IFS-Informed EMDR: What Are the Benefits of Integrating EMDR and IFS Parts Work Therapy?

Combining EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) and IFS (Internal Family Systems) Parts Work Therapy creates a powerful synergistic approach for recovering from trauma. 

Integrating EMDR and IFS Parts Work Therapy

See my articles about EMDR and IFS: 

What is EMDR Therapy?

IFS Parts Work Therapy is a Gentle Evidence Based Trauma Therapy

How Are EMDR and IFS Therapies Integrated For Trauma Processing?

EMDR therapy uses accelerated processing to target traumatic memories while IFS provides a gentle nonpathologizing framework that honors the many aspects of the client's personality (also known as "parts").

Integrating EMDR and IFS Parts Work Therapy

Blending EMDR and IFS is called IFS-informed EMDR. The integration of these two therapies helps trauma therapists to navigate dissociation, resistance and processing blocks for clients with unresolved psychological trauma.

Phases 1 and 2: History Taking, Treatment Planning and Preparation: Whereas traditional EMDR focuses on identifying target memories and teaching basic grounding skills, integrating IFS shifts the focus to mapping the client's internal system and establishing foundational safety:

• Parts Mapping: The trauma therapist maps out the client's psychological protective system. These protective parts are known as Managers and Firefighters. The wounded parts of the client, which hold the client's trauma history, are known as Exiles.

IFS Mapping

• Identifying Negative Beliefs as Parts: Instead of treating negative beliefs as just thoughts, the therapist treats negative beliefs, like I'm unlovable" or "I'm powerless", as protective parts which are trying to protect the client from future harm. 

• Cultivating Core Self Energy: The therapist ensures the client can access their Core Self. The Core Self is characterized by compassion, curiosity and other similar qualities. Core Self acts as the client's primary internal resource before trauma processing begins (see my article: Understanding Your Core Self and Parts in IFS Therapy).

Phases 3 and 4: Assessment and Reprocessing: This is where the synergy of integrating EMDR and IFS takes place. Instead of framing the client's "resistance" as a problem, the therapist understands the protective nature of resistant parts and uses IFS Parts Work to clear the path for EMDR's bilateral stimulation:

• Securing Protector's Consent: The client's protector part's permission is essential so, before using EMDR's bilateral stimulation on a traumatic memory, the therapist will check with the protective part guarding the memory. She will ask, "Is it okay if we look at this memory today? Would you be willing to step aside?"

Integrating EMDR and IFS Parts Work Therapy

• Handling Looping and Blocks: If processing stalls or the client dissociates, the therapist recognizes that a protector part has stepped in to block the intensity of the processing. If so, the therapist will introduce an IFS-informed cognitive interweave, "Can the part that is blocking the processing let us know what it is worried would happen if we keep going?" 

• Maintaining Functional Dual Attention: Dual attention means the client keeps one foot in the present moment (Core Self energy) while simultaneously witnessing the Exile's trauma during the bilateral stimulation (see my article: What is Dual Awareness in Psychotherapy?).

Phases 5 and 6: Installation and Body Scan: Once a memory has been desensitized, the focus shifts to internal alignment and somatic integration:

• Inviting the Parts to "Try On" Positive Beliefs: Instead of installing a positive belief globally (as would be done in traditional EMDR), the therapist will check out how individual parts of the client receive it. She will ask if the protective parts feel safe adopting a positive belief like "I am lovable" or "I feel empowered". 

Integrating EMDR and IFS Parts Work Therapy

• Somatic "Befriending": During the body scan, if any residual tension is detected, the therapist will treat this physical sensation as a part. She will help the client to bring curiosity to this area of the body to see what emotional burden it is holding.

Phase 7 and 8: Closure and Re-evaluation: These final phases ensure the internal system remains stable and cohesive between sessions:

• Systemic Inclusion: Before closing an incomplete session, a trauma therapist explicitly checks back in with the protector parts that stepped aside. She will acknowledge their hard work, thank them for their cooperation and ensure they feel safe returning to their roles until the next session. 

• Assessing Systemic Shifts: At the start of the next session, the therapist will evaluate the client's inner world to see how the client's parts reacted to the last session. She will also check to see if new protectors have emerged or if old ones feel lighter. 

What Are the Benefits of Integrating EMDR and IFS Parts Work Therapy?

