Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapists in Lafayette, CA
I use somatic therapy with an emphasis on internal family systems to support my clients while using a direct, hopeful, and grounded demeanor.
Trauma and other difficult experiences can impact the way we view our relationships, the world, and ourselves. I support clients in processing traumatic experiences, identifying triggers, and reclaiming their sense of safety and joy. I work with adults, couples/relationships, and families of all kinds. I welcome and affirm non-traditional family structures (donor, adoption, foster, blended families), members of LGBTQ+ community, neurodivergent individuals, and people who have had negative experiences with therapy in the past.
I use somatic therapy with an emphasis on internal family systems to support my clients while using a direct, hopeful, and grounded demeanor.
Trauma and other difficult experiences can impact the way we view our relationships, the world, and ourselves. I support clients in processing traumatic experiences, identifying triggers, and reclaiming their sense of safety and joy. I work with adults, couples/relationships, and families of all kinds. I welcome and affirm non-traditional family structures (donor, adoption, foster, blended families), members of LGBTQ+ community, neurodivergent individuals, and people who have had negative experiences with therapy in the past.
We explore and map how you function using tools from EMDR, Somatic Experiencing, Internal Family Systems, spirituality and more.
Our pursuit of a good life can be deeply affected by the current world situations. We may be struggling not only in our personal lives but also by difficult worldly events such as climate change, the economy, retirement, health care and many more. When the world doesn't feel safe, it's more difficult to tolerate the emotions, sensations, and thoughts arising inside of us, making us turn toward old coping mechanisms This will not heal us. We need to build the confidence to be with and understand our inner experiences no matter what! This is our pathway to truly heal and live a more peaceful and meaningful life in the world.
We explore and map how you function using tools from EMDR, Somatic Experiencing, Internal Family Systems, spirituality and more.
Our pursuit of a good life can be deeply affected by the current world situations. We may be struggling not only in our personal lives but also by difficult worldly events such as climate change, the economy, retirement, health care and many more. When the world doesn't feel safe, it's more difficult to tolerate the emotions, sensations, and thoughts arising inside of us, making us turn toward old coping mechanisms This will not heal us. We need to build the confidence to be with and understand our inner experiences no matter what! This is our pathway to truly heal and live a more peaceful and meaningful life in the world.
My work blends attachment and relational therapy with Internal Family Systems, narrative therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy, and emotion-focused therapy.
You may be carrying the weight of self-doubt, past trauma, or the pressure to be everything to everyone. Maybe you’re navigating complicated relationships, struggling with intimacy, or trying to balance work, family, and your own needs. Many of the clients I work with feel stuck in cycles of self-criticism, disconnection, or overwhelm, while others face depression, anxiety, substance use, or family conflict. Some are drawn to deeper work with ketamine-assisted psychotherapy or psychedelic integration, using these approaches to soften defenses, access insight, and open new pathways to healing and connection.
My work blends attachment and relational therapy with Internal Family Systems, narrative therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy, and emotion-focused therapy.
You may be carrying the weight of self-doubt, past trauma, or the pressure to be everything to everyone. Maybe you’re navigating complicated relationships, struggling with intimacy, or trying to balance work, family, and your own needs. Many of the clients I work with feel stuck in cycles of self-criticism, disconnection, or overwhelm, while others face depression, anxiety, substance use, or family conflict. Some are drawn to deeper work with ketamine-assisted psychotherapy or psychedelic integration, using these approaches to soften defenses, access insight, and open new pathways to healing and connection.
As a down-to-earth, experienced therapist, I use proven, client-centered approaches, including CBT, Brainspotting, IFS, and Mindfulness, tailored to your needs.
I have experience working with adults, teenagers, and families with different issues like stress, depression, anxiety, life transitions and trauma. I have worked extensively with adults and athletes suffering from a wide range of issues such as performance anxiety, relationship issues, substance abuse, depression, psychosis and PTSD.
As a down-to-earth, experienced therapist, I use proven, client-centered approaches, including CBT, Brainspotting, IFS, and Mindfulness, tailored to your needs.
