Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapists in Santa Fe, NM
I have been a therapist and coach for 15 years and integrate numerous trainings including holistic psychotherapy, Deep Transformational Coaching, somatic therapy, energy psychology and Internal Family Systems ( IFS).
Though you may not yet know how to move through your current challenges, being open to receiving support, being excited to know yourself better and being ready to try taking new action is a powerful starting place.
My name is Rachael and I am passionate about working with individuals and couples committed to a process of healthy self-development. Through my training as both a therapist and coach, I have witnessed that healing and growth happen through a balance of awareness and action. My approach is dynamic and relational, helping clients ground in truth while taking steps towards a more honest, authentic and fulfilling life.
I have been a therapist and coach for 15 years and integrate numerous trainings including holistic psychotherapy, Deep Transformational Coaching, somatic therapy, energy psychology and Internal Family Systems ( IFS).
Though you may not yet know how to move through your current challenges, being open to receiving support, being excited to know yourself better and being ready to try taking new action is a powerful starting place.
My name is Rachael and I am passionate about working with individuals and couples committed to a process of healthy self-development. Through my training as both a therapist and coach, I have witnessed that healing and growth happen through a balance of awareness and action. My approach is dynamic and relational, helping clients ground in truth while taking steps towards a more honest, authentic and fulfilling life.
I use attachment-based, polyvagal-informed, and somatic therapies (MBSEP, IFS-informed, mindfulness) to help you feel safer in your body and relationships.
Are you feeling stuck? To feel stuck emotionally, professionally, relationally and in thought patterns is a common experience of human beings. Let's work together to get unstuck: allowing your creativity to flow uninhibitedly, your emotions to become valuable and digest-able, your aspirations to become realities and your relationships to become more fulfilling. Providing online therapy for Ohio and New Mexico residents. In New Mexico I am able to accept Presbyterian Insurance and Presbyterian Turquoise Trail Medicaid. I specialize in Somatic Trauma Processing, an efficient way to move on from the past.
I use attachment-based, polyvagal-informed, and somatic therapies (MBSEP, IFS-informed, mindfulness) to help you feel safer in your body and relationships.
Are you feeling stuck? To feel stuck emotionally, professionally, relationally and in thought patterns is a common experience of human beings. Let's work together to get unstuck: allowing your creativity to flow uninhibitedly, your emotions to become valuable and digest-able, your aspirations to become realities and your relationships to become more fulfilling. Providing online therapy for Ohio and New Mexico residents. In New Mexico I am able to accept Presbyterian Insurance and Presbyterian Turquoise Trail Medicaid. I specialize in Somatic Trauma Processing, an efficient way to move on from the past.
When we feel heard, seen, and understood, healing and growth are possible. I am here to create a safe space for you, or you and your partner, to explore and work with the struggles that are leading you to seek therapy. Most of us enter into partnership with the best intentions; we want to feel mutually satisfied, secure and supported in our relationship. After some time, old patterns take hold and we can find ourselves feeling disconnected, confused, or insecure in relationship. Therapy can help you get unstuck by offering an experience of being supported in ways that are uniquely tailored to help the growth of you and your partner.
When we feel heard, seen, and understood, healing and growth are possible. I am here to create a safe space for you, or you and your partner, to explore and work with the struggles that are leading you to seek therapy. Most of us enter into partnership with the best intentions; we want to feel mutually satisfied, secure and supported in our relationship. After some time, old patterns take hold and we can find ourselves feeling disconnected, confused, or insecure in relationship. Therapy can help you get unstuck by offering an experience of being supported in ways that are uniquely tailored to help the growth of you and your partner.
Whatever you are going through, you don't have to go through it alone. I have experience working with grief, sexual abuse, and various types of trauma.
Whatever you are going through, you don't have to go through it alone. I have experience working with grief, sexual abuse, and various types of trauma.
I have received specialized training in dance movement therapy, Internal Family Systems, and attachment based models, all informed by polyvagal theory.
I’m interested in supporting your vitality – what brings you to life?
My work as a somatic psychotherapist is rooted in a deep trust in the body’s innate orientation toward wholeness. We grow from our wounds, and it is necessary to get to know them, as uncomfortable as it is. Together, we discover their impact, and then build skills to better relate to your inner landscape. Through deep listening and compassionate curiosity we will unveil your needs. You will find your truth and agency.
I have received specialized training in dance movement therapy, Internal Family Systems, and attachment based models, all informed by polyvagal theory.
I’m interested in supporting your vitality – what brings you to life?
My work as a somatic psychotherapist is rooted in a deep trust in the body’s innate orientation toward wholeness. We grow from our wounds, and it is necessary to get to know them, as uncomfortable as it is. Together, we discover their impact, and then build skills to better relate to your inner landscape. Through deep listening and compassionate curiosity we will unveil your needs. You will find your truth and agency.
