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Trauma and relational rupture impacts how we act in our relationships.

Sometimes it creates protective parts that give us the illusion of connection but keep others at a safe distance away. The vulnerability is too risky.

Other times our overactive hypervigilance misses the danger right of us and we get taken advantage of … again.

And still for some the effort to please others and m keep them close causes us to determine who we are based off of their perceived opinion or love of us.

In all of these examples we are never truly known.

Our systems can heal and integrate. It is possible to do relationships differently. It doesn’t have to be this way.

Do your EMDR clients ever feel stuck in the process?
IFS can help.

I’m hosting a free webinar for EMDR-trained therapists to learn how IFS can unlock the reprocessing stage and create lasting breakthroughs.

📅 Sept. 24 | ⏰ 12 - 1PM CST
💻 Free live on Zoom

Seats are limited — sign up today: https://courage-community.kit.com/7de214eba0

💭 “Should I do IFS or EMDR for trauma?”
It’s one of the most common questions I get from clients — and the answer isn’t always either/or.
In this blog, I break down the differences between IFS and EMDR, how each one helps with trauma, and why combining them can create powerful, lasting healing.

✨ If you're exploring trauma therapy or considering an intensive in Texas, this post is for you.

📖 Read it here → https://couragecommunity.co/2025/06/17/ifs-vs-emdr-which-therapy-is-best-for-healing-trauma-in-texas/

IFS vs EMDR: Which Therapy Is Best for Healing Trauma? - Courage Community If you’re living with the emotional, behavioral, and somatic effects of trauma, you may be wondering which kind of therapy can actually help you feel better — for good. Two powerful approaches, Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), are widely use...

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I am so excited to have all my therapy, consultation, and education pieces in one place. I hope for this to become a hub for all things IFS.

Bonus: You can now book any service, course or meeting directly from my website. 🎉

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Most therapy sessions last 45-50 minutes. I offer longer sessions for 90 or 120 minutes. Here’s why:

✨ Less time is spent catching up at the beginning
✨ More time is spent working through your trauma and grief.
✨ It can be hard to enter this space, so it’s nice to use the momentum to get further along.
✨ There is more time to process your experience in therapy to make sure you are getting what you need.
✨ Less time is spent wrapping up as we are able to regulate your nervous system with more time available to us.

💡 Bottom line: You will get further faster with longer sessions. This means less time ⏳ and money 💰 spent on therapy.

🤔 Curious? Let’s talk! Now accepting clients in Texas!

Your protective system is there for a reason. It is working really hard to help you not feel difficult or scary emotions, vulnerability or a sense of not being safe. Most therapists come up against client’s protective systems and try to make those parts go away. I look at your protective system, and I’m grateful for it. It got you really far and has been working really hard. We don’t need it to go away. We need it to do its job in a more healthy manner.

For example, panic is really effective at getting you out of a present moment and away from a situation your system doesn’t like. However, it is debilitating and can cause a lot of problems. I work with your panic so that it has a healthy place to come out, like a truly life-threatening situation, rather than when it senses danger or discomfort.

Your protective system is so important. It needs to be seen and valued. I can help you with that and get it operating in a healthier way.

Now accepting new clients in Texas
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I saw this from the other day and immediately thought, “what a perfect example of parts!”

IFS, or parts work, starts with simply recognizing that there are parts of us that come up at different times, often are at odds with one another (because their each on their own mission), and sometimes take over our system.

Working with parts is so amazing because it gives you SPACE and FREEDOM to find your self energy ✨ instead of your parts leading the way. It is so healing!

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🤩 want to find your self energy and work with your parts? Now accepting clients in TX. There’s a link in my bio or send me a DM to set up a free consultation.

Grief doesn't come with a handbook. You don't get to choose when it comes and goes. It hits you when you expect it and when you don't. It's with you like a companion you never asked for, and with time, it slowly fades further into the background.

It's okay not to know how to walk this road.

I can help. Unknown roads need a guide. I can be your guide on the grief journey. You don't have to wander it alone.

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Want to know the #1 advice I give clients from session to session?

🤓 Be Curious.

Curiosity is the beginning of change. When you enter into a change process with judgements and rigid beliefs, the change is harder.

Simply gather info.
Simply observe without judgement.
Simply wonder and ask questions.
Simply be curious.

It's the beginning of finding new solutions and parts of you that you haven't accessed yet.

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