IFS Group Experiences
Access deeper Self-Energy through communal connection
Most of us learned to manage our inner world alone. Our society tends to label that as independence and independence gets labeled as strong.
But it feels more like isolation than strength…
Exploring our inner world was never meant to only be a solo endeavor. The parts of you that learned to hide, perform, mask, or protect did so in relationship. And they heal that way too.
Verdant's groups aren't just for support. They're therapeutic experiences. Facilitated by Kelsey Grant, LCMHCA, groups are grounded in IFS and designed to help you access Self-energy in the presence of others who get it. Because something shifts when you stop being the only one in the room who knows what it's like.
Befriend the Chaos
An IFS-Informed Therapy Group for Women with Late-Diagnosed ADHD
For many women, an ADHD diagnosis comes decades after internalizing struggles as personal failures before there was a language for what was happening. This group makes room for that layered experience.
Using an Internal Family Systems (IFS) lens, we'll work on recognizing your parts that have had to work on overdrive or have been pushed down. We'll explore how these parts show up for you in daily life and how you may be able to approach them with curiosity and compassion instead of criticism and shame.
This space for self-discovery, alongside other women navigating similar internal landscapes.
Diagnosis was the first step. The next is understanding your internal system and processing what it’s meant for your current beliefs.
The Logistics
Starting: September 13th, 2026
When: Sundays 5:00 PM - 6:15 PM
Where: Virtually via Zoom (Camera-optional, fidget-friendly), must be physically located in North Carolina
Duration: 10-Week Series
Cost: $50/Session or $450 paid upfront
Insurance/ Sliding Scale Available:
INN with Aetna and Some BCBS Plans
Able to offer a Superbill for OON
Requires separate Dx intake or Referral
Limited Reduced Fee slots available ($35/session)
What We’ll Explore
The Late-Diagnosis Experience
Unpacking how discovering ADHD in adulthood differs from growing up with the language for it, and the parts formed by years of masking or self-blame
Masking and its Cost
Understanding the parts that developed to compensate, overachieve, or "hold it together," and what it might mean to let them rest
Speaking For Your Parts, Not From Them
Building the internal awareness to notice when a part has taken over, and practicing language that represents it rather than becomes it
Self-Compassion over Self-Criticism
Shifting the internal narrative away from judgment and toward curiosity about why your system works the way it does
Community With Others Who Understand
The shared experience of being witnessed by other women navigating similar internal landscapes
Groups in the Pipeline
These groups don't exist yet because the right ones need the right people. If one of these resonates, add your name. You won't be on a list that goes nowhere; you'll be the reason a group forms.
Shared Stage of Life
New Dads
New Moms
Entrepreneurs
Recently Divorced
Shared Behaviors
Type “A”
“People Pleasing”
“Over-Analyzing”
Got an idea for a group that you could benefit from and don’t see here? Submit your idea through the interest list!
Why an IFS Group?
Not all group therapy is the same. In a traditional support group, the goal is often to share, to be heard, to feel less alone. In a skill building psychoeducation group, you are learning new strategies. Those things matter. But in an IFS-informed group, something more specific is happening.
IFS, short for Internal Family Systems, is a model that understands the mind as made up of parts: distinct inner voices, protectors, and wounded places that each carry their own history, their own logic, and their own needs. In individual IFS work, you learn to turn toward those parts with curiosity instead of judgment. You develop what the model calls Self-energy — a grounded, compassionate inner presence that can lead from within.
In an IFS group, that process happens in relationship.
When you're in a room (or a Zoom) with others who speak the same internal language, something shifts. You start to notice your parts getting activated in real time: the one that goes quiet when conflict arises, the one that performs for approval, the one that checks out and starts scrolling when things get too close.
Instead of just managing those reactions, you learn to get curious about them, right here, with witnesses who are doing the same.
If you’re new to IFS, check out this ~2 minute video from IFS Guide.
An IFS group is different because:
You're not just sharing your story with others, you’re seeing it in a whole new way.
The group dynamic itself becomes the material. Relational triggers are welcomed, not managed away. You get the chance to make a different choice in the moment.
You leave with more than insight. You leave with a lived experience of what it feels like to have your parts seen and experience a calm and confident Self energy.
Healing happens in community, the same way wounding often did
Bring your Own Group
Connect deeper to the community you already have.
Best for: Parents, entrepreneurs, or cohorts who want a shared language for the long haul.
Real transformation doesn't happen in a vacuum—it happens in community. This format is for groups who already know each other who want to stay connected as they evolve, ensuring that the insights from deeper work don't get lost in the daily grind.
The group environment provides a space where:
Parts are heard: Navigate group dynamics and personal triggers with IFS-informed mediation.
The Self Leads: Move from reactive "emergency mode" to a centered, durable state of being.
Mutual Support: Build a network that understands your internal world as well as you do.
Format: Options for Weekly, Twice Monthly, or Monthly 90 minute sessions.
In Person in Concord, NC or Virtually
Investment: $50/member/session.
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