If you are navigating trauma, grief, anxiety, or a life transition that has left you feeling stuck or disconnected, you are not alone. You may be seeking more than symptom relief and longing for understanding, authentic connection, and renewed meaning. Perhaps your mind is busy with self-criticism while your body holds unspoken emotion. In our work together, you can be fully honest, held in a compassionate space beyond right and wrong, where both the light and the dark are welcome. Here, healing unfolds with safety and depth as you slow down and begin to trust yourself again.
If you are navigating trauma, grief, anxiety, or a life transition that has left you feeling stuck or disconnected, you are not alone. You may be seeking more than symptom relief and longing for understanding, authentic connection, and renewed meaning. Perhaps your mind is busy with self-criticism while your body holds unspoken emotion. In our work together, you can be fully honest, held in a compassionate space beyond right and wrong, where both the light and the dark are welcome. Here, healing unfolds with safety and depth as you slow down and begin to trust yourself again.
With a concentration in mental health and trauma, I utilize integrative therapy having trained in EMDR, IFS, DBT, Narcissistic and Psychopathy Survivorship, natural medicine prep & Integration, Reiki and AcuDetox.
I have a passion to aid my clients in their personal mental wellness journey. My diverse background assists me to bring empathy, compassion, and life experience to my practice, meeting the client exactly where they are at. I utilize integrative, holistic, and somatic techniques with gentle humor to move clients towards healing themselves. I am available throughout the state of New Mexico either virtually or via Telehealth.
With a concentration in mental health and trauma, I utilize integrative therapy having trained in EMDR, IFS, DBT, Narcissistic and Psychopathy Survivorship, natural medicine prep & Integration, Reiki and AcuDetox.
I have a passion to aid my clients in their personal mental wellness journey. My diverse background assists me to bring empathy, compassion, and life experience to my practice, meeting the client exactly where they are at. I utilize integrative, holistic, and somatic techniques with gentle humor to move clients towards healing themselves. I am available throughout the state of New Mexico either virtually or via Telehealth.
I use a combination of cognitive, somatic, and compassion-based interventions, sprinkling in IFS techniques for good measure!
To treat stress-related disorders I use EMDR 2.0- a highly structured but tailored modality that first targets and destroys the emotionality, vividness, and negative beliefs of traumatic memories, then replaces those negative beliefs with new, supportive ones. We meet either in-person or online, focusing each time on specific, planned memories.
I use a combination of cognitive, somatic, and compassion-based interventions, sprinkling in IFS techniques for good measure!
To treat stress-related disorders I use EMDR 2.0- a highly structured but tailored modality that first targets and destroys the emotionality, vividness, and negative beliefs of traumatic memories, then replaces those negative beliefs with new, supportive ones. We meet either in-person or online, focusing each time on specific, planned memories.
Painful experience and the stressors of everyday life can leave us feeling stuck in patterns of shame, anxiety, fear, and overwhelm. I invite you to come as you are, and aim to cultivate a space of connection and compassionate self-inquiry. I view the therapeutic process as a collaborative and creative one, and will work with you to navigate the path that will best serve your needs as you move toward deeper self understanding and long term healing.
Painful experience and the stressors of everyday life can leave us feeling stuck in patterns of shame, anxiety, fear, and overwhelm. I invite you to come as you are, and aim to cultivate a space of connection and compassionate self-inquiry. I view the therapeutic process as a collaborative and creative one, and will work with you to navigate the path that will best serve your needs as you move toward deeper self understanding and long term healing.
I offer a range of tools including Hypnotherapy/guided imagery, EMDR, somatic therapy, EFT/tapping, Internal Family Systems and Expressive Arts Therapy as appropriate within sessions.
If you are ready to go beyond talk, beyond living in survival mode, and beyond old conditioned patterns, I would love to work with you. I specialize in supporting people in healing from attachment wounds, relational trauma, abuse, neglect, and the impacts of societal oppression. I see my work through a social justice lens that looks at the whole picture of the world we are living in, not just from the perspective of individual pathology. I believe in the resiliency of the human spirit, and our innate capacity for individual and collective healing. I endeavor to help you re-claim your voice, your power, and your intuition.
I offer a range of tools including Hypnotherapy/guided imagery, EMDR, somatic therapy, EFT/tapping, Internal Family Systems and Expressive Arts Therapy as appropriate within sessions.
