Vertiefe die Verbindung, heile Bindungsverletzungen und Traumata und erweitere die Intimität mit
IFS, EMDR und IFIO
Bewege dich bewusst auf die Verbindung von innen und außen hin, um transformative Veränderungen zu bewirken! Lass deine nächsten Schritte darauf ausgerichtet sein, Möglichkeiten zu entdecken und Erfahrungen loszulassen, die dich und deine Beziehungen möglicherweise blockieren.
Unser Ansatz
Ein mitfühlender Raum, in dem alle Lebenserfahrungen willkommen sind.
Sound Life Counseling bietet spezialisierte Therapie nach dem Internal Family Systems-Modell (IFS) sowie weitere wissenschaftlich fundierte Verfahren wie EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), IFIO (Intimacy from the Inside Out), Achtsamkeit und somatische Integration an. Das Angebot richtet sich an Einzelpersonen, Paare, Partnerschaften und Gruppen, die Beziehungskrisen und Konflikte, Trauer und Traumata, chronische Erkrankungen und Schmerzen sowie Suchterkrankungen bewältigen müssen. Christina ist queerverbündet, offen für CNM/ENM/Polyamorie, neuroaffirmativ, spirituell aufgeschlossen, heißt psychedelisch interessierte Menschen willkommen und respektiert all Ihre Lebenserfahrungen und Persönlichkeitsanteile.
Dienstleistungen
Ab 130 US-Dollar
175 US-Dollar- Ab 90 US-Dollar
Interne Familiensysteme (IFS)
Was ist IFS (Internal Family Systems)?
Wir alle haben verschiedene Anteile – unterschiedliche Wünsche, Überzeugungen, Rollen und gute Absichten. Ihre widersprüchlichen Gedanken und Gefühle können Anteile widerspiegeln, die Aufmerksamkeit benötigen. Der IFS-Prozess enthüllt Ihr inneres Wesen – auch bekannt als Selbstenergie. Diese Energie kümmert sich um all Ihre Anteile und weiß, was zu ihrer Heilung nötig ist. Indem Sie Ihre Anteile kennenlernen und mit ihnen in Beziehung treten, finden Sie letztendlich innere Harmonie und mehr Leichtigkeit in Ihrem Leben.
Was macht ein IFS-Therapeut während einer Sitzung?
Ich werde Ihnen Fragen stellen, die die Beziehung zwischen Ihnen und Ihren inneren Anteilen fördern. Mit der Zeit gewinnen Ihre Anteile Vertrauen zu Ihnen, und verletzliche Anteile können die Lasten loslassen, die sie getragen haben – was Sie vielleicht in aktuellen Herausforderungen zu Hause, im Beruf und in Beziehungen erleben. Als IFS-Therapeutin mit Level-2-Ausbildung begleite ich Sie in diesem Prozess der Entlastung, sodass Sie schmerzhafte Glaubenssätze loslassen und, wenn Sie bereit sind, neue, positive Qualitäten in Ihr Leben lassen können.
Was unterscheidet IFS von anderen Beratungsansätzen?
IFS ist ein erfahrungsorientierter Prozess – das heißt, Sie konzentrieren sich auf Ihre unmittelbare Erfahrung, anstatt nur darüber zu sprechen. IFS kann Sie dabei unterstützen, tiefer zu gehen als die traditionelle Gesprächstherapie. Da IFS erfahrungsorientiert ist, lässt es sich schwer in Worte fassen! Der IFS-Prozess besitzt eine transzendente, spirituelle Qualität, die zu einem authentischeren und offeneren Sein führt.
Was können Sie von der Arbeit mit IFS erwarten?
Mehr Selbstbestimmung! Im Alltag werden Sie sich Ihrer verschiedenen Persönlichkeitsanteile bewusster und können in ehemals belastenden Situationen gelassener reagieren. Sie werden schwierige Situationen leichter meistern und mehr Mitgefühl und Kreativität entwickeln. Mit „Intimität von innen heraus“ (IFIO) erhalten Paare und Partner die Möglichkeit, ihre Intimität zu vertiefen, Konflikte zu lösen, Beziehungen zu verbessern und sich geliebter und verstandener zu fühlen.
Christina Gerteis, LPC, LAC, NCC, MAC
My Journey
After years of working as a trauma and addictions therapist specializing with individuals and families impacted by some of life's most difficult challenges in communities all across the US, I felt I had seen it all and knew many ways to help. I experienced a lot of success in helping couples on the brink of separation after years of living in high conflict patterns and intensified emotional disconnection, individuals struggling with closeness and intimacy impacted by grief, broken trust, and parts trying to cope through addiction, and adults healing attachment wounds of childhood neglect, unmet needs, trauma, and isolation. Western medicine and psychological counseling training had provided many road maps for intervention. I knew something was missing though. While clients would learn many skills and strategies to manage and regulate emotional pain and change unhelpful patterns of thinking, they continued to struggle in relationships with those they loved. They were also unable connect with compassion inside where they hurt.
My life had also come to a crossroads with my own intimate relationship and family planning journey. I was at an impasse with my partner and knew something needed to shift. And helping myself with the same compassionate energy I offered others was not something I truly knew how to do. My intensely stoic, hyper-independent, and fixer parts were in overdrive trying to suppress fear. All the Gottman skills and Imago insights uncovered in couples therapy sessions were not helping my relationship move in the direction I wanted. My biological clock was ticking loudly, as well my decades long experience with multiple sclerosis and disabling moments would take finesse and careful stopping medications to navigate pregnancy safely while balancing my own health needs. I was terrified of being alone, harming my body, and losing my childhood love who I had lived all over the US and grown through many chapters of life with...yet felt urgency to take the next steps in hopes of becoming a parent. Pandemic arrived to our planet, existential threats, health vulnerability even further weaponized, climate crisis, violence, and political unrest was all around...and my inner conflicts intensified. My heart was also yearning for life outside of the US and dreaming of a global nomadic path and release from the constraints of the outer world.
