Internal Family Systems (IFS) is a trauma therapy built on a simple, powerful idea: your mind is made up of different "parts," and even the ones that seem to cause trouble are trying to protect you. IFS helps you get to know these parts with curiosity instead of judgment, tend to the wounded ones carrying trauma, and lead your inner system from a calm, confident core called the Self. If you have ever felt at war with yourself — one part craving change while another slams on t

Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) is a structured, evidence-based trauma therapy that helps you identify and change the painful, distorted beliefs a traumatic event left behind — thoughts like it was my fault or I can never feel safe again. Over roughly 12 sessions, CPT teaches you to examine these "stuck points" and replace them with a more accurate, balanced understanding, which for many people reduces PTSD symptoms. If trauma has left you carrying a story about yourself o

Evidence-based trauma treatment refers to a small group of structured therapies — led by EMDR, Cognitive Processing Therapy, and Prolonged Exposure — that have been tested in controlled research and shown to reduce trauma symptoms. Rather than simply talking about the past, these approaches follow tested protocols to help the brain reprocess painful memories so they lose their grip on the present. If you have ever wondered why one therapy "counts" as evidence-based and anothe