Integrating EMDR and IFS combines the rapid processing of EMDR and the gentle framework of IFS. This hybrid approach, which is called IFS-Informed EMDR, addresses the limitations of each modality when used alone. 

IFS-Informed EMDR offers several distinct clinical advantages including:

• Reducing Dissociation and Emotional Flooding: Traditional EMDR can sometimes overwhelm certain clients with complex trauma. This overwhelm can lead to dissociation. The IFS benefit is that the therapist does not push beyond the client's defenses, which are seen as "parts". By identifying and gaining permission from protective parts before starting bilateral stimulation, the pacing of the therapy matches the client's internal threshold which prevents sudden decompensation (see my article: What is Complex Trauma?).

Integrating EMDR and IFS Parts Work Therapy

• Overcoming Treatment Blocks and Looping: In traditional EMDR, processing can stall ("loop") when the client's unconscious mind resists going to the traumatic memory. By using IFS, instead of viewing resistance as a hindrance, the therapist sees the protector part as doing its job. The therapist will pause the processing to hear the protector's fears (e.g., "If I let go of this fear, I'll be at risk for being traumatized again"). Hearing the protector's fears can unblock the processing without triggering internal conflict for the client.

• Providing an Internal Attachment Figure: Traditional EMDR relies heavily on the therapist as the external source of safety and containment during processing. IFS cultivates the client's Core Self energy of compassion and curiosity to act as the primary healing agent. The client's Core Self becomes the internal attachment figure that holds, validates and "re-parents" the wounded child part (known as the Exile) during trauma processing.

• Maximizing Safety For Complex PTSD: Clients with complex developmental trauma often lack a single, clear target memory to process which makes traditional EMDR therapy difficult to initiate. The IFS mapping provides a clear internal landscape because therapists can target the relationship between the parts or focus on the negative core beliefs held by a specific part. This offers a structured roadmap for clients with fragmented trauma histories.

• Enhancing Post-Session Integration: After an intense EMDR session, clients can sometimes experience a backslash from internal defenses that feel blindsided by the rapid changes. Integrating IFS involves explicitly thanking the protectors and checking back in with the internal system before ending the session. This ensures that the whole system feels respected which drastically reduces the possibility of a post session backlash.

Conclusion

Integrating EMDR therapy and IFS Parts Work Therapy combines the best aspects of both trauma therapies including the rapid processing of EMDR and the gentle non-pathologizing aspects of IFS.

Get Help in IFS-Informed EMDR Therapy

Whereas traditional talk therapy is a top-down approach, both EMDR and IFS are bottom up approaches (see my article: What is the "Top Down" and "Bottom Up" Approaches to Trauma Therapy?).

Get Help in IFS-Informed EMDR Therapy

If traditional talk therapy hasn't been effective in helping you to heal from trauma, you could benefit from working with a licensed mental health professional who integrates the best aspects of EMDR and IFS.

Rather than struggling on your own, seek help with this integrated approach so you can work through trauma and live a more fulfilling life.

About Me

I am a licensed New York psychotherapist, hypnotherapist, EMDR, IFS Parts Work, AEDP, Somatic Experiencing and Certified Sex Therapist.

As a trauma therapist, I have helped many individual adults and couples over the years.

To find out more about me, visit my website: Josephine Ferraro, LCSW - NYC Psychotherapist.

To set up a consultation, call me at (917) 742-2624 during business hours or email me.

Also See My Articles:

Combining EMDR and IFS to Overcome Emotional Blocks 

EMDR Therapy - When Traditional Talk Therapy Isn't Enough 

How Are Emotions Processed in EMDR? 

What Are Imaginal Interweaves in EMDR?

What is the Connection Between IFS and Neural Networks?

Looking at Depression From an IFS Parts Work Therapy Perspective

As I have discussed in prior articles, IFS (Internal Family Systems) Parts Work Therapy is a form of Experiential Therapy (see links at the end of this article for more articles about IFS).

Looking at Depression From an IFS Perspective

From an IFS perspective, depression is viewed as a "part" or a collection of "parts" rather than a permanent identity or a sign of a problem in the brain.

Depression From an IFS Therapy Perspective

In IFS, the mind is naturally subdivided into parts (or subpersonalities). 

As I discussed in my prior article, What is the Connection Between IFS Parts Work Therapy and Neural Networks?, the word "parts" is a metaphor for these naturally occurring subdivisions that everyone has. This makes the language of IFS understandable and accessible to clients.

