Michelle Gillanders
Relational
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
​Therapist

All parts of us hold a positive intention, although how this presents may feel anything but!
This Belongs invites you into a gentle, supported process of looking beyond the surface and discovering what is really going on.
We do this by welcoming all parts into a safe experience of emotional attunement and providing an environment where they can be seen, heard, understood and ultimately healed.
We rediscover the inherant value and belonging of all parts.

It's never too late to be who you really are.
Michelle Gillanders (she/her)
PostGradDip: Social & Community Work - Univeristy of Otago
Registered Social Worker (reg no: 1535231)
Internal Family Systems (IFS) Level 1 training - IFS Institute
Internal Family Systems (IFS) Level 2 training - IFS Institute
IFS Skills Immersion - Stephanie Mitchell
Deepening Attunement in IFS: An Interpersonal Neurobiologically informed approach to working with Relational Trauma - Stephanie Mitchell
Programme Assistant for IFS training - Connection Heals (Australia) and Psychology Korea
IFS Intuitive Drawing - Ruth Culvert 
Mindful-Somatic Approaches to Trauma training - Dr Paris Williams
Advanced Mindful-Somatic Approaches to Trauma: Trauma Processing - Dr Paris Williams
Advanced Mindful-Somatic Trauma training: Working with Parts - Dr Paris Williams
IFS and Healing from Neglect - Jenny Fiebig
200 hours Psychodrama training
276 hours Gestalt Psychotherapy group work
300 + hours personal Psychotherapy

This Belongs
Ōtepoti/Dunedin, Aotearoa New Zealand