Andrew Anderson (he/him)

I use a model of therapy called IFS. This system lets us build your Self-energy each and every session. By going inside and getting to know the different parts of you, by building relationships and trust with your parts, and by breathing your Self bigger, we are always increasing the beautiful, powerful presence of your truest, highest, wisest Self.

I have extensive experience working with young people in the LGBTQ community, and I identify as gay myself. In therapy, I use a model called IFS. With this model, I help clients go inside themselves to be with their parts. By being with your parts, and getting to know them, and hearing them out, you will build relationships and trust throughout your entire system. For LGBTQ people, this is especially important because we spend much of our lives in conflict and/or ashamed of these parts.

I have extensive experience both as a teacher and therapist working with teens and their families. All of the teens I've worked with have really benefitted from the model of therapy I use called IFS. IFS helps adolescents get to know all the different parts of themselves, which is important during this stage of life when kids are forming their identity. IFS also helps teens build their Self-energy, which is important as they are growing to become more independent and Self-led.

IFS, which stands for Internal Family Systems, is a wonderful, powerful model of therapy where the therapist leads you inside yourself to be with all the different parts of you that make you you. We are all made up of parts, and we can all benefit from getting to know them better. In my sessions, I will usually ask you to breathe your Self bigger, so that you can have the curiosity, the compassion, and the grace to better understand your parts. Through learning and being, our parts can heal.