In IFS, depression is typically viewed as either a proactive part, a reactive part or a wounded part depending upon the function of the part:

• Depression as a Proactive Part ("The Shield"): Depression can act as a protective proactive part where the objective is for the part to act as a preemptive "shutdown" mechanism.  The goal is to keep you safe from taking risks that could lead to failure, rejection or overwhelming disappointment. In IFS language, this part is called a "Manager" due to its proactive role.

Depression From an IFS Therapy Perspective

• Depression as a Reactive Part ("The Circuit Breaker): When emotional pain from the outside world is sudden or overwhelming, this reactive part can step in as a way to numb you emotionally. The goal is to instantly extinguish anxiety, shame or grief. This part is called a "Firefighter" due to its sudden reactive function.

• Depression as a Wounded Part ("The Wound"): This is often a young wounded part of you that is stuck in unresolved trauma. This part isn't trying to protect you. Instead, it carries the burden of the early emotional wounds ("I'm unlovable" or "I'm no good" or "I'm powerless"). This part is called an "Exile". The Exile is frozen in the past at whatever age the trauma occurred. The feelings it carries are raw and unprocessed. When someone is triggered, it is the Exile that experiences the trigger. However, the Exile, as the name implies, usually remains below the surface (unless triggered) and what is usually more apparent is either a the proactive Manager or reactive Firefighter.

How is IFS Therapy Different From Traditional Therapy For Depression?

Traditional therapy usually treats depression as a single entity. This can leave clients feeling consumed by it. 

Depression From an IFS Therapy Perspective

IFS therapy teaches clients how to "unblend" from the part of them that is depressed so instead of a client saying "I'm depressed", an IFS client would say, "A part of me is depressed."

This shift allows an IFS client to access their Core Self with the guidance from the IFS therapist so they can approach their depression from a curious and compassionate stance rather than be consumed by it.  

How Does the IFS Therapist Verify the Role of the Depressed Part?

An IFS therapist tracks the depressed part by facilitating communication between the client's Core Self and the depressed part. This is a skill the therapist helps the client to develop.

The depressed part might respond that they are protecting the client from failing, which would indicate a proactive protector part (a Manager).  Alternatively, they might say they are tryng to numb the client, which would indicate a reactive part (a Firefighter).  The other possibility is that the part is a young wounded part that is feeling alone and stuck in unresolved early trauma (an Exile).

How is Depression Healed in IFS?

An IFS therapist will lead the client through a process of helping them to lift the depression which would include recognizing depression as a part, helping the client to access their Core Self and from the Core Self's perspective the client observes the depressed part, befriends the part, and encourages the part to release their psychological burden.

Depression From an IFS Therapy Perspective

This allows the parts to take on a new and healthier role .

Although this might sound simple, it's often not so simple for a variety of possible reasons. Most of the time the proactive and reactive pars will step aside when asked, so that the client and therapist can work with the wounded part that holds the trauma. 

But there are times when these parts haven't developed trust yet with the client and the therapist, so it can take longer for them to agree to step aside.  

In the long run, IFS, which is a gentle, evidence-based trauma therapy, tends to be more effective at helping clients with depression. This is due to IFS's non-pathologizing stance and its step-by-step process of working with depression and unresolved trauma.

Get Help in IFS Therapy

If you have been struggling on your own or you haven't had success in traditional talk therapy, you could benefit from working with a licensed mental health professional who is an IFS therapist.

Get Help in IFS Therapy

When you free yourself from the burden of depression and trauma, you can lead a more fulfilling life.

About Me

I am a licensed New York psychotherapist, hypnotherapist, EMDR, AEDP, EFT (for couples), IFS and Ego States Parts Therapist, Somatic Experiencing and Certified Sex Therapist.

I have helped many individual adults and couples over the years.

To find out more about it, visit my website: Josephine Ferraro, LCSW - NYC Psychotherapist.

To set up a consultation, call me at (917) 742-2624 during business hours or email me.

Also See My Articles

IFS is a Gentle, Evidence-Based Therapy 

IFS Therapy Can Help With Anxiety 

How Are Emotions Processed in IFS Therapy? 

Healing Trauma With IFS Therapy

What is the Connection Between IFS Parts Work Therapy and Neural Networks?