This is where I discovered the powerful potential of integrating IFS, EMDR, and somatic therapy. I spent the next year embarking on my own path of self-discovery, unburdening, and trauma recovery with these intensive practices while undergoing steps to build a family as a single mother by choice. While my path ultimately did not lead to motherhood following infertility and unsuccessful attempts and treatments, I was able to re-connect through this time even closer with courageous communication and choice with my partner to create family in a way that resonated from my heart and not fear. Releasing expectations for the mind and body, embracing freedom, restoring trust, and expanding healing allowed more spaciousness and love than I had ever imagined possible. And I continue to experience new ways of loving fully and unconditionally every day with my life and soul partner and sweetest pug, Grit. In 2021, my dual citizenship as a Swiss American was affirmed. The journey continues today with a new volume of discovering and adventuring on this planet!
All of these experiences have led me with great purpose in sharing with couples/partnerships what is possible through IFS/IFIO, EMDR, and somatic integration. Healing, reconnection, and loving fully is possible even in life's most difficult moments. Moving beyond simply knowing and applying skills, there is a space for courageously sharing and listening with the heart. A space for opening towards repair when there has been rupture. Moments for rediscovering and redefining after conflict with compassion and deepened intimacy. I can help you there.
IFS Training
Level 1 Trainers Richard Schwartz, Nancy Sowell, Melissa Costa, and Fatimah Finny CHA
Level 2 Intimacy from the Inside Out (IFIO) Trainers John Palmer and Sallie Ingle, Wind Horse Hill, Spicewood, TX
Additional IFS Training
IFS consultation groups with Lead trainer Sue Richmond, LCSW and Assistant Trainers Amy Crawford, PhD, LMFT, and Sallie Ingle, LPC-S
Program Assistant (PA) for Level 1 trainings in-person and online 2025 and 2026
IFS Treatment for Chronic Pain - Nancy Sowell IFSI 2026 and CHA 2025
The Sacred Nervous System: A Relational Pathway for Self and IFS - Steve Chee and Richard Schwartz IFSI
IFS Workshop: Couples Therapy - Larry Rosenburg CHA
Unattached Burdens and Guides Workshop - Robert Falconer IFS Healers Community
Self-Led Sexuality - Patricia Rich Life Architect
Highly Conflictual Couples - Mary Kruger Life Architect
IFS Worshop: Children and Adolescents - Leslie Petruk CHA
Integrating EMDR into the IFS Process - Daphne Fatter Life Architect
IFS Therapy: A Spiritual and Energetic Approach - Kay Gardner Life Architect
IFS Workshop: OCD - Melissa Mose CHA
Additional Training and Certification
Integrating Somatic Techniques in Therapy 3 Month Intensive - Gabor Maté, Deb Dana, Janina Fisher, Susan McConnell, Michael Mithoefer, Efu Nyaki, Elia Mrak Life Architect
When There Are No Words: Reprocessing Early Trauma & Neglect Held in Implicit Memory - Sandra Paulson Denver, CO EMDRIA
Flash-TEP - Elan Shapiro ConnectEMDR
The Flash Technique: Basic Principles and Protocols - Philip Manfield EMDRIA
Recent Traumatic Episode Protocol and Group Traumatic Episode Protocol (R-TEP/G-TEP) Salt Lake City, UT EMDR Humanitarian Assistance Programs
Ukraine War: How EMDR Is Helpful with Trauma and Grief - Roger
Solomon, Ph.D. EMDR Humanitarian Assistance Programs
Advanced Training: EMDR Mixed Bag - Robin Shapiro Kase and Co.
Advanced Training: IFS Informed EMDR - Crystal Hines Kase and Co.
EMDRIA Certified Eye Movement De-sensitization Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR) Fort Collins, CO Humanitarian Assistance Programs
Certified Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) Durham, NC
US Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in the states of Colorado, Louisiana, and Texas and National Certified Counselor (NCC)
US Licensed Addiction Counselor (LAC) in Colorado with board certification of Master Addiction Counselor (MAC)
MA dual degree in Counseling Psychology and Organizational Consulting, Portland, OR Pacific University
With over 20 years of practice in outpatient, community-based, residential, and hospital settings, I am honored by each moment with others healing.
I have a life long passion for learning how the mind and body connect in healing and transformation. Meditation, urban community farming and seasons for growing off the land, kitchen rave cooking and movement, soaking in hot springs, and down any trail gives way to my greatest joy. Living in many different communities across the US and traveling to many countries, I have discovered ways to alleviate suffering and expand creativity, compassion, and sound living I would like to share with you!
I serve on both the Rocky Mountain and Louisiana Trauma Recovery Network (TRN) providing pro bono EMDR support for those impacted by recent event trauma including natural disasters and community violence.
I also provide individual IFS coaching to expand your optimal potential, as well as consultation and practice groups for those seeking to deepen their learning and understanding with IFS. Telesupervision offered to those seeking LAC and LPC licensure in Colorado. Please contact me for more information as you are interested in learning more about my methods and opportunities available.
Credentials can be verified at:
https://ifs-institute.com/practitioners/all/147071
https://www.emdria.org/directory/people/christina-gerteis/
LA Lpcboard.org, TX bhec.texas.gov, CO dpo.colorado.gov
