Are You a Therapist?

Ready to Deepen Your Own Inner Work?

Therapists dedicate themselves to guiding others through healing and transformation. But how often does one pause to focus on their own internal landscape? At Ancient Sage IFS Coaching, I specialize in Internal Family Systems (IFS) coaching tailored specifically for therapists who want to explore and bring healing to their own parts while working with clients on theirs.

Why IFS Coaching for Therapists?

Internal Family Systems is not just a framework for client work—it’s a profound tool for your own self-discovery and healing. Engaging in IFS coaching as a therapist can:

Deepen Self-Awareness: Explore and nurture your inner parts to bring greater authenticity and presence to your work.
Enhance Therapeutic Effectiveness: A therapist attuned to their own inner system can create a stronger, safer space for clients.
Protect Against Burnout: Address your own emotional burdens to sustain energy, compassion, and resilience in your career.

About Me

I’m Julie Anderson Smith (she/her), a Level 2 trained IFS practitioner and coach with over 15 years of coaching experience supporting others in their growth. My passion lies in helping therapists like you cultivate self-compassion, confidence, and clarity through their own IFS journey.

What Other Therapists Are Saying

"Julie listens with curiosity and kindness. She has helped me hold and discover new and tender parts of myself, bringing in healing and hope to places that have felt stuck for a long time. She has an ease of presence and a compassionate approach that I find really welcoming and safe."

Let’s Work Together

I offer virtual coaching worldwide. A 20-minute phone consultation is free—let’s explore how IFS coaching can support you in both your personal and professional growth.

Get in touch today to start your journey:

Email: connect@ancient-sage.com
Call or Text: 720-443-1520

Investing in your own internal work is the best way to show up fully for your clients. Let’s begin this process together.

The cry we hear from deep in our hearts, comes from the wounded child within. Healing this inner child's pain is the key to transforming anger, sadness, and fear.

-Thich Nhat Hanh

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Inspirational Quotes

We cultivate love when we allow our most vulnerable and powerful selves to be deeply seen and known.

Brené Brown

To be human is to become visible while carrying what is hidden as a gift to others.

David Whyte

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we have been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.

Barrack Obama

It's a journey, and we all have a role to play.

Andrea Jenkins

Wild sings the bird of the heart in the forests of our lives.

Mary Oliver

The Earth will be safe when we feel safe in ourselves.

Thich Nhat Hanh

I want to think again of dangerous and noble things. I want to be light and frolicsome. I want to be improbable and beautiful and afraid of nothing as though I had wings.

Mary Oliver

Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing we'll ever do.

Brené Brown

I'm telling the world who I am so that I never get the chance to forget.

Halsey

My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.

Desmond Tutu

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Taking the first step is the hardest part, but I am here to help.

About Julie Anderson Smith (She/Her)

I am a Level 2 trained IFS practitioner and coach, specializing in affirming LGBTQIA+ and anti-racist approaches. At Ancient Sage IFS Coaching, I provide a supportive space for therapists to deepen self-connection and navigate transformation. I have also served as a Program Assistant for Level 1 IFS trainings, bringing additional depth to my practice. My work fosters self-energy and qualities like compassion, curiosity, and courage. Please note, I am not a licensed psychotherapist and do not diagnose or treat. Discover more about my practitioner profile at the IFS Institute.

I offer a free 20-minute phone consultation. Contact me today to hear more.

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The Guest House

by Jalaluddin Rumi

This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.

A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.

Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.

The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing,
and invite them in.

Be grateful for whoever comes,
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.

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The more we can connect with our true self, the more we can find peace, joy, and fulfillment in life.