Stacy Ruse, LPC

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Stacy Ruse, LPC, E-RYT-500, is an globally recognized educator, trauma expert, and clinical consultant specializing in an integrative approach rooted in Somatic psychology, Parts Work inspired by the IFS model, Jungian Psychology, Ego States Therapy, and Structural Theory of Dissociation, EMDR therapy, Polyvagal theory, and transpersonal therapies. Stacy is naturally eclectic, intuitive, and heart-centered in her approach, blending cutting-edge insights with ancient wisdom to create deeply engaging, transformational learning experiences.

Stacy's warm-hearted and down-to-earth teaching style is widely recognized for making complex clinical concepts accessible, relatable, and immediately usable. She is also an Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher (E-RYT-500), certified in Polyvagal-informed Yoga Therapy for trauma, and integrates embodiment practices, mindfulness, and nervous system healing into all her teachings.

Transformative Learning

Engaging & Experiential

Stacy creates immersive learning experiences through live demonstrations, guided practice, and real-world clinical applications, ensuring that concepts are not only understood but also felt, embodied, and integrated effectively.

Science Meets Soul

Her approach bridges the latest neuroscience, Polyvagal Theory, and trauma-healing modalities with mindfulness, embodiment, and transpersonal wisdom, offering a holistic, evidence-based path to healing and professional mastery.

Relatable & Insightful

Known for her deep presence and authentic connection with audiences, Stacy makes even complex therapeutic ideas practical, inspiring, and immediately usable, empowering professionals with tools they apply right away.

Empowering & Inclusive

With a strong commitment to cultural humility, accessibility, and deep healing, Stacy supports clinicians in cultivating therapeutic spaces where all feel seen, heard, and supported.

Join Stacy for transformative learning that integrates head, heart, and soul.

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Topics & Training Offerings

Stacy carefully and creatively crafts her courses with heart, intention, and depth. She offers a wide range of workshops and trainings for mental health professionals, wellness organizations, and trauma-informed communities.

Course Ideas + Topics

Integrative Trauma Professional Course
Trauma-informed EMDR Essentials
The Science of Embodiment: Somatics & Neuroscience
IFS-Inspired EMDR Therapy
The Polyvagal-Informed Therapist
Parts Work inspired by the IFS Model for Trauma Healing
Parts Work Across Models: IFS, Ego States, Jungian, Gestalt, and more
The Science of Embodiment: Somatics & Neuroscience
Vagal Toning & Polyvagal-informed Practices for Clinicians
Breath Practices for Calming the Nervous System
EMDR for Addictions, OCD, and Compulsions
Integrative Approach to Addictions: Nervous system, parts, and somatics
Working with Perpetrator Parts and Shame
Ancestral Healing & Legacy Burdens in Clinical Practice
Embodied Self-energy: A Retreat for Therapists & Healers
EMDR Interweaves and Bilateral Stimulation with Parts Work

And More

Stacy continually expands her offerings and can tailor course to meet the needs of clinicians, healers, and trauma-informed communities.

The body remembers what the mind has not yet found words for. 🌿

Somatic therapy starts from this truth, that healing isn't only cognitive, and that the nervous system carries the story of our experiences in ways that talk therapy alone can't always reach.

In our blog, Integrating Somatic Therapy: Essential Tools for the Modern Therapist, we wrote about how body-based approaches deepen trauma work and what it looks like to begin weaving somatic awareness into your sessions, whatever your primary modality. If you've been curious about bringing more of the body into your practice, this is a gentle place to start.

📖 Read it at the link in my bio!

#AglowCounseling #SomaticTherapy #TraumaInformed #MindBodyHealing #TherapistBlog #NervousSystemHealing

Writing this book was one of the most meaningful things I've ever done professionally. 📖

IFS changed the way I practice. It changed the way I understand people. And I wanted to create something that could offer that same shift to clinicians who are just beginning to explore the model, or who have been doing parts work for a while but want a clearer, more grounded framework to build from.

