All Parts Welcome: The Queer and Trans Internal Family Systems Workbook

by Sand C. Chang PhD

Overview

Embrace your authentic self, heal emotional pain and trauma, and build meaningful connections while honoring the complexity of your identity and experiences.

If you are queer or transgender, you may feel like you have to hide certain aspects of yourself, both physically and mentally, in order to “blend into” society. You may even feel ashamed of your differences, due to a history of judgment or rejection from others. You aren’t alone. Many queer and trans people feel disconnected from their authentic selves, or have internalized negative beliefs about what it means to be lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, trans, nonbinary—or anything that deviates from our culture’s expectations regarding gender or sexual expression. So, how can you fully embrace the beauty of who you are?

All Parts Welcome offers skills grounded in internal family systems (IFS) therapy to help you build self-compassion, strength, and resilience as you reconnect with, reclaim, and befriend the parts of yourself you’ve lost touch with. The concept of multiplicity in IFS will show you how to honor all parts of your identity—such as race, ethnicity, religion, class, and ability—and help you gain a greater understanding of how these parts intersect with your sexuality or gender expression.

This workbook will help you:

• Heal the pain of rejection—including rejection from your family
• Honor the coping mechanisms that have helped you survive
• Identify what matters to you
• Set boundaries with others
• Build community and meaningful connection
• Boost your mental health

 

IFS, at its core, is about inclusion and belonging—about making space for the complexity of our identities and experiences, including both the challenging and joyful ones. If you’re ready to celebrate all of the parts that make you you, this workbook can help you get started.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781648485305
Publisher:	New Harbinger Publications
Publication date:	07/01/2025
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Sand C. Chang, PhD, (they/them) is a Chinese American nonbinary, queer, and neurodivergent clinical psychologist, consultant, and somatic psychotherapist based in California. They are a Level 3 certified internal family systems (IFS) therapist, trainer at the IFS Institute, certified Body Trust provider, and cofounder of Queer and Trans Internal Family Systems (QTIFS). Learn more about Sand at www.sandchang.com.

Editorial Reviews

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

Nic Wildes

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

Ash(ley) Gregory

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

Colleen West

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

Damon Constantinides

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

Rebecca Minor

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

Natalie Y. Gutiérrez

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

Richard Schwartz