I have experience working with adults, teenagers, and families with different issues like stress, depression, anxiety, life transitions and trauma. I have worked extensively with adults and athletes suffering from a wide range of issues such as performance anxiety, relationship issues, substance abuse, depression, psychosis and PTSD.
You have the power to harness your unique experiences and strengths to truly thrive, and I can show you how. Hi, my name is Celine, and I will support your in-depth self learning to embrace the joy of your individuality. Taking a strengths-based and trauma-informed approach, I will meet you in your stage of healing to empower you to integrate and understand your formative life experiences. If you feel that your lifestyle or mental health is not matching who you would like to become, I can guide you there. Together, we will make a plan to help you imagine and achieve your most Authentic Self and live a fulfilling life.
You have the power to harness your unique experiences and strengths to truly thrive, and I can show you how. Hi, my name is Celine, and I will support your in-depth self learning to embrace the joy of your individuality. Taking a strengths-based and trauma-informed approach, I will meet you in your stage of healing to empower you to integrate and understand your formative life experiences. If you feel that your lifestyle or mental health is not matching who you would like to become, I can guide you there. Together, we will make a plan to help you imagine and achieve your most Authentic Self and live a fulfilling life.
I am so glad you are here. Maybe this is your first time considering therapy, or maybe you have outgrown your former therapist and need a fresh perspective. Whatever the specifics of your journey, I hope you find a good match to support you as you take these next steps. I am trained in five modes of therapy, and you and I will decide together which one is the best fit for you, although likely we will use some aspects of all of them. Together, we will form a plan that combines healing from past wounds, coping with everyday stressors, incorporating self-care on a regular basis, and building resilience.
I am so glad you are here. Maybe this is your first time considering therapy, or maybe you have outgrown your former therapist and need a fresh perspective. Whatever the specifics of your journey, I hope you find a good match to support you as you take these next steps. I am trained in five modes of therapy, and you and I will decide together which one is the best fit for you, although likely we will use some aspects of all of them. Together, we will form a plan that combines healing from past wounds, coping with everyday stressors, incorporating self-care on a regular basis, and building resilience.
I am trained in EMDR and IFS, and use attachment-based and developmental frameworks to guide our work.
I believe in the intrinsic strength of all people and trust that our internal systems naturally lean towards healing. That said, sometimes our experiences, upbringings—even our biology or physical bodies—can feel like they are creating barriers to living the life we want. I will be a partner with you as you look at and acknowledge all parts of your story so that you get to decide the narrative that drives it. I am ready to help you tap in to your own wealth of knowledge, to leave behind the tools that no longer serve you, and to integrate new practices that will help you lead the life you want.
I am trained in EMDR and IFS, and use attachment-based and developmental frameworks to guide our work.
I believe in the intrinsic strength of all people and trust that our internal systems naturally lean towards healing. That said, sometimes our experiences, upbringings—even our biology or physical bodies—can feel like they are creating barriers to living the life we want. I will be a partner with you as you look at and acknowledge all parts of your story so that you get to decide the narrative that drives it. I am ready to help you tap in to your own wealth of knowledge, to leave behind the tools that no longer serve you, and to integrate new practices that will help you lead the life you want.
Families and Parenting—You want to strengthen your family, but need guidance and support. Parenting a child or teen who is angry, anxious, or struggling can feel overwhelming—especially while balancing work, relationships, or the stress of separation and divorce. After 25 years as a therapist in community children’s mental health, I help parents, children, teens, and couples build connection, confidence, and communication. I also offer co-parenting and family therapy. Online sessions with evening availability.
Families and Parenting—You want to strengthen your family, but need guidance and support. Parenting a child or teen who is angry, anxious, or struggling can feel overwhelming—especially while balancing work, relationships, or the stress of separation and divorce. After 25 years as a therapist in community children’s mental health, I help parents, children, teens, and couples build connection, confidence, and communication. I also offer co-parenting and family therapy. Online sessions with evening availability.
If you've been feeling anxious, disconnected, or stuck in old patterns, you don't have to navigate it alone. I work with thoughtful and capable individuals who are open to gain a deeper understanding of themselves while seeking to find greater life balance. Together, we will create a nurturing and safe space where we explore emotions, and reconnect with your inner wisdom.
