IFS therapy changed how millions understand themselves — but most people will never access it. No therapist, no waitlist, no $200 sessions. Just you and your parts, taken seriously.
Take the free assessment Meet the AI Companion Free preview · Full report $9.99 · Companion: first session + check-in freeIFS, developed by Dr. Richard Schwartz, maps the inner "parts" that shape your reactions. Every part has a positive intent, even when its tactics are costly.
Proactive protectors
They organize your daily life through control, planning, perfectionism, and vigilance — working constantly so nothing painful gets triggered in the first place.
Reactive protectors
When old pain breaks through anyway, they act fast to put it out — scrolling, eating, rage, numbing, disappearing. Costly tactics, protective intent.
The protected ones
Young parts carrying the burdens of past experiences — the shame, fear, and hurt your protectors have spent years keeping out of sight.
Start with the free 55-question assessment — it identifies your primary Managers, Firefighters, and Exiles before you go deeper.
Thoughtful prompts about your emotional patterns, reactions, and inner experiences. About 15 minutes, nothing to pass or fail.
Claude reads your specific answers — not just your totals — and maps your system using the IFS framework.
A written report naming your parts, what they protect, how they interact, and your path toward Self-leadership.
A private space to practice parts work between the moments life gives you — guided by an AI engineered from real IFS session transcripts. No appointment, no waitlist, no assessment required.
Speak with eyes closed. Stay in your body while exploring your parts, without breaking to type.
It mirrors the pacing, safety boundaries, and nuance of clinical parts work — it asks protectors for permission.
Your inner-world profile builds across sessions — no re-explaining who your inner critic is every time.
Encrypted, visible only to you. A real inner-work space, not content for an algorithm.
One subscription — $12.99/mo or $129/yr — covers the Companion, the career & life coach, journaling, and the full version of every assessment.
Free guides, exercises, and reading to deepen your understanding of Internal Family Systems.
The complete guide to parts work therapy
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See the listHow parts work compares to traditional approaches
Compare themSee a full IFS Parts Discovery report
View a sampleThe twelve-phase protocol, quoted from the live prompt
See the methodDiscover how TraitPath complements clinical work — and what it will never replace.
For practitioners →A psychotherapy model developed by Dr. Richard Schwartz in the 1980s. It views the psyche as distinct "parts" — Managers (proactive protectors), Firefighters (reactive protectors), and Exiles (wounded younger parts) — governed by an unburdened core Self. Healing happens when Self leads and parts are heard rather than suppressed.
No. IFS was developed inside therapy, but the model is increasingly used for self-guided exploration. The free assessment maps your part landscape in 55 questions, and the Companion provides structure to go deeper. For trauma processing, a trained IFS therapist remains the gold standard — self-guided work is best for self-understanding and everyday parts dynamics.
An AI trained specifically in IFS. You describe what you're feeling, and it helps you identify which parts are active, what they're protecting, and how to approach them with curiosity — the way a good IFS session would. You can type or speak, and it remembers your parts across conversations.
ChatGPT will summarize IFS theory but won't guide you through a session — it doesn't remember your parts or follow IFS pacing. The Companion is purpose-built from real IFS session transcripts: it knows a firefighter from an exile, asks protectors for permission, and mirrors the safety protocols of clinical parts work.
No — it's a different tool, not a lesser one. Clinical IFS goes deeper, especially for trauma, and that needs a trained human. The Companion is for the gap: 3am moments, long waitlists, people not ready to open up to a stranger yet. The parts work is real; the access problem is real. That's what we built.
Click the microphone and speak naturally — what you're feeling, what a part is saying, what's coming up in your body. Typing pulls you out of your inner experience; voice lets you stay present with your parts. Works best in Chrome or Edge on desktop.
The assessment is a one-time snapshot: 55 questions producing a written map of your inner system. The Companion is the ongoing practice: a conversational AI you return to for whatever is alive right now. They work well together, but each stands on its own.
Yes. All conversations and assessment data are encrypted and stored securely, and never shared with third parties. Your Companion conversations are visible only to you — this is a private space for real inner work.
Fifteen minutes of honest answers. A map of the parts that have been running things — and the you underneath them.
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