IFS Made Simple is that book. Practical. Heart-centered. Integrative. Clinically grounded. Written to be used, not just read!

Preorder your copy now at the link in my bio.

#AglowCounseling #IFSMadeSimple #IFSModel #NewBook #PreOrder #PartsWork #TraumaTherapist

I'm excited to be speaking at the 2026 Innovations in Psychotherapy this November.

This event brings together clinicians, researchers, and mental health professionals committed to advancing the practice of psychotherapy through evidence-based learning and meaningful dialogue.

I'll be sharing insights, strategies, and perspectives that I hope will help attendees strengthen their work and better serve those in their care.

Use the discount code SPEAK26 to receive $50 off your registration:

I'd love for you to join me at the link in my bio!

#innovationsinpsychotherapy

Parts work is one of the most transformative things I've ever brought into a therapy room. And it doesn't have to feel complicated to use. 🌱

PESI's Intensive IFS Trauma Therapy Crash Course gives you practical, immediately usable tools for working with parts in the context of trauma, skills and strategies you can weave into your existing practice, starting with your very next session.

Register at the link in my bio!

#AglowCounseling #IFSModel #PartsWork #TraumaTherapy #TherapistTraining #PESI #IFSInspired

Healing work goes deeper when you have the right support in hand. 🌿

We've put together a free resource about dismantling Core Belief Clusters, created with care for your use in the clinic with clients who could use some help reframing harmful thought patterns. Download it, use it, share it with a client or colleague who might need it.

Find this handout, and dozens of other free resources, at the link in my bio!

#AglowCounseling #FreeResource #TherapistTools #HealingResources #TraumaInformed #TherapistSupport

I had such a meaningful conversation on the Kathy on the Couch podcast and I think you'll find something in it that resonates. 🎙️

We talked about the work that's closest to my heart: Parts Work, EMDR, what it really means to show up from Self-energy, and how healers can reconnect with themselves in the midst of holding so much for others.

Give it a listen at the link in my bio and come back and tell me what landed for you! 🎧

#AglowCounseling #KathyOnTheCouch #PodcastAppearance #IFSTherapy #EMDRTherapy #TraumaHealing #TherapistPodcast

Innovations 2026 is one of those rare conferences that gets the balance right between rigorous, cutting-edge clinical training alongside genuine space for rest and reconnection with why you do this work.

Whether you're looking for concrete, session-ready skills in trauma treatment or you're a little depleted and need to be reminded of what's possible in this field, this is worth your time.

Join me in Anaheim, CA or online this year.

Learn more at the link in my bio!

#AglowCounseling #TraumaTherapy #TherapistTraining #PESI #IFSInspired

Have you ever noticed how a client can know something isn't true about themselves, and still feel it completely? 🧩

That gap between knowing and feeling is exactly where parts work lives. And understanding why it exists changes everything about how we approach healing.

In our blog, Decoding Parts Work: Why Understanding Different Selves Is Key to Recovery, we explore the inner landscape of the psyche, how our parts develop, why they do what they do, and why meeting them with curiosity rather than judgment is the doorway to lasting change.

Whether you're new to parts work or deepening your practice, this one is worth a slow read.

📖 Find it at the link in my bio.

#AglowCounseling #PartsWork #IFSModel #TraumaRecovery #HealingFromWithin #TherapistBlog

The most valuable professional growth often comes from being exposed to new ideas and different perspectives.

That's why I'm looking forward to speaking at the 2026 Innovations in Psychotherapy.

Whether you're seeking practical tools, fresh clinical insights, or the latest developments shaping our field, this event offers an incredible opportunity to learn from experts and peers alike.

Join me this November and enjoy $50 off with the code SPEAK26
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#innovationsinpsychotherapy

Complex trauma doesn't respond to a single approach. It asks for flexibility, integration, and a deep understanding of how the nervous system organizes itself around survival. 🌊

Healing Complex PTSD & Dissociation with an Integrative Model is a training designed for exactly that, bringing together the frameworks and clinical skills needed to work effectively and compassionately with the most nuanced presentations in your caseload.