When I explain IFS (Internal Family Systems) Parts Work Therapy to clients, I emphasize that the "parts" in IFS are understood as metaphors for distinct, specialized neural networks in the brain (see links for my other IFS articles at the end of this article).

The Connection Between IFS and Neural Networks

IFS uses personalized, conversational language that most adults can understand, like "inner child", "protector parts" and "inner critic" as a way to make the these concepts accessible.

Neurobiological research shows that these "parts" are actually clusters of interconnected neurons that fire together during past experiences to form fixed behavioral, emotional and cognitive patterns.

What is the Connection Between IFS Parts Work Therapy and Neural Networks?

Parts Are Encapsulated Neural Networks:

• Implicit Memory Storage: When you experience trauma or chronic stress, your brain encodes the event into implicit memory (i.e., unconscious memory). The neural network formed during that event becomes localized and isolated.

The Connection Between IFS and Neural Networks

• Fixed Schemas: These isolated neural networks serve as mental maps or schemas. When triggered by a current event, the entire historical network fires simultaneously which causes you to feel, think and react in the same way as when this network was formed. In IFS, this is known as a part "blending" with you.

Neuroplasticity and Memory Reconsolidation

• Unlocking the Network: IFS Parts Work targets these specific neural networks by a process called memory reconsolidation. When you focus on a particular part with curiosity and compassion, you stimulate and open up that specific neural pathway. 

IFS Parts Work Therapy and Neuroplasticity

• Rewiring Through "Core Self Energy": By introducing "Core Self Energy" (a state of calm, curiosity, clarity and mindfulness associated with your precortex functioning), you can introduce new, positive emotional input into the activated network. According to neuroscientists, including Frank Anderson, MD, this targeted imagination and dual attention physically rewires the neural network, updates the old memory and stores it back in healthy, integrated state (see my article: Healing Unresolved Trauma and Neuroplasticity: The Mind Has a Powerful Innate Ability to Heal Itself).

Regulating Brain Regions

• Calming the Amygdala: IFS "protector parts" (like an inner critic or an anxious part) are driven by an hyperactive amygdala, which is the brain's threat-detection center. "Befriending" these parts tells your amygdala that the danger has passed, which down- regulates the fear response (see my article: Making Friends With Your Inner Critic as a way to understand the "befriending" process in IFS).

IFS Therapy: Calming the Amygdala

• Strengthening the Prefrontal Cortex: The "Core Self" of IFS represents a state of high neurological integration. Practicing IFS strengthens the connection between the prefrontal cortex (executive control) and the limbic system (emotions) allowing you to observe intense emotional reactivity without being completely overwhelmed by it.

Summary of Parallel Concepts

• IFS Concept: A "Part"
• Neurological Equivalent: A localized cluster of neurons forming an implicit memory network

• IFS Concept: A "Blended State"
• Neurological Equivalent: The automatic, involuntary firing of a trauma-encoded neural pathway

• IFS Concept: Core Self Energy (also referred to as "Self')
• Neurological Equivalent: Prefrontal cortex activation, high neurological activation and mindfulness.

• IFS Concept: "Unburdening"
• Neurological Equivalent: Neuroplastic reorganization and memory reconsolidation

Conclusion

IFS Parts Work Therapy uses a personalized language as a way to make the IFS concepts understandable to clients.

In this article I have addressed the neurological equivalents of IFS Parts Work Therapy as a way to show that IFS, which is a gentle evidence-based therapy for trauma, has neurological underpinnings for clients who are interested in the connection between IFS and science.

Get Help in IFS Therapy

If you have been struggling and traditional talk therapy hasn't helped you, you could benefit from working with a licensed mental health professional who is an IFS therapist.

A skilled IFS therapist can help you to work through psychological trauma so you can live a more fulfilling life.

About Me

I am a licensed New York psychotherapist, hypnotherapist, EMDR, AEDP, EFT (for couples),  Parts Work (IFS Therapy and Ego States Therapy), Somatic Experiencing and Certified Sex Therapist.

I have helped many individual adults and couples over the years.

To find out more about me, visit my website: Josephine Ferraro, LCSW - NYC Psychotherapist.

To set up a consultation, call me at (917) 742-2624 during business hours or email me.

Also See My Other IFS Articles:

IFS is a Gentle Evidence-Based Trauma Therapy 

How IFS Therapy and Ego States Therapy Help You to Understand Yourself. 

