Rebecca Minor
With All Parts Welcome, Sand C. Chang has created a model we can trust—one that is inherently affirming, deeply compassionate, and fully aligned with the lived experiences of queer and trans people. This workbook seamlessly integrates IFS in a way that feels both accessible and transformative, offering a much-needed resource for healing, self-understanding, and coming home to yourself.”
—Rebecca Minor, LICSW, gender specialist, consultant, and author of Raising Trans Kids
Nic Wildes
Sand C. Chang’s knowledge of IFS, commitment to body liberation, and fierce love of community is felt throughout this book. The meditations, reflections, and guided prompts allow one to feel Chang’s support as they invite the reader to get curious about and deepen their relationship to themselves. All Parts Welcome is a gift to queer and trans people interested in IFS as a healing practice.”
—Nic Wildes, LMHC, certified IFS therapist, IFSI-approved consultant, and cofounder of QTIFS
Natalie Y. Gutiérrez
All Parts Welcome is an essential resource for LGBTQIA2S+ individuals seeking healing, and for therapists supporting them. Sand C. Chang expertly blends IFS therapy with the lived experiences of queer and trans people. This book empowers readers to understand their inner world, address the impact of societal biases, and reclaim self-led self-care and community. It’s such a powerful tool for fostering inclusive and supportive IFS practices!”
—Natalie Y. Gutiérrez, LMFT, author of The Pain We Carry and The Pain We Carry Workbook
Damon Constantinides
Sand C. Chang lovingly guides the reader through introducing IFS theory to how this work intersects with our bodies, gender, and sexual orientation. On this journey I could feel a settling in my body, an internal understanding that as a queer and trans person this resource really is for us—a tool that connects our inner world with the external challenges of heterosexism and cis-supremacy while providing a blueprint for healing.”
—Damon Constantinides, PhD, sex therapist in private practice, CIIS Sex Therapy certificate instructor, and coauthor of Sex Therapy with Erotically Marginalized Clients
Richard Schwartz
I’m so grateful to internal family systems (IFS) trainer Sand C. Chang for writing this book. It so skillfully applies my life’s work to the queer and trans community, a group that, traditionally and particularly lately, contains some of the more persecuted exiles in our culture. I not only highly recommend it as a potent workbook for that community, but also for anyone who wants to better understand and/or help them.”
—Richard Schwartz, PhD, developer of the IFS model
Ash(ley) Gregory
Without exaggeration, this workbook is immediately indispensable! Sand C. Chang gently guides queer and trans readers into a calm and compassionate IFS practice space. Their personal illustrations, captivating reflection questions, innovative worksheets, and courageous meditations amplify our inner wisdom. Chang invites us into embracing our unique inner ecosystems while centering collective care. This book is a bright star illuminating how we may become more skillful at radical belonging.”
—Ash(ley) Gregory, LMFT, (she/her), queer psychotherapist and proud Queer and Trans Internal Family System (QTIFS) teaching assistant who transforms shamefulness into spaciousness with curiosity, playfulness, and hope
Colleen West
I love this workbook! It’s a gentle, accessible, and nuanced guide to working with one’s internal parts, specifically for queer and trans people. Sand C. Chang encourages the reader to welcome all parts—making room for the tender ones inside that may have been marginalized, dismissed, or denigrated by the heteronormative world. What a beautiful gift to us and to the field of IFS.”
—Colleen West, LMFT, IFS consultant, and author of We All Have Parts and The IFS Flip Chart
