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Internal Family Systems Therapy Melbourne/Ann Arbor

“Internal Family Systems is a powerfully transformative, evidence-based model of psychotherapy. We believe the mind is naturally multiple and that is a good thing. Our inner parts contain valuable qualities and our core Self knows how to heal, allowing us to become integrated and whole. In IFS all parts are welcome.

IFS is a movement. A new, empowering paradigm for understanding and harmonizing the mind and, thereby, larger human systems. One that can help people heal and helps the world become a more compassionate place.” (from IFS institute website; for more info watch IFS Founder Dick Schwartz give an overview of the model here!)

What to expect in an IFS Therapy Session with Lucine

Just as all therapeutic process, IFS is a process, and takes place over a series of sessions. Many clients work with a variety of different “Parts” and consider this as an ongoing commitment. Some people come with a particular theme that is arising in their lives and initially their sessions explore the Parts involved with that theme. Other people arrive to IFS with a curiosity to understand themselves more deeply. There is no one “right way” to approach IFS.

The sessions begin with an initial intake Vision form, asking you to clarify your intentions for these sessions. IFS sessions require you to “go inward” in order to tune into parts of yourself that aren’t always verbal, so our processes relies on somatic attunement as well as words. Lucine is currently doing her Step 2 Somatic IFS (a specialised area of IFS for working with non-verbal or even pre-verbal parts).

For next steps you can book an initial session here, or if you still have further questions you can book a free 20 minute check in session here. The pricing of IFS sessions are listed in the booking system, priced by times of 60, 75 or 90 minute sessions. Please note until July 2025 Lucine is based mainly in the USA doing ongoing IFS training, in that period most sessions are held via zoom. Most clients prefer using the packages available here, which offer a discount of up to 10% less than booking sessions individually.

"I had done some past work but struggled to integrate and find cohesion. Body movement is a universal language that has bridged the language barrier between parts of self. Combining 5Rhythms and IFS has brought me to a place of unity within me that I've never experienced."

Zane Williams, Melbourne

"How to describe Lucine? No one label fits. Neither counsellor nor therapist do her justice. She’s a wise teacher, a best friend, a shaman, a spirit guide. She’s my lifeline through major life transitions and the smaller, still challenging, bumps in life. I can share all parts of me with her, even those thoughts I dare not voice to myself, much less to anyone else, and I still feel accepted and loved. At times I feel like she’s working a kind of magic, weaving together threads in my life I haven't recognised. She knows exactly what to say to guide me, to comfort me, to shed light, to challenge me and my limiting beliefs in a loving way. She enables me to go to the places my soul craves and my mind fears. She knows how to walk the line between giving me the love and support I need and when to hold me accountable and push me out of the nest so I can fly on my own. She’s a conduit to a higher wisdom already in me but forgotten along the way. That remembering is like finding my way home and belonging again. "

Michelle Swenson, Senior IT Business Analyst, Melbourne, Australia

"I have been working with Lucine in one on one sessions for some years. She is like a dive buddy. Always there when I need support being brave, looking out for my best interests and reminding me to be present and to do the work. It isn't easy. Sessions usually bring a wave of emotions as we dive beneath the surface and explore the depths. I believe I am living more of my life. I am able to give more to my loved ones, to be present and to be honest. I hope I have Lucine in my life for many more years."

H.B, Tender Manager, Melbourne

"I really benefit from the immediacy of the sessions and the gifts and messages that come to me through movement. These “take-home’s” play into my week, helping to inform how I interact with and interpret the surroundings and situations I find myself in. With a raised awareness and embodied perspective, my understanding is deepened, and thoughtfully layered through the lens of the learnings gleaned from each session. It’s a rewarding self-gift, and with her intuitive, considered, fun and caring approach, Lucine gets to the heart of the matter, and the dance begins. Thanks Lucine, I didn’t realise just how worthwhile this would be until I experienced it and I’m so glad I did."

Lainie C. (Art Therapist) St. Kilda, VIC, Australia

"I respect Lucine’s work and enjoy her classes. I also love all things to do with the soul’s evolution into love but Lucine takes this from a different perspective to my work. From my position she works with the shadow side of the human psyche and her workshop allowed me to reconnect with a lost side of my childhood. I found this immensely rewarding and satisfying and I left the series feeling like I had gained deeper insight into another aspect of my life. I highly recommend Lucine as a facilitator and I thoroughly enjoyed her Empowered Body series workshop."

Joanne Terkel, Psychologist, Dance Movement Therapist (prov DMT), Creator of DanSc – Dance Acceptance New Spirit Connection

I wish to acknowledge the Country on which I live and work. I pay my respects to the traditional owners, the Bunurong people of the South-Eastern Kulin Nation and honour their Elders, past, present and emerging. I acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded, and hope to learn from the wisdom and the resilience of all First Nations peoples; to find pathways of healing for future generations.