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Discover how Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy helps children heal through art and play. Inclusive, trauma-informed therapy for kids...

Your body isn’t betraying you—it’s trying to speak. From insomnia to gut tension to sexual shutdowns, each symptom is your nervous system’s way of saying, “Please listen.” Learn how somatic therapy helps you understand the language of your body and begin true nervous system healing.

Healing doesn’t always mean diving into pain — sometimes it means rediscovering joy. Through laughter, movement, and imagination, play helps the nervous system feel safe enough to open again. It’s how we reconnect with curiosity, creativity, and Self. At Heartbeat Therapy & Wellness, we believe in healing through play — because when we laugh, we breathe; when we play, we heal.

IFS therapy for trans people invites every part of you—especially the ones told they don’t belong—into a space of compassion and healing. By meeting internalized shame and fear with curiosity, IFS helps trans and gender-expansive individuals reconnect with Self-energy, find safety in their bodies, and experience gender euphoria as an expression of wholeness. Every part of you is welcome here.

Our relational nervous system is constantly asking, “Am I safe to connect?” Formed through tone, gaze, and presence, it holds the sacred intelligence of how we meet and are met. Healing begins when we listen to the body’s cues—not to fix, but to honor. Each breath, glance, and touch can become an invitation to safety, connection, and deeper wholeness.

At Heartbeat Therapy Group, we believe that your body carries sacred wisdom — and nervous system healing  begins the moment you start...