Healing from Within
Schedule a ConsultationInner Child Healing & IFS Therapy for Adults, Children, and Families in Charlotte, NC
Specializing in internal family systems (IFS), inner child healing, and compassionate family support across North Carolina.
Do old wounds keep showing up in your relationships, your work, how you talk to yourself? Are you stuck in patterns you’ve been trying to break for years? Do you find yourself reacting in ways that don’t feel like you, and wonder why you can’t just respond differently?
Here’s what I know: those reactions, those patterns, that struggle, they all make sense. Your nervous system is trying to protect you the only way it knows how. And you’re not alone in this.
Using Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy, I help parents and adults understand the “parts” of ourselves that get triggered, heal what’s been stuck, and build the nervous system stability that lets us respond, not react. I also work with children and teens to help them understand and regulate their big emotions.
Whether you’re an adult ready to heal wounds you’ve been carrying, a parent ready to break cycles of conflict, or seeking support for your child’s emotional struggles, I’m here to help you regain joy, confidence, and peace.
I specialize in helping:
- Adults who are doing deeper personal work — including inner child work, parts work (IFS), and a desire to feel more grounded, clear, and connected in themselves
- Parents who feel overwhelmed, reactive, or stuck in cycles like yelling, shutting down, or feeling out of control
- Children and teens struggling with anxiety, trauma, emotional regulation, or big feelings
- Adoptive parents and families navigating attachment, identity, and the emotional complexities of adoption
- Adult adoptees exploring identity, relationships, and long-standing emotional patterns
Whether you’re seeking personal healing or support for your child, explore what resonates with you below.
Are you Seeking Deeper Personal Work for Yourself?
If you’re an adult carrying old wounds, stuck in the same relationship patterns, or simply tired of reacting in ways that don’t feel like you, this work is for you.
I am a Certified IFS therapist and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner. My work with adults centers on helping you reconnect with and reparent your inner child. The parts of you that learned to protect you in childhood are still working overtime now, even when that protection no longer serves you. By working with both your mind and your body’s wisdom, I help you understand these parts and address the emotional needs they carry, building a steadier sense of self and fostering healthier relationships, clearer boundaries, and genuine peace.
This is about more than just feeling better. It’s about becoming who you actually want to be. When you understand your own nervous system and the wounds you’ve been carrying, you stop being at the mercy of your reactions. You get to choose how you show up in your relationships, your work, and your life.
Are you at a loss for how to handle your child’s behaviors?
Are you at a loss for how to handle your child’s behavior?
There is nothing more important than your connection with your child, but lately that connection has felt strained. Maybe your son has had trouble putting words to his feelings and is shutting down or lashing out. Maybe your toddler’s tantrums feel out of control compared to other kids. Maybe your daughter holds it together all day at school and then comes home and is defiant or disrespectful.
Parenting can feel overwhelming, especially when you find yourself reacting in ways you didn’t expect — raising your voice, shutting down, or feeling unsure how to respond.
Before you became a parent, you may have felt confident in your ability to figure things out. But with your kids, the rules can feel different. You’ve put in a tremendous amount of effort, and still, parenting can feel incredibly hard.
In our work together, we slow things down, understand what’s underneath these reactions, and help you respond in ways that feel more calm, connected, and aligned with the parent you want to be. This is the heart of parenting therapy — helping you understand your reactions so you can respond differently.
Do you want to better understand your own reactions to your children?
You know that parenting is hard for everyone but sometimes it feels like you have no control over your kids or your emotional reactions to them. You try hard to parent calmly but sometimes it’s just too difficult. In those moments you find yourself yelling and screaming and later you are full of guilt. If these patterns make you feel ashamed I promise you are not alone and if you would like to do things differently I can help.
I specialize in helping parents understand their own emotional reactions so that they have the ability to respond with intention rather than react to their kids. As parents get better at this they begin to model exactly what they want their kids to do when they get upset. I help parents understand why they get triggered and heal the parts of themselves that long for self compassion and understanding. If you are looking for a therapist to help you strengthen your connection with your children and also with yourself, you have come to the right place.
MY SPECIALITIES INCLUDE:
Whether your child needs to learn coping skills or you just want to come up with a more effective parenting plan, I can help.
I’m Amanda Zaidman, a licensed clinical social worker and IFS therapist in Charlotte, NC. In my work with clients I utilize approaches that allow me to focus on their strengths to facilitate healing. Those approaches include Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Therapeutic Mindfulness, Somatic Experiencing, Polyvagal Theory, and Internal Family Systems, and Brainspotting. My passion is helping families create the relationships they deserve.
If your struggles are related to screen time, social media or cell phone use I have resources for that too!
It is amazing the impact too much screen time can have on your relationship with your child. I help families learn how to take a balanced approach so that they can enjoy the benefits of technology without falling prey to the pitfalls. Read my blog post about this issue here and get the free “Constructive Parent’s Smart Phone Contract for Kids” by clicking the image below.
CONSTRUCTIVE THERAPY OFFERS VIRTUAL APPOINTMENTS FOR ALL SERVICES
I offer in office and virtual appointments. If your preference is for you or your child to be seen virtually I am pleased to continue to offer regularly scheduled parenting and child therapy appointments virtually through a HIPAA compliant tele-medicine platform which can be easily used on any computer or phone. Explore How To Get My Help.