Three threads, one weave

Together, they allow you to make deep, behavioral changes.

Parts work

The parts we exile through trauma are our shadows, and learning how to honor their protectors is key to moving past fight, flight, freeze or appease responses. Only then are we ready for building capacity. Our approach is inspired by Internal Family Systems model.

Family Constellations

A profound group process where people stand in for members of your family or inner system. Patterns passed down through generations become visible, and something that has been stuck can begin to move.

Shadow Work

Turning toward the parts of ourselves we reject, hide, or judge in others. What we embrace becomes a source of energy, safety, and resilience we can carry with us everywhere. This is a doorway to a freedom most seekers never touch.

A closer look at shadow work

Once you’ve built some internal safety, shadow work is the natural next step. A taste of what’s waiting:

The five contracts you never signed — from the “goodness” trap to the smallness that hides your gold.

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Three honest signs you’re ready to turn toward your shadow — and what to do if you’re not there yet.

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Codependence is self-abandonment. Here’s how to spot the shift back to yourself.

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Light and shadow, representing shadow work

Where are you in your integration?

Our free shadow work self-assessment is a quiet self-portrait of where you’re standing right now: in your body, with your parts, in your relationships, and with the truths that cost something to tell.

It takes about ten minutes and you’ll have a picture of your strengths and areas of growth.

Hi, I’m Karin.

I guide people back into relationship with all of who they are, especially the parts they’ve pushed away. My work weaves Internal Family Systems, Family Constellations, and shadow work into experiences that are felt in the body, not just understood in the mind.

I’ve been an educator for the last 20 years. I hold a Masters of Education from Goddard College. I’ve been a student of Somatics for the last ten years, deepening in my practice through my self study in parts work and Family Constellations. I’ve been facillitating constellations for almost 15 years and continue to explore and experiment with colleagues who are therapists.

I am so incredibly grateful for parts work, as it was the missing key for healing my deep trauma when my somatic skills were not enough.

Shadow work has been the icing on the cake as it took me to a new level of personal sovereignty that is completely alien to me. I only know 3 people personally who are operating at this level.

I’m intensely grateful to those who have paved the way for me.

My teachers:

Thessa Sophia

Gareth Gwyn

Dr Richard Schwartz.

What participants say

Just Starting Out?

If you’re new here, begin with parts work. IFS teaches you to unblend from your wounded parts and lead from Self, building the internal safety and steadiness everything else rests on. Once you can bring that safety with you wherever you go, shadow work is the natural next step: leaning toward your growing edges to reclaim the parts you’ve rejected as a source of resilience, courage, and freedom.

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Not sure where to start?

We’d love to hear what’s drawing you to this work and explore how we can support you.

Karin@SomaticExpansion.com