D. Brian Lee, MA, MCPC
IFS-Informed Coaching
Welcome! I offer expert, compassionate coaching using the Internal Family Systems modality to help you with:
- Psychedelic journeys
- Anomalous experiences that defy normal explanations
- Visions, downloads, sudden shifts in perception
- Life coaching
- Spiritual issues
- Creative and artistic challenges
Whether you are on the “before” or “after” side of a big experience, I can help you to move toward new insights and action steps. Often an extraordinary experience propels us toward a “new normal” that we can’t even imagine yet. We can find ways to sense it, get curious about it, and work with it to enrich your life’s journey.
Internal Family Systems (IFS) is an excellent transformative modality for processing psychedelic and anomalous experiences because it can accommodate transpersonal, visionary, mystical, and traumatic experiences. It is non-pathologizing, meaning there is no need to label an issue with a diagnosis before identifying it and working through it.
The numerous issues and opportunities that arise from extraordinary experiences can seem overwhelming at first. Together we negotiate the agenda at each session, with the client’s system setting the pace. IFS “parts work” gets to the heart of issues efficiently, but is always respectful of the client’s capacity to proceed.
If you are preparing for an extraordinary experience (such as a psychedelic journey), we will meet in advance of it to explore in depth your “why”, followed by “what” and “how”. We will go over medicines/techniques, best practices for safety, and types of phenomena you might encounter. I’ll guide you through processes and resources, so that you can make informed choices and greatly increase the usefulness of your adventure.
The work after a big experience (psychedelic or otherwise) is often called “integration”. In integration coaching, we explore what came up during your experience, which may include insights, long forgotten memories, traumas, revelations, symbolism, and many kinds of sensory and nonsensory input. Figuring it out alone can be a daunting task. Together we can help you to approach it with curiosity, compassion, and clarity, so that you can learn what it might mean for your life’s journey. Conscious integration will help you to create positive and long-lasting changes.
I work with clients online and in my Potomac, Maryland office.
“We’re all just walking each other home.” – Ram Dass