IFS Therapy in Bethesda, Maryland
Bethesda is a community full of accomplished, thoughtful people — physicians at NIH, attorneys at major firms, government officials, researchers, parents managing full households alongside demanding careers. Many of the people who come to IFS therapy here have done the work on the outside. The inside is where something still feels unresolved.
Cushing Counseling serves Bethesda residents with online IFS therapy through Radiance Sanneman, MS, LCPC — a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in Maryland and Level 1 trained IFS therapist.
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What Is IFS Therapy?
Internal Family Systems (IFS) is an evidence-based approach that treats the mind as a system of different inner "parts." Some parts are protective — keeping you productive, managing emotions, avoiding conflict. Others carry deeper wounds from the past — shame, grief, fear — that were never fully resolved.
In IFS therapy, you learn to identify and heal these parts rather than fight them. The goal is to access your Self — the calm, wise center that can lead your inner life with compassion instead of control.
What Radiance Treats
Bethesda clients work with Radiance for:
Anxiety and the pressure to always perform
Complex and relational trauma
Shame and the inner critic
Patterns in relationships: emotional distance, people-pleasing, shutting down
LGBTQ+ identity and affirmation
Religious trauma, spiritual questions, or deconstruction
Career and identity transitions
Meet Your IFS Therapist
Radiance Sanneman, MS, LCPC, NCC, CCMHC Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in Maryland | Level 1 IFS Therapist
Radiance serves Bethesda, Chevy Chase, Potomac, North Bethesda, and surrounding Montgomery County communities via secure telehealth. She trained at Loyola University Maryland and holds Level 1 IFS certification from the IFS Institute.