Colleen West, LMFT, is all about helping create connection: between you and your parts; between you and your loved ones; between you, your community, and the wider world. She is unabashedly optimistic about the human capacity to heal--to tap into the wellspring of compassion that is Self-energy. Her professional focus is healing preverbal attachment trauma. As an IFS Consultant, she devotes herself to training and mentoring psychotherapists, and writing. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and their fabulous dog, Sky. For leisure, she likes spending time in nature and preparing feasts for family and friends. To learn more about Colleen and her work, visit www.colleenwest.com and www.smarttherapytools.com.