and evidenced based psychotherapy model called internal family systems (IFS), you can find relief. The main beliefs IFS holds are that our minds are naturally multi-faceted and that this is a good thing. We are made of parts, which contain valuable qualities and can also carry burdens. In IFS all parts are welcome. I am trained in IFS.

Riva Stoudt

Licensed Professional Counselor

Gayle Waitches

Professional Counselor Associate

Internal Family Systems suggests that our inner world is comprised of many varied parts, each with different opinions, beliefs and energies. It also suggests we hold within a calm, wise and loving Core Self. The work of IFS is to heal the wounded parts and restore balance within our system by attending to our often child-like parts which need loving care.

Lindsay Anderson

Professional Counselor Associate

M.A., NCC, Professional Counselor Associate, MCHA

We are all made up of different parts that contain valuable qualities and we all have an inner Self that knows how to heal, allowing us to become integrated and whole. Together, we can get to know these different parts, hear their stories, and release their burdens all while establishing more trust in the Self allowing you to feel more integrated and whole.

Jen Yerty, LPC, CADC I

Licensed Professional Counselor

I find Internal Family Systems really helpful to understand and have compassion for all of our parts, as we are all multiple.