Reconnect with the healing capacity
already inside you.
Healing Your Inner Child with Parts Work
Whether you’re struggling with trauma, anxiety, depression, or relationship challenges, IFS provides a supportive and evidence-informed path to reconnect with your authentic Self and heal your inner child within.
Who IFS Helps
Is IFS right for you?
We know how painful it can feel to live
with inner conflict or carry the weight of
past trauma. IFS is a powerful approach for anyone feeling stuck in cycles of self-criticism, emotional overwhelm, or relational struggles and seeking meaningful, lasting change. IFS helps with everyday stress, as well as complex trauma.
At Heart Space, our counselors integrate IFS to help clients work through:
Ongoing anxiety, stress, or emotional reactivity
Feeling “at war with yourself” or pulled in different directions
Struggles with shame, self-criticism, or perfectionism
Trauma or painful memories that resurface in daily life
Healing the inner child & reparent yourself with compassion
Challenges with intimacy, trust, or vulnerability in relationships
Repeating unhealthy patterns despite wanting to change
PTSD and Complex PTSD
Wanting a deeper connection with your authentic Self
How IFS Works
By accessing your Core Self, healing your unhealed parts, and nurturing your inner child, you can move from survival mode to living with greater freedom, compassion, and emotional balance.
Understanding Your Internal Family System
Recognize that you are made up of a variety of "parts" of yourself that work together as a family system within you, each part with its own role
Learning About Your "Protectors"
Discover the parts of yourself that try to protect you from the pain of unresolved trauma through active defense mechanisms in day-to-day life
Accessing the "Self"
Learn to access and show up more often as your true "Self": the calm, centered, creative, curious, compassionate healing core within you
Getting to Know Your "Exiles"
Develop compassion toward the wounded parts of you carrying unresolved past pain, including younger inner child parts known as "exiles"
Unburdening and Reparenting the Inner Child
Release the painful feelings and negative beliefs from past unresolved trauma that burden you and keep you stuck in old patterns
Integrating the Healing Work
Gain tools for self-regulation, resilience, and inner harmony to promote ongoing "Self Leadership" of your Internal Family System
Benefits of IFS
Internal Family Systems therapy can help you gain clarity, reduce emotional pain, and create a more compassionate relationship with yourself and others. We offer IFS in our Lakewood, CO office and through secure online sessions across Colorado. Whether you’re near Denver or living hours away, you can begin IFS therapy that supports your journey toward healing and wholeness.
Deep Emotional Healing
Helps release burdens from trauma and painful memories
Healing the Inner Child
Reconnects with younger parts of yourself and offers reparenting with compassion
Self-Compassion
Cultivates a kinder, more accepting relationship with yourself
Inner Harmony
Reduces inner conflict and creates balance between parts
Resilience
Builds tools to manage triggers and stress effectively
Improved Relationships
Encourages empathy, emotional safety, and connection with others
Lasting Change
Creates sustainable healing rather than surface-level fixes