I take an integrative approach, drawing on spirituality, hypnotherapy, and somatic therapy to deepen awareness of the connection among the mind, body, heart, and soul, engaging both the conscious and subconscious mind.
If you've been feeling anxious, disconnected, or stuck in old patterns, you don't have to navigate it alone. I work with thoughtful and capable individuals who are open to gain a deeper understanding of themselves while seeking to find greater life balance. Together, we will create a nurturing and safe space where we explore emotions, and reconnect with your inner wisdom.
I take an integrative approach, drawing on spirituality, hypnotherapy, and somatic therapy to deepen awareness of the connection among the mind, body, heart, and soul, engaging both the conscious and subconscious mind.
When it comes to my work, I stay rooted in 3 pillars: 1) Connection. Time and time again, research shows that our relationships are the most powerful element for success. How do you know if you are making a good connection with someone? For me, its when the people I'm working with leave our interactions feeling seen and heard in the entirety of their humanness (the good, the bad, and everything in between).
When it comes to my work, I stay rooted in 3 pillars: 1) Connection. Time and time again, research shows that our relationships are the most powerful element for success. How do you know if you are making a good connection with someone? For me, its when the people I'm working with leave our interactions feeling seen and heard in the entirety of their humanness (the good, the bad, and everything in between).
I work relationally and somatically through Internal Family Systems, eco-somatics, attachment, and liberation informed lenses.
Life is endlessly complex and challenging — full of obstacles, losses, changes, and nos that we wish were yeses. And yet, constraint—chosen or not—can guide us to our own inexhaustible creativity, our ability to craft the life we want to live within the life we are already living.
Both somatics and eco-therapy invite us into deeper relationship with the world, with ourselves, with our constraints and our creativity—where we can experience the life we're living, the body we're inhabiting, and the relationships we're in as singular, wild, precious, and ever-changing; where we can allow the fullness of ourselves to unfold.
I work relationally and somatically through Internal Family Systems, eco-somatics, attachment, and liberation informed lenses.
Life is endlessly complex and challenging — full of obstacles, losses, changes, and nos that we wish were yeses. And yet, constraint—chosen or not—can guide us to our own inexhaustible creativity, our ability to craft the life we want to live within the life we are already living.
Both somatics and eco-therapy invite us into deeper relationship with the world, with ourselves, with our constraints and our creativity—where we can experience the life we're living, the body we're inhabiting, and the relationships we're in as singular, wild, precious, and ever-changing; where we can allow the fullness of ourselves to unfold.
I specialize in working with individuals using evidence-based approaches, including Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Internal Family Systems ( IFS), and mindfulness-based practices.
Living with OCD, anxiety, or body-focused repetitive behaviors can be overwhelming and isolating. Intrusive thoughts, urges, worries, or behaviors like hair pulling or skin picking can dominate your day and leave you feeling stuck. You understand that your fears don’t make sense, yet they still feel overwhelming and hard to ignore.
You want to live a normal life and not get caught up in the powerful swell of obsessions or compulsive behaviors. Your goals may include improving daily functioning, building healthy and authentic relationships, and feeling confident in who you are.
I specialize in working with individuals using evidence-based approaches, including Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Internal Family Systems ( IFS), and mindfulness-based practices.
Living with OCD, anxiety, or body-focused repetitive behaviors can be overwhelming and isolating. Intrusive thoughts, urges, worries, or behaviors like hair pulling or skin picking can dominate your day and leave you feeling stuck. You understand that your fears don’t make sense, yet they still feel overwhelming and hard to ignore.
You want to live a normal life and not get caught up in the powerful swell of obsessions or compulsive behaviors. Your goals may include improving daily functioning, building healthy and authentic relationships, and feeling confident in who you are.
Is there something in your life preventing you from being your best self? Struggling with an addiction? Waking up feeling there must be more to life? Frequently anxious? Let me help you make changes to alter your inner life. You deserve to be happy. I am a warm, enthusiastic and direct therapist, insightful and a good listener. My work is attachment based with psychodynamic and cognitive behavioral leanings, topic directed. Let's navigate through your experiences and feelings together. Begin your road to recovery now. Acquire tools to help you move forward. Specialties: relationships, addiction/ recovery, depression, anxiety.
