Andrew Anderson Therapy
Licensed Professional Counseling
Services
The Work We Do
I offer two core services, both rooted in the same foundational belief: that inside each of us we are already compassionate, already whole, already capable of healing — if we can learn to empower it.
My approach is experiential. That means we don’t just talk about what’s happening in your life. We go toward it, together. We create real moments of contact — with your inner world, or with the person sitting across from you — that can feel genuinely new, genuinely freeing, genuinely yours.
Individual Therapy — IFS (Internal Family Systems)
For adults seeking deeper self-understanding, healing, and change.
Most of us have had the experience of feeling pulled in two directions — a part of us that wants one thing, another part that wants something else entirely. Or a part that shuts down when things get hard, and another that knows that’s not really working.
Internal Family Systems (IFS) is built on the recognition that this multiplicity is not a flaw. It is how the mind works. Each of us carries an inner family of parts — some protective, some carrying old wounds — and at the center of all of it, a core that is curious, calm, and capable of leading.
IFS therapy helps you:
- Get to know your parts — the ones that protect you, the ones that carry pain — with genuine curiosity rather than judgment
- Access your bigness: the grounded, compassionate you that knows how to lead
- Unburden the parts of you that have been carrying old pains, fears, or shames — often since childhood
- Experience a different kind of relationship with yourself: one that is kinder, steadier, more free
This is evidence-based work. It is also deeply personal work. Clients often describe IFS as unlike anything they’ve tried before — less like reporting and more like discovering.
Ideal for: anxiety, depression, trauma, life transitions, self-worth, relationship patterns, grief, and the feeling that something inside is stuck.
Available: In-person in Hoboken, NJ | Virtually throughout New Jersey
Couples Counseling — IFIO (Intimacy from the Inside Out)
For couples ready to change how they hear each other — and themselves.
Every couple develops patterns. Ways of arguing, ways of going quiet, ways of reaching for each other that somehow don’t land. These patterns make sense — they’re protective, they developed for reasons — but over time, they can make two people feel very far apart even when they’re in the same room.
Intimacy from the Inside Out (IFIO) is a couples therapy model developed from the IFS framework, specifically designed for the relational space between two people. It works with both partners simultaneously — helping each person understand not just what they’re feeling, but which part of them is driving the conversation, and how to step back from that part enough to actually be heard, and to actually hear.
IFIO helps couples:
- Identify the repeating patterns — the “dance” — that keeps them stuck
- Learn to speak for their feelings rather than from them — a shift that changes everything about how a partner receives what you say
- Create the safety that allows real vulnerability to emerge
- Understand how old wounds (often from long before the relationship) are showing up in the present
- Rebuild connection, intimacy, and the capacity to truly be with each other
This is not communication skills training. It is deeper than that. It is an invitation into a different way of being together.
Ideal for: couples experiencing conflict, emotional distance, communication breakdowns, trust repair, or a desire for more depth and connection.
Available: In-person in Hoboken, NJ | Virtually throughout New Jersey
(IFIO is rooted in IFS. While prior IFS experience is not required, some individual IFS work may be recommended alongside couples sessions where appropriate.)
How We Meet
In-Person — Hoboken, NJ
My Hoboken office is a welcoming space that is easy to reach from Jersey City, Weehawken, and the greater New York City metro area. I believe there is something meaningful about stepping out of your home, coming somewhere neutral, and sitting across from another person. The commute can itself become part of the ritual — a moment of transition between the noise of your life and the quiet of the work.
Virtually — Throughout New Jersey
I also see clients via secure video throughout the state of New Jersey. Virtual sessions offer a real intimacy and ease of their own, and I’ve seen deeply meaningful work happen through a screen. If virtual is the right fit for you, it’s a full and genuine option.
Contact me to schedule a consultation.