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Welcome to

HEART OF CALDERA

Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Wellness

“We hold space and guide people towards their own capacity for self-compassion and personal courage as they explore their unique drives to live wholly in this precious life experience.”

Susan the owner of IFSwellness.com sits at on the beach

“As we experience, witness, and release our feelings,

we become spacious like a caldera--

a beautiful, wondrous place of possibility.

In this way,

we embody the Enso;

a pass through for all of life’s experiences--

simultaneously empty and full.”​​

Susan Poznyansky (they/them), LICSW, HOC founder

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Wholeness Retreat:

Tending to our

Longing & Heartache

IFS and Nature-Connection

October 12-17 2025 Registration Now Open

Offerings for Wholeness

“Wholeness is an interior sense of feeling in integrity, of feeling complete.”

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Elise Loehnen, Oprah Daily contributing writer

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Internal Family Systems (IFS) Groups
(Non-clinical & open to anyone, anywhere, 18 yrs old+)

  • Wholeness Retreats 

  • The Third Place:

Virtual IFS Groups

  • Free Tai Chi at the library

  • Dharma Buddies Meet-Up

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"Wholeness includes every part of ourselves, even the ones we often hide away.”

-Susan Poznyansky(they/them),

LICSW, HOC founder

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Caldera Psychotherapy PLLC (Clinical- WA state only)

  • IFS Individual psychotherapy for ages 16+ (accepts insurance)

  • IFS Clinical Deep Dives (not billable to insurance)

  • IFS Consultation for licensed therapists 

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“We practice confidence and courage, as we bring our compassionate hearts to the parts of us that are hurting.”

-Susan Poznyansky (they/them)

LICSW, HOC Founder

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Professional Development

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"Education is a practice of freedom, an act of love, and a commitment to the collective liberation of all people."

​-bell hooks 

Teaching to Transgress 

BREATHE ~ SETTLE ~ OPEN ~ FEEL ~ LISTEN ~ RELEASE ~ RECEIVE ~ INTEGRATE

Want to Get Started?

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Calderas owners smile between the trunks of a cherry tree complimenting a mindset quote

“When we seek for connection, we restore the world to wholeness. Our seemingly separate lives become meaningful as we discover how truly necessary we are to each other.”

Margaret J. Wheatley

I was interviewed on a podcast. Give it a listen!

The Parts of Us That Long:
An IFS Exploration of Longing and Heartache on

That Wellness Podcast with Natalie Deering: Internal Family Systems (IFS) with a Twist

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Nature as a balm for generational trauma.

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Testimonials

“Susan is a bright, funny, compassionate and a delightful Internal Family Systems therapist who makes their clients feel deeply cared for and understood.  They have extensive experience working with complex trauma.  Susan also has expertise, fondness and a natural gift for group and family dynamics and offers healing group work, in addition to their individual work.”

Kathy Cox, Internal Family Systems trainer

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