If you're regularly sitting with clients whose trauma is layered, relational, and deeply embodied, this training is built for you.

Register at the link in my bio.

#AglowCounseling #ComplexPTSD #Dissociation #TraumaTherapy #IntegrativeHealing #TherapistTraining #EMDR

"The greatest gift you can give someone is the space to be his or her authentic self." — Ralph Waldo Emerson

So much of what we do as therapists is about creating conditions (safety, attunement, presence) that allow someone to finally exhale into who they actually are beneath all the protecting and performing.

We don't fix our clients. We create space. And sometimes that space is the most healing thing in the room. Who or what in your life offers you that kind of room to be fully yourself?

#AglowCounseling #AuthenticSelf #SelfEnergy #IFSPartsWork #TherapeuticPresence #HealingWisdom #InnerJourney

What if one of your most powerful therapeutic tools was also one of the simplest? 🤲

Tapping techniques, drawn from both EMDR and EFT, offer accessible, body-based ways to help clients build internal resources, regulate their nervous systems, and begin processing what's been stored. They can be woven into virtually any session, with clients of any age, at any stage of treatment.

This PESI training walks you through over a dozen specific exercises so you leave with something you can actually use, not just understand in theory, but bring into your practice room this week.

Explore the training at the link in my bio.

#AglowCounseling #EFTTapping #EMDRTherapy #TraumaTherapy #TherapistTools #SomaticHealing #PESI

Your nervous system isn't broken. It's been doing exactly what it was designed to do: Protect you. 💚 The question is whether you have tools that work with that intelligence rather than against it.

Our Nervous System Toolkit is a curated collection of grounding exercises, somatic strategies, and body-based practices, built for therapists supporting clients through complex trauma and for anyone navigating their own healing path. Not crisis interventions. Not quick fixes. Practices that gradually teach the system that it's safe to settle.

🌱 Download your free toolkit at the link in my bio!

#AglowCounseling #NervousSystemHealing #SomaticTools #TraumaInformed #FreeResource #PolyvagalTheory

If you've been curious about the IFS model and parts work, but haven't known quite where to start, or if you've started and want a more structured foundation, this is worth your attention. 🌱

PESI's IFS Therapy Core Skills Certificate Training offers a clear, clinically grounded entry point into parts work. You'll walk away with foundational knowledge AND practical tools you can bring into sessions right away. Not someday, but this week.

IFS and parts work models are one of the fastest-growing modalities in the field for a reason. It's non-pathologizing, deeply compassionate, and it gets to the root rather than managing symptoms on the surface.

If you're ready to see what all the excitement is about, this is a beautiful place to begin. Link in my bio.

#AglowCounseling #IFSModel #PartsWork #ClinicalTraining #TherapistDevelopment #TraumaInformed #PESI

One of the things nobody prepares you for in this work is how isolating a complex case can feel. 💙

You're sitting with something stuck. a looping session, a client who keeps dissociating, a protocol that just isn't landing, and there's no one to think it through with.

That's exactly what my Drop-in EMDR Consultation Group is for. It's an open, integrative space where trauma therapists can bring their real cases and real questions without any long-term commitment. IFS, somatic, and EMDR approaches are all welcome here.

Come as you are. You don't have to have it figured out before you show up.

🔗 Learn more at the link in my bio.

#AglowCounseling #EMDRConsultation #TraumaTherapist #ClinicalSupport #IntegrativeHealing #EMDRTherapy

Some trainings add a line to your resume. This one changes how you work.

The EMDR Core Skills Certificate Training is a thorough, structured pathway to genuine EMDR competency, built for clinicians who want to move from "I've completed the training" to "I actually trust myself in session."

This is where that confidence comes from.

Check out the course at the link in my bio!

