Healing from the Inside Out: IFS in Person Group

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Are you exhausted by the inner noise — the critic, the worrier, the part that shuts down, the one that can't stop?

Internal Family Systems (IFS) offers a radically compassionate framework for understanding why we do what we do — and a path toward genuine, lasting change.

WHAT IS IFS?

Developed by Dr. Richard Schwartz, Internal Family Systems is an evidence-based therapeutic model that understands the mind as a family of inner "parts" — each with its own voice, history, and role. Rather than pathologizing our reactions, IFS teaches that all parts make sense, and that at the center of every person is a Self that is wise, calm, and never damaged.

IFS distinguishes three types of parts:

— Managers: proactive protectors — the inner critic, the perfectionist, the one who keeps everything running

— Firefighters: reactive parts that rush in when pain breaks through, often through numbing, distraction, or escape

— Exiles: younger, more vulnerable parts carrying old pain, shame, or the belief "I am not enough"

The work is building a relationship between these parts and the Self — so that your inner system moves from conflict to collaboration.

WHY A GROUP?

There is something that happens in group that individual therapy cannot replicate. When someone else names a part you recognize in yourself, something shifts. The group becomes a living mirror and belonging to a community of people doing the same honest inner work is, itself, therapeutic.

In this group you will:

— Learn the IFS model through teaching, guided practice, and reflection

— Begin to identify and work with your own parts

— Experience being witnessed and witness others in a confidential, contained setting

— Develop real-world skills to carry IFS into your daily life between sessions — Leave with a personal practice and a new relationship with your inner world

THE SIX WEEKS

Week 1 — Meeting Your Inner Family Introduction to the IFS map. First encounters with noticing your own parts.

Week 2 — Managers & Protectors Getting curious about the parts that keep everything running — and appreciating what they protect.

Week 3 — Firefighters & Urgent Parts Meeting the reactive parts with curiosity rather than shame or suppression.

Week 4 — Exiles & the Stories We Carry Gently approaching younger parts that hold pain — slowly, safely, led by the Self.

Week 5 — Self-Led Living Practicing what it feels like to move through relationships and daily life from the Self.

Week 6 — The Ongoing Work Integration, reflection, and building a personal IFS practice to sustain the work.

IS THIS GROUP RIGHT FOR YOU?

This group may be a good fit if you:

— Feel pulled in multiple directions and can't quiet the inner noise

— Struggle with self-criticism, perfectionism, or people-pleasing patterns

— Find yourself overwhelmed by emotions that feel bigger than the situation

— Are already in therapy and want something experiential and community-based

— Are in recovery and want to understand the parts driving old patterns

— Are simply curious about IFS and want to learn by experiencing it

This group is appropriate for adults who are currently stable and not in active crisis. It is a psychoeducational and experiential group, not individual therapy.

YOUR FACILITATOR

Dr. Katherine Morris is a psychotherapist practicing within the integrative framework of Whole Psychiatry & Brain Recovery Center. She is trained in Internal Family Systems (IFS), Jungian depth psychology, Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy, CPTSD therapy, and Feng Shui as a psychological framework, and is versed in 12-step recovery.

Dr. Morris found IFS to be genuinely life-changing for herself and her patients, she wants as many people as possible to have access to the same experience. She is deeply committed to those who find their way to her.

The group is hosted at Whole Psychiatry & Brain Recovery Center under the clinical direction of Robert J. Hedaya, MD.

LOGISTICS

Dates: Wednesdays, April 15 – May 20, 2026 Time: 6:00 – 7:30 PM

Location: Whole Psychiatry & Brain Recovery Center, Eatontown, NJ

Format: In-person, small group — limited enrollment

Prerequisites: No prior IFS experience required. A brief intake conversation is required before your spot is confirmed.

Fee for all six sessions: $297.

Questions? Email [email protected]

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