Discovering Your Core Self in IFS Parts Work Therapy 

How Are Emotions Processed in IFS Parts Work Therapy? 

How Can Parts Work Therapy Be Empowering?

What Are the Similarities and Differences Between IFS and Contemporary Psychodynamic Psychotherapy?

 

How is Experiential Psychotherapy Different From Traditional Talk Therapy?

What is Experiential Psychotherapy?

Experiential therapy is an active, bottom-up approach to psychological healing where you focus on what you are feeling in your body and mind in the present moment rather than just talking about it in an intellectual way. 

Experiential Therapy is More Effective Than Traditional Therapy

Whereas traditional talk therapy focuses primarily on logical thinking and cognitive insight, experiential therapy uses the mind-body connection to actively process unresolved trauma, emotional pain and defense mechanisms at their root. 

What Are the Characteristics of Experiential Psychotherapy?

Experiential therapy have four basic characteristics that distinguishes it from traditional psychotherapy (like cognitive behavioral therapy):

• Present Moment Tracking: Experiential therapists guide you to observe real-time physical sensations, physiological shifts and emotions as they surface during therapy sessions.

• Bottom-Up Processing: Healing begins in the nervous system and the emotional centers of the brain (the body's "felt sense") before being integrated into logical, conscious thoughts (see my article: What is the Difference Between a Bottom-Up and a Top-Down Approach to Therapy?).

Experiential Therapy is More Effective Than Traditional Therapy

• Safety and Containment: Experiential therapy prioritizes clinical safety to keep you from feeling overwhelmed.

• Neuroplastic Transformation: In experiential therapy, your brain physically updates and rewrites its automatic emotional scripts. This is a process called memory reconsolidation (see my article: Neuroplasticity: The Mind Has an Innately Powerful Ability to Heal Itself).

3 Popular Experiential Therapies: AEDP, EMDR and IFS

• AEDP stands for Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (see my article: What is AEDP?)

• EMDR stands for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (see my article: What is EMDR Therapy?).

• IFS stands for Internal Family Systems, which is a type of Parts Work Therapy (see my article: IFS is a Gentle Evidence-Based Therapy).

Primary Focus

• AEDP focuses on emotional transformation through a deeply connected therapeutic relationship with the AEDP therapist.

Experiential Therapy is More Effective Than Traditional Therapy

• EMDR focuses on processing and neutralizing traumatic memories stored in the nervous system.

• IFS focuses on harmonizing the different "parts" (subpersonalities) that make up your inner world.

Primary Experiential Technique

• AEDP involves relational processing and "undoing aloneness." The AEDP therapist actively displays warmth, affirmation and shared emotions so you can process emotional pain and trauma followed by metaprocessing (reflecting on the healing process itself). AEDP is often used to process relational trauma, chronic isolation, deep grief and healing attachment wounds.

Experiential Therapy is More Effective Than Traditional Therapy

• EMDR uses Bilateral Stimulation (BLS), including tapping, eye movements and other forms to BLS. While using BLS, the client holds a distressing memory in their mind to stimulate both sides of the brain. This helps to open up associative memories, insights and mental health integration. EMDR is frequently used to heal acute trauma, PTSD (posttraumatic stress disorder) and disturbing memories. 

• IFS involves clients closing their eyes and sensing into their body and mind to find various parts of themselves that are protector parts (like an inner critic or an anxious part), learn it's positive intent and locate your Core Self to heal vulnerable traumatized parts.  

Conclusion

Experiential therapy is highly effective if you feel "stuck in your head." 

The three Experiential Therapies discussed in this article are some of the most commonly used therapies. Other types of Experiential Therapy also include:

• Somatic Experiencing

• Emotionally Focused Therapy For Couples (EFT)

• Hypnotherapy (also known as Clinical Hypnosis)

I see many clients who have spent years in traditional talk therapy who can explain their problem in an insightful way. They know why they have problems, but nothing has changed for them. This is because insight alone doesn't create change.  

Experiential Therapy is More Effective Than Traditional Therapy

These clients are still feeling, thinking and behaving in the same way they did before they began traditional talk therapy (see my article: Healing From the Inside Out: Why Insight Isn't Enough).

The bottom-up approach to Experiential Therapy creates a physiological foundation for clients. Processing emotions in Experiential Therapy is more effective than just talking about them in traditional talk therapy because Experiential Therapy alters the underlying neural and memory networks that generate emotional suffering instead of just temporarily managing systems.

