Internal Family Systems - a therapeutic model developed by Richard C. Schwartz -
shines a light on the age-old question:
'Who am I?'
For more information about IFS,
follow the link 'Discover IFS':
Sometimes it is confusing to distinguish and to know:
which of the voices saying 'I' am I actually?
And from which parts or personalities do we communicate with each other?
In principle, each part also has a 'self' or consciousness
and the more parts are freed from their burdens,
the healthier and more helpful they become.
No part needs to 'go away'; the feeling that a part should leave arises rather from the desire to release the burdens of that part,
so that the part can start working for us instead of against us.
Richard Schwartz wrote several inspiring books about this:
a.o. 'No bad parts'.
Are you interested in:
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developing a secure, embodied feeling of self
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unlocking your potential in creativity and work
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gaining more insight into inner struggles or polarizations
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liberating yourself from emotional burdens
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investigating recurring patterns
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liberating yourself from legacy burdens
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learning how to apply Internal Family System therapy to yourself and integrate it into your daily life
Welcome to live IFS sessions in Utrecht & online;
for more information, follow the link
'Sessions':
Meet Isabelle
Internal Family Systems practitioner
& Musician
Music is the oldest language in the world,
that enables us to feel and convey emotions
that sometimes cannot be expressed in words.
IFS shows us how to relate to thoughts and emotions,
from the self or consciousness.
What particularly touches me in music and in IFS
is that they are languages that we all speak
and understand on a deep, intrinsic level.
I also experience the beauty of this method in its autonomy: ultimately you can apply it without any help from outside .
For more information about my background, follow the link
'CV':
The path of IFS - and also of music - remains one of deepening and refinement.
There is no 'end goal'; the greatest good is to learn
how to deal with traumas or deep beliefs:
to learn how to relate to pain, sadness or emptiness;
then the possibility of transformation can arise.
Music can offer - for those who'd like to try it out - the opportunity to give a voice / sound to certain personalities or parts.
During a session we can use your own voice and singing bowls, the grand piano, piano, handpan or calabash.
"IFS sessions with Isabelle are not only rich at the level of gaining new insights for
your inner dialogues, but they also really get to the core in terms of underlying layers of feeling.
While many other approaches in therapy approach everything mainly cognitively, here I have the feeling for the first time that something is really being healed / positively transformed from the old emotional pain of intense memories.
Isabelle starts the conversation with you in such a beautiful, compassionate way,
that it invites you to look at the whole world with those soft eyes."
- Suzanne Bindels, Psychologist
“Isabelle is one of the kindest, most loving, and heartwarming presences I have had the luck to encounter.
She masterfully embodies IFS’s beautiful and touching practice with tact, nuance, and undivided attention.
I have always found opening up in our sessions easy, which is quite a feat. Working with Isabelle has helped me find a lot of ease and courage in an otherwise troubling period.
I highly recommend working with her.”
- J.C.L. Torrens, Professor of Sustainability Transitions
“My IFS sessions with Isabelle have been of exceptional value for my self-knowledge and personal development.
Her quiet enthusiasm, empathy and eye for subtlety in the process provide a lot of safety and openness, are inspiring and very effective.
They make our interactions with parts into a peaceful and yet also transformative adventure.”
- J. Vervoort, Associate Professor
of Transformative Imagination
Walk & Talk coaching
“In the IFS sessions with Isabelle I feel a lot of safety, genuine interest in my inner world and a lack of judgement about whatever is going on inside me.
This way I can open up completely every time, even with parts that are very sensitive.
Isabelle offers beautiful new perspectives from IFS, which allows me to have a good dialogue with myself. It also helps to do the sessions while walking, which is helpful to 'keep the process moving'.
I experience the sessions with Isabelle as very valuable for my life. ”
- C. Mac-Carty., Jazz pianist and conductor