If you are ready to go beyond talk, beyond living in survival mode, and beyond old conditioned patterns, I would love to work with you. I specialize in supporting people in healing from attachment wounds, relational trauma, abuse, neglect, and the impacts of societal oppression. I see my work through a social justice lens that looks at the whole picture of the world we are living in, not just from the perspective of individual pathology. I believe in the resiliency of the human spirit, and our innate capacity for individual and collective healing. I endeavor to help you re-claim your voice, your power, and your intuition.
My treatment focus utilizes several crucial approaches: Jungian and Archetypal Psychology, the Expressive Arts, Internal Family Systems, cross-cultural Indigenous Wisdoms, and Energy and Ancestral Medicine.
I am a licensed Expressive Art Therapist in the state of New Mexico. As a transpersonal educator and psychotherapist, I have worked with families, individuals, and children for over 30 years. At the studio, I utilize a systems approach with a special focus on Jungian, Archetypal, and Indigenous lenses. The underlying intention of my work is to assist my clients in releasing the heavy burdens carried, whether they originated from childhood, societal, cultural, or ancestral wounding. Over the years, I have acquired many tools that assist in this process, such as creating art, engaging the body’s wisdom, movement, drumming, journeying.
My treatment focus utilizes several crucial approaches: Jungian and Archetypal Psychology, the Expressive Arts, Internal Family Systems, cross-cultural Indigenous Wisdoms, and Energy and Ancestral Medicine.
I am a licensed Expressive Art Therapist in the state of New Mexico. As a transpersonal educator and psychotherapist, I have worked with families, individuals, and children for over 30 years. At the studio, I utilize a systems approach with a special focus on Jungian, Archetypal, and Indigenous lenses. The underlying intention of my work is to assist my clients in releasing the heavy burdens carried, whether they originated from childhood, societal, cultural, or ancestral wounding. Over the years, I have acquired many tools that assist in this process, such as creating art, engaging the body’s wisdom, movement, drumming, journeying.
Therapy is an organic process that gives support and guidance. Our experiences and beliefs about ourselves and the world create emotional holding patterns of behavior. When we face these with compassion for ourselves, we become freer and more peaceful. Self compassion is a key piece of moving into deeper self connection and self acceptance. If this kind of self intimacy interests you, please contact me to begin.
Therapy is an organic process that gives support and guidance. Our experiences and beliefs about ourselves and the world create emotional holding patterns of behavior. When we face these with compassion for ourselves, we become freer and more peaceful. Self compassion is a key piece of moving into deeper self connection and self acceptance. If this kind of self intimacy interests you, please contact me to begin.
My practice integrates trauma-informed perspectives from neuroscience and incorporate modalities such as parts work, Internal Family Systems, Somatic Experiencing, art, sand play and dream work.
Within a warm, down-to-earth, focused therapeutic environment, I work from a contemporary psychoanalytic and Jungian perspective, with an emphasis on the transformative potential of the therapeutic relationship. Together, we may explore recurring patterns, emotional impasses, bodily experiences, and the underlying forces that contribute to feelings of disappointment, loss, frustration or anxiety. My practice often focuses on life transitions, grief, loss, anxiety, and depression, with particular interest in the treatment of traumatic and dissociative states, personality organization, and processes of psychic maturation and growth.
My practice integrates trauma-informed perspectives from neuroscience and incorporate modalities such as parts work, Internal Family Systems, Somatic Experiencing, art, sand play and dream work.
Within a warm, down-to-earth, focused therapeutic environment, I work from a contemporary psychoanalytic and Jungian perspective, with an emphasis on the transformative potential of the therapeutic relationship. Together, we may explore recurring patterns, emotional impasses, bodily experiences, and the underlying forces that contribute to feelings of disappointment, loss, frustration or anxiety. My practice often focuses on life transitions, grief, loss, anxiety, and depression, with particular interest in the treatment of traumatic and dissociative states, personality organization, and processes of psychic maturation and growth.
I provide individual psychotherapy for adults using an integrative, evidenced-based process, bridging components from cognitive-behavioral, IFS, psychodynamic, and dialectical behavior therapies.
My expertise centers on helping individuals who are experiencing issues with depression, anxiety, trauma, personality, career and relationships, and the mutual, overlapping impact among these areas. I am also interested in helping individuals enhance their well-being by having a more mindful, intentional, and compassionate orientation in the world of others.
I provide individual psychotherapy for adults using an integrative, evidenced-based process, bridging components from cognitive-behavioral, IFS, psychodynamic, and dialectical behavior therapies.
My expertise centers on helping individuals who are experiencing issues with depression, anxiety, trauma, personality, career and relationships, and the mutual, overlapping impact among these areas. I am also interested in helping individuals enhance their well-being by having a more mindful, intentional, and compassionate orientation in the world of others.