Whereas talking about emotions keeps clients in an analytical, intellectual state, fully processing emotions in Experiential Therapy involves actively feeling, experiencing and restructuring within the mind and the body. This shift from cognitive processing to experiential processing is what drives lasting behavioral and psychological transformation.

Getting Help in Experiential Therapy

If you have been unable to work through your problems on your own, you could benefit from working with an experiential psychotherapist.

Unburdening yourself from unresolved emotional problems, including traumatic memories, can help you to live a more fulfilling life.

About Me

I am a licensed psychotherapist, hypnotherapist, EMDR, AEDP, EFT (for couples), Parts Work (IFS and Ego States Therapy), Somatic Experiencing and Certified Sex Therapist.

I have helped many individual adults and couples over the years.

To find out more about me, visit my website: Josephine Ferraro, LCSW - NYC Psychotherapist.

To set up a consultation, call me at (917) 742-2624 during business hours or email me.

Also See My Articles:

Experiential Therapy Can Achieve Emotional Breakthroughs 

How Parts Work Therapy Can Be Empowering 

How Does AEDP Process Emotions?

IFS Parts Work Therapy is a Gentle Evidence-Based Trauma Therapy

Some types of trauma therapy rely on exposure to traumatic events as their way of working with trauma, which can retraumatizing to certain clients.

IFS Therapy is a Gentle Evidenced-Based Trauma Therapy

IFS Parts Work Therapy, which is a gentle, effective, evidence-based* therapy, doesn't use exposure like many types of exposure therapies.

    *In 2015, SAMHSA (US Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration) designated IFS as an evidence-based therapy.

Key Framework of Gentleness in IFS Parts Work Therapy

IFS, which stands for Internal Family Systems Therapy, is a parts work therapy that prioritizes pacing that works for the client, internal consent and a non-pathologizing framework:

• No Forced Reliving of the Trauma: IFS focuses on how trauma lives in the body and mind in the here-and-now.  This means that clients can use current emotions, thoughts and body sensations or images.  

• Permission Based Pacing: IFS is designed in such a way that therapists don't bypass defense mechanisms. Healing only progresses as "protector parts" (i.e., defense mechanisms) give permission and soften naturally.

IFS Therapy is a Gentle Evidence-Based Trauma Therapy

• Welcoming All Emotions: Anger, anxiety, shame and all emotions are met with curiosity and not judgment (see my article: Welcoming All Emotions).

• Reframing Symptoms as Protectors: IFS is non-pathologizing, as mentioned above, so that symptoms aren't viewed as "destructive" or "bad". In IFS therapy there are no bad parts. Symptoms are viewed as protectors who are doing their best to protect the client. This reframing helps to reduce shame.

• Preventing Emotional Flooding: IFS relies on a gentle process called "unblending" When a client experiences emotional pain, fear or shame, the therapist asks the part to step back so that the client can witness the pain without feeling overwhelmed by it.

• Building Self Trust: Healing happens through your own inner wisdom rather than through an external source.

• Self-Lead Healing: The source of healing doesn't come from the authority of the therapist. Instead, it comes from the client's own Core Self which is an undamaged core that is characterized by calmness, compassion, curiosity and clarity. So, you set the pace.

• Gentle Unburdening: Parts of the client which hold the trauma are allowed to safely release their historical pain, shame and fear in an environment of internal containment and at their own pace.

Get Help in IFS Parts Work Therapy

If you have been struggling on your own with unresolved trauma, you could benefit from working with a licensed mental health professional who is a IFS therapist.

Get Help in IFS Parts Work Therapy

Unburdening yourself of trauma can help you to lead a meaningful life free of your traumatic history.

About Me

I am a licensed New York psychotherapist, hypnotherapist, EMDR, AEDP, EFT (for couples), Parts Work (IFS and Ego States Therapy), Somatic Experiencing and Certified Sex Therapist.

I have helped many individual adults and couples in over more than 25 years.

To find out more about me, visit my website: Josephine Ferraro, LCSW - NYC Psychotherapist.

To set up a consultation, call me at (917) 742-2624 during business hours or email me.

Also See My Other Articles About IFS:

Giving Voice to Unconscious Parts of Yourself 

How Can IFS Parts Work Therapy Be Empowering? 

How Can IFS Parts Work Therapy Help With Anxiety?