Is there something in your life preventing you from being your best self? Struggling with an addiction? Waking up feeling there must be more to life? Frequently anxious? Let me help you make changes to alter your inner life. You deserve to be happy. I am a warm, enthusiastic and direct therapist, insightful and a good listener. My work is attachment based with psychodynamic and cognitive behavioral leanings, topic directed. Let's navigate through your experiences and feelings together. Begin your road to recovery now. Acquire tools to help you move forward. Specialties: relationships, addiction/ recovery, depression, anxiety.
I offer treatment for adults and couples, and parents both in-person and virtually. I work with you to get you unstuck from whatever is holding you back, whether it be depression, anxiety, stress, or relational issues. I will support you to bring about change that is sustainable and lasting for you to feel more fulfilled and purposeful with yourself, in your relationships, and overall in your life. I will work in a collaborative manner, discovering your strengths to build upon the tools and skills that you already have to work towards your objectives and achieve your goals.
I offer treatment for adults and couples, and parents both in-person and virtually. I work with you to get you unstuck from whatever is holding you back, whether it be depression, anxiety, stress, or relational issues. I will support you to bring about change that is sustainable and lasting for you to feel more fulfilled and purposeful with yourself, in your relationships, and overall in your life. I will work in a collaborative manner, discovering your strengths to build upon the tools and skills that you already have to work towards your objectives and achieve your goals.
I enjoy working with adults facing transitions -- launching, having a child, beginning or ending a relationship, moving through developmental stages, etc. I love working with folks touched by adoption -- potential adoptive parents, adoptive families, birth families, adopted persons, etc. I enjoy working with people struggling with depression, anxiety, compulsivity, disconnection, loneliness. .
I enjoy working with adults facing transitions -- launching, having a child, beginning or ending a relationship, moving through developmental stages, etc. I love working with folks touched by adoption -- potential adoptive parents, adoptive families, birth families, adopted persons, etc. I enjoy working with people struggling with depression, anxiety, compulsivity, disconnection, loneliness. .
Including Hakomi (a mindfulness based psychotherapy), CBT, Internal Family Systems, Psychodynamic, EMDR, and a trauma informed approach.
I offer strategies and tools for College age students and adults experiencing anxiety, depression, self-harming behavior, and trauma. My highest aim as your therapist is to co-create a lasting and genuine healing relationship, one where you feel supported to express yourself authentically and make the changes necessary in your life to live, love and work wholeheartedly. My warm, genuine and practical approach allows us to move through difficult times and gain clarity about yourself and your relationships . All are welcome in my office and I see clients from 18 on up.
Including Hakomi (a mindfulness based psychotherapy), CBT, Internal Family Systems, Psychodynamic, EMDR, and a trauma informed approach.
I offer strategies and tools for College age students and adults experiencing anxiety, depression, self-harming behavior, and trauma. My highest aim as your therapist is to co-create a lasting and genuine healing relationship, one where you feel supported to express yourself authentically and make the changes necessary in your life to live, love and work wholeheartedly. My warm, genuine and practical approach allows us to move through difficult times and gain clarity about yourself and your relationships . All are welcome in my office and I see clients from 18 on up.
I have completed level one Internal Family Systems Training.
I'm here to support you through times of change and uncertainty. That might look like changing patterns that no longer serve you. It may be supporting you through the change of becoming a parent. It may be supporting changes in identity or changes in relationships. Change comes with age. It comes with grief. It comes with joy and with heartbreak often at the same time. And it can be challenging to navigate but you don’t have to do it alone.
I have completed level one Internal Family Systems Training.
I'm here to support you through times of change and uncertainty. That might look like changing patterns that no longer serve you. It may be supporting you through the change of becoming a parent. It may be supporting changes in identity or changes in relationships. Change comes with age. It comes with grief. It comes with joy and with heartbreak often at the same time. And it can be challenging to navigate but you don’t have to do it alone.