What does EMDR, IFS, CBT, and DBT mean
So, what do you do? How do you navigate all the different therapists? I say trust your gut. Which therapist’s page did you find yourself going back to? Where did you feel an instant connection? Maybe that therapist was me? Great! Maybe it was another therapist—that’s great too! The important thing is that you’ve found the right one for you.
What does EMDR, IFS, CBT, and DBT mean
So, what do you do? How do you navigate all the different therapists? I say trust your gut. Which therapist’s page did you find yourself going back to? Where did you feel an instant connection? Maybe that therapist was me? Great! Maybe it was another therapist—that’s great too! The important thing is that you’ve found the right one for you.
My work is informed by AEDP (Emotion, body, & experiential focus), Internal Family Systems (parts work), Emotionally Focused Therapy, Jungian depth psychology, neurobiology, & brainspotting (a form of EMDR) for trauma.
Do you sometimes feel alone and sad even with friends and family? Together, we can explore these feelings, transform them, and increase vitality. We will unravel issues that may be causing suffering or isolation; such as depression and anxiety, loss and grief, trauma, or substance abuse. We will face the dragons of suffering together, and unleash your wise and intuitive self to become empowered and embodied. Our work will allow you to remove the barriers to an emotionally close and satisfying relationship with yourself and others. This allows for a greater sense of joy & aliveness.
My work is informed by AEDP (Emotion, body, & experiential focus), Internal Family Systems (parts work), Emotionally Focused Therapy, Jungian depth psychology, neurobiology, & brainspotting (a form of EMDR) for trauma.
Do you sometimes feel alone and sad even with friends and family? Together, we can explore these feelings, transform them, and increase vitality. We will unravel issues that may be causing suffering or isolation; such as depression and anxiety, loss and grief, trauma, or substance abuse. We will face the dragons of suffering together, and unleash your wise and intuitive self to become empowered and embodied. Our work will allow you to remove the barriers to an emotionally close and satisfying relationship with yourself and others. This allows for a greater sense of joy & aliveness.
You are not alone in experiencing times when you need extra support - ideally from someone who makes you feel safe, accepted, understood, and warmly cared about, as well as someone skilled in their craft. My clients experience me in this way. I am passionate about working with people who are dealing with a wide range of issues, including relationship difficulties, grief and loss, major transitions, depression, anxiety, addiction, co-dependence, and trauma. Research shows that no one therapeutic approach is more effective than another – rather, the relationship between client and therapist has the greatest impact on healing.
You are not alone in experiencing times when you need extra support - ideally from someone who makes you feel safe, accepted, understood, and warmly cared about, as well as someone skilled in their craft. My clients experience me in this way. I am passionate about working with people who are dealing with a wide range of issues, including relationship difficulties, grief and loss, major transitions, depression, anxiety, addiction, co-dependence, and trauma. Research shows that no one therapeutic approach is more effective than another – rather, the relationship between client and therapist has the greatest impact on healing.
I help couples and individuals heal, grieve, grow, develop a healthy sense of self and experience their power cooperatively (rather than competitively). When you experience relational conflicts, grief, trauma, or infidelity, I listen with compassion to develop a therapeutic program to help you heal and grow to your greatest potential as an individual (and a couple). By helping you overcome grief, conflicts, trauma, and anxiety, you can successfully achieve some of your deepest desires and feel fulfilled. Healing and happiness often come after identifying, accepting, and learning how to realize those desires and needs.
I help couples and individuals heal, grieve, grow, develop a healthy sense of self and experience their power cooperatively (rather than competitively). When you experience relational conflicts, grief, trauma, or infidelity, I listen with compassion to develop a therapeutic program to help you heal and grow to your greatest potential as an individual (and a couple). By helping you overcome grief, conflicts, trauma, and anxiety, you can successfully achieve some of your deepest desires and feel fulfilled. Healing and happiness often come after identifying, accepting, and learning how to realize those desires and needs.
Farah Sultan
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, SEP
10 Endorsed
Santa Fe, NM 87505
Waitlist for new clients
You probably don't need more insight, you need change. From the outside, things look like they’re working. But certain patterns keep showing up. You procrastinate on work that matters to you. You replay conversations after they’re over. You might choose partners who need fixing or feel stuck between pushing yourself harder and feeling exhausted. People-pleasing, perfectionism, staying in control may have helped you get to where you are but now those patterns can start creating pressure in relationships, work, and daily life.
You probably don't need more insight, you need change. From the outside, things look like they’re working. But certain patterns keep showing up. You procrastinate on work that matters to you. You replay conversations after they’re over. You might choose partners who need fixing or feel stuck between pushing yourself harder and feeling exhausted. People-pleasing, perfectionism, staying in control may have helped you get to where you are but now those patterns can start creating pressure in relationships, work, and daily life.
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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.