Whatever life brings
Find support for Trauma, Shame, and Complex Patterns through IFS and Compassion-Focused Therapy
Therapy that goes to the root.
Compassion-focused support for every need
For Individuals
IFS and Compassion-Focused Therapy with licensed specialists, online.
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For Groups & Teams
Clinical therapy and compassion-based training programs for organisations that invest in their people.
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For Practitioners
Experiential training and continuing education for IFS-trained professionals.
Learn moreHow IFS and CFT Help
Select a challenge to learn how our compassion-focused approach can help
Working with anxious parts
Anxiety serves as a protector, working overtime to keep you safe from perceived threats. In IFS therapy, we help you:
- ✓Discover what these anxious parts are actually protecting
- ✓Connect with your calm, grounded Self beneath the fear
- ✓Show protectors they can relax their vigilance
- ✓Create lasting relief through internal system change
Client experiences
What clients say
Mind Renew filled me with immense power. I learned to meet parts of myself I had been fighting for years with compassion instead of criticism.
IFS and Compassion-Focused Therapy
Every Mind Renew therapist specialises in Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT). These two approaches are deeply complementary. IFS helps you understand and relate to the parts of yourself that carry pain or protect you from it. CFT supports you in meeting those parts with compassion rather than judgment. Together, they address what most approaches do not reach.
- Meet your parts with curiosity, not judgment
- Understand why protective patterns exist
- Access your calm, compassionate Self
- Develop genuine self-compassion grounded in clinical evidence
- Work with shame and self-criticism at their root
- Build the capacity to meet difficulty with kindness
- Healing at the pace your system can handle
- Sessions move at a pace your system can handle, with no forced exposure.
- Particularly effective with complex and relational trauma
Supporting well-being from every angle
We strengthen your mental, emotional, and relational well-being
Mental Health
We help you understand and work with anxious, depressed, or overwhelmed parts rather than fighting against them. Through IFS and Compassion-Focused Therapy, you learn to access the calm, compassionate Self that can lead your internal system with wisdom. Our approach addresses the root causes of mental health challenges, not only the symptoms.
Your well-being, in one place
Sessions, messaging, mood tracking, and resources, all within your personal Mind Renew space.
How we work
Sessions are 50 minutes, conducted online, in a secure GDPR-compliant environment.
Single session
A clinically structured 50-minute session. A place to begin, to share what brings you here and explore whether IFS and Compassion-Focused Therapy is the right fit for you.
5 sessions
Research consistently shows that meaningful therapeutic change requires time and repetition. Five sessions give the therapeutic relationship the space and continuity it needs to move beyond the surface.
10 sessions
The outcomes most associated with IFS and Compassion-Focused Therapy, including reduced self-criticism, trauma resolution, and lasting pattern change, are achieved through sustained engagement. Ten sessions create the conditions for that depth of work.
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