I provide compassionate therapy tailored to your particular needs. Together we would set goals and work to bring the needed changes into your life. I am not dedicated to a single particular theory or technique, but will use whatever works best for you. Often traditional talk therapy is most effective, but I have also successfully used cognitive/behavioral therapy, dream analysis, writing, art therapy, meditation, sand trays, group therapy, experiential therapy, and guided imagery. I also work to help you explore and strengthen your higher values and whatever you find most meaningful in your life.
I provide compassionate therapy tailored to your particular needs. Together we would set goals and work to bring the needed changes into your life. I am not dedicated to a single particular theory or technique, but will use whatever works best for you. Often traditional talk therapy is most effective, but I have also successfully used cognitive/behavioral therapy, dream analysis, writing, art therapy, meditation, sand trays, group therapy, experiential therapy, and guided imagery. I also work to help you explore and strengthen your higher values and whatever you find most meaningful in your life.
Thanks for choosing to learn more about my practice. Together we will work on your healing and growth. Areas of specific interest: helping clients to improve communication, increase connection, and strengthen boundaries where needed in their relationships; helping parents to prepare for their child's emerging independence and the eventual "empty nest"; helping young adults balance independence with their family of origin; and general parenting support.
Thanks for choosing to learn more about my practice. Together we will work on your healing and growth. Areas of specific interest: helping clients to improve communication, increase connection, and strengthen boundaries where needed in their relationships; helping parents to prepare for their child's emerging independence and the eventual "empty nest"; helping young adults balance independence with their family of origin; and general parenting support.
Are you someone who’s feeling stuck during a major life transition—like adolescence, fatherhood, perimenopause, or the empty nest years? Maybe you are often carrying a lot quietly, unsure how to ask for help or put your needs first. Do you want to understand why you feel overwhelmed, disconnected, or like you’re “too much” or “not enough.” Your goal? To feel more like yourself again—to build stronger relationships, speak more honestly, and move through life with clarity, confidence, and ease.
Are you someone who’s feeling stuck during a major life transition—like adolescence, fatherhood, perimenopause, or the empty nest years? Maybe you are often carrying a lot quietly, unsure how to ask for help or put your needs first. Do you want to understand why you feel overwhelmed, disconnected, or like you’re “too much” or “not enough.” Your goal? To feel more like yourself again—to build stronger relationships, speak more honestly, and move through life with clarity, confidence, and ease.
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What is Internal Family Systems therapy?
Internal Family Systems (IFS) is a type of talk therapy that focuses on sub-personalities, or “families,” within a person, which may be made up of wounded parts and unpleasant emotions like anger and shame. These sub-personalities can come into conflict with each other and with an individual’s core Self, leaving the person feeling detached from positive traits such as the “8 C’s” of confidence, calmness, creativity, clarity, curiosity, courage, compassion, and connectedness. By healing a patient’s wounded parts, a therapist aims to restore balance and bring on positive change.
How does Internal Family Systems therapy work?
An IFS therapist will work with a patient to identify their particular sub-personalities, recognize the emotions powering them, and release them. By doing so, the patient should become more able to address any underlying problems their sub-personalities may have been trying to protect them from. Ultimately, a patient discovers ways to manage internal and external conflicts on their own, through techniques such as relaxation exercises, journaling, and making charts depicting the relationships between their core Self and their distinct parts.
Does Internal Family Systems therapy work?
IFS therapy has been shown to help people address conditions such as depression, anxiety, panic, fears and phobias, trauma, and substance use disorders. Some research has also found that it can help individuals deal with symptoms of physical health conditions like rheumatoid arthritis, such as pain, everyday functioning, depressive feelings, and low self-compassion. There are some conditions for which IFS treatment, specifically discussions of one’s “parts,” may be less appropriate, such as schizophrenia or other states that involve psychosis or paranoia.
How long does Internal Family Systems therapy take?
As with most forms of talk therapy, there is no set duration or end point for IFS therapy. After becoming comfortable with a therapist and the core concepts of IFS, some patients quickly make progress. While experiences vary, most will find that it is a relatively longer-term therapy, involving months and sometimes years of sessions.