Tag: IFS

• Reconnect, Restore, and Come Home to Yourself: Join Our Transformational IFS Retreats in the Santa Cruz, CA Area

  

  Reconnect, Restore, and Come Home to Yourself: Join Our Transformational IFS Retreats in the Santa Cruz, CA Area

  Forest Benedict, LMFT

  February 2, 2026

  IFS, self-compassion, Self-Connection, Therapists, trauma

  community, IFS, mental health, retreat, self-compassion, self-connection, trauma

• I No Longer Consent to My Own Harm

  

  I No Longer Consent to My Own Harm

  Forest Benedict, LMFT

  January 23, 2026

  Attachment, Codependency, Connection, CPTSD, IFS, Religious trauma, self-compassion, Self-Connection, trauma

  codependency, IFS, Religious trauma, self-compassion, self-connection

• Your Body Belongs to You

  

  You Body Belongs to You

  Forest Benedict, LMFT

  January 4, 2026

  Health, IFS, Religious trauma, Self-Connection, Sexual shame, sexuality, Shame

  body autonomy, desire, IFS, Religious trauma, self-connection, sex, sex education

• Self-Sacrifice Is Not Love: Why the Part of You That Endures Is Exhausted

  

  Self-Sacrifice Is Not Love: Why the Part of You That Endures Is Exhausted

  Forest Benedict, LMFT

  December 13, 2025

  Codependency, CPTSD, IFS, Religious trauma, trauma

  codependency healing, fawning trauma response, IFS, IFS therapy, Religious trauma, self-abandonment, self-sacrifice, therapy

• Rewilding Desire Launches Today!!! 🎉✨

  

  Rewilding Desire launches today! 🌹🔥 Release shame, awaken desire & move from sexual suppression to expression. Watch the trailer on YouTube or TikTok.

  Forest Benedict, LMFT

  September 19, 2025

  IFS, Inspiration, Religious trauma, Self-Connection, Sexual shame, sexuality, Shame

  desire, IFS, pleasure, Religious trauma, self-connection, sex, Sexual shame

• Sexual Shame, Desire, & IFS: A New Interview with Forest Benedict

  

  I’m thrilled to share that my latest interview just dropped! 🎙️✨ In this deeply personal conversation with my colleague and friend Gilbert Romero-Mewharter, we explore the healing of sexual shame and the reclaiming of authentic desire through Internal Family Systems (IFS). Together, we talk about how culture, religion, and trauma often disconnect us from our sexuality,…

  Forest Benedict, LMFT

  September 17, 2025

  IFS, LGBTQIA+, Religious trauma, self-compassion, Self-Connection, Sexual shame, sexuality, Shame, trauma

  desire, IFS, mental health, Religious trauma, self-compassion, self-connection, Sexual shame, trauma

• Big News: Licensed in WA, Certified in IFS, and Launching My Sex Coaching Practice

  

  Licensed in WA, certified in IFS, and now launching a bold new sex coaching practice to help people release shame and embrace desire as a compass.

  Forest Benedict, LMFT

  July 24, 2025

  IFS, Religious trauma, Self-Connection, Sexual shame, sexuality

  IFS, Religious trauma, self-connection, sex coaching, Sexual shame

• From External Authority to Self-Trust: Healing Religious Trauma and Reclaiming Your Inner Compass with IFS

  

  Healing religious trauma means learning to trust yourself again. Discover how IFS helps you reclaim your inner compass and live in alignment with your truth.

  Forest Benedict, LMFT

  June 25, 2025

  Change, Codependency, CPTSD, IFS, Inspiration, LGBTQIA+, Religious trauma, self-compassion, Self-Connection, Sexual shame, sexuality, trauma

  authenticity, authoritarian, CPTSD, healing, IFS, inner compass, interview, mental health, podcast, Religious trauma, self-compassion, self-connection, trauma

• 🎙️ New Podcast Interview: Porn is Not the Problem on the Divorcing Religion Podcast

  

  Discover Forest Benedict’s powerful new interview on the Divorcing Religion podcast: “Porn is Not the Problem.” Explore porn addiction myths, ethical porn, Internal Family Systems, and healing from religious trauma and sexual shame in this honest, hopeful conversation.

  Forest Benedict, LMFT

  June 23, 2025

  Addiction, Anti-Pornography Movement, Faith, IFS, Inspiration, LGBTQIA+, life after lust, pornography, Recovery, Religious trauma, self-compassion, Self-Connection, Sexual Addiction, Sexual shame, sexuality, Shame

  Authenticity And Freedom, deconstruction, Divorcing Religion, Ethical Porn, healing journey, IFS, Internal Family Systems, mental health, Podcast Interview, recovery, Religious trauma, self-compassion, self-connection, Sex Addiction Recovery, Sex Positive Therapy, Sexual Empowerment, Sexual Healing, Sexual shame, Shame Free Sexuality, Therapist Interview

• The F-Word Was Father’s Day: A Poem of Reclamation

  

  A healing poem about reclaiming Father’s Day from trauma through self-love, fatherhood, and inner reparenting. A tribute to self-fathering and growth.

  Forest Benedict, LMFT

  June 14, 2025

  Addiction, Attachment, Change, children, Codependency, Connection, CPTSD, Fun, Grief, IFS, Inspiration, Parenting, Poetry, Recovery, Religious trauma, self-compassion, Self-Connection, Sexual Addiction, Shame, trauma, writing

  breaking generational cycles, compassionate self-love, emotional healing, father wound, father’s day, fatherhood journey, forest benedict, grief and growth, healing, healing from childhood trauma, healing poem, IFS, IFS therapy, inner child healing, Internal Family Systems, LMFT blog, men’s healing, mental health, parenting and trauma, poetry for healing, recovery, Religious trauma, reparenting, self-compassion, self-connection, self-fathering, trauma, trauma recovery