#EMDR #EMDRCertificate #TherapistEvolution #TraumaTherapy #SoulfulPractice #HeartCenteredHealing

August 1st is coming, and I could not be more excited to finally get this book into your hands! 🎉📖

IFS Made Simple has been a labor of love. Years of teaching, learning, sitting with clients, making mistakes, finding clarity, and then finding deeper clarity. It's all in here. 🌿

If you've been curious about IFS, this is your invitation. If you're already practicing IFS, this is your deepening. If you're a clinician who wants a clear roadmap, this was written for you. ✨

Pre-orders are open now! Grab your copy at the link in my bio and let's make some beautiful healing happen together. 🙏Tag a therapist friend who needs this book!

#IFSMadeSimple #IFSTherapy #PartsWork #NewBook #PreOrder #TherapistCommunity #HealingWork #TraumaInformed #InternalFamilySystems #NewHarbinger

IFS-inspired Parts Work competency isn't just about knowing the model. It's about trusting it enough to follow the client's system wherever it goes.

The Complete IFS Therapy Competency Course builds that trust, through comprehensive theory, applied practice, and the kind of clinical depth that changes how you show up in the room.

For clinicians who want to do more than reference the IFS model and parts work. For those who want to live it.

Link for the full course in my bio!

#IFSModel #PartsWork #TherapistEvolution #TraumaTherapy #SoulfulPractice

When the mind won't quiet down on its own, sometimes it needs somewhere to go.

This Guided Meditation for Grounding and Healing offers exactly that: a gentle anchor, a little space to breathe, a return to something steady.

For clinicians at the end of a long week. For clients who need a practice to take home. For anyone who's just a little unmoored today.

Press play at the link in my bio!

#GuidedMeditation #Grounding #HealingMeditation #NervousSystemRegulation #HealingFromWithin

IFS-inspired Parts Work doesn't have to be overwhelming to integrate.

The Intensive IFS Trauma Therapy Crash Course is built for clinicians who want practical, immediately applicable parts work tools, without needing to master every layer of the model first.

Check out the full course here: https://tinyurl.com/49jxhadm
#IFSModel #PartsWork #TraumaTherapy #TherapistEvolution #SoulfulPractice

Some months you need it. Some months you don't.

That's exactly why the Drop-in EMDR Consultation Group exists, skilled clinical support that's available when you need it, without a long-term commitment weighing on you when you don't.

Trained in EMDR? You're already welcome.

Check out our upcoming times at the link in our bio!

#EMDR #EMDRConsultation #TherapistEvolution #SoulfulPractice #TherapistsOfInstagram

"As you turn the page, imagine meeting the protectors and the wounded ones inside with the healing force and quiet strength of the Self. The journey ahead will invite you to experience this with greater ease, bringing the model to life one compassionate connection at a time."

That's my greatest hope for this book: that it doesn't just teach IFS, but that it brings it to life in your hands, in your practice, and maybe even in your own healing. 🙏

IFS Made Simple is available for pre-order now at the link in my bio! 📖

#IFSMadeSimple #IFSTherapy #PartsWork #CompassionateHealing #SelfLeadership #TherapistLife #InternalFamilySystems #TraumaRecovery #NewHarbinger #BookLaunch

Yoga nidra is sometimes described as "yogic sleep," a state between waking and dreaming where the nervous system relaxes its defenses and becomes unusually receptive.

For trauma survivors, that threshold is significant.

This blog explores what happens when trauma-informed psychotherapy, mindfulness, and yoga nidra are brought into conversation with each other, and why the intersection matters.

A slower read, for slower moments. 🌙

Check it out at the link in my bio!

#YogaNidra #TraumaInformed #Mindfulness #SoulfulPractice #MindBodySpirit #HealingFromWithin

Not everyone who works with trauma has had comprehensive training in it.

The Complete Trauma Professional Certification Program closes that gap, offering a thorough, clinically grounded foundation for practitioners who want to work with trauma with more skill, more confidence, and more care.

This is the certification that gives you language for what you've always sensed, and tools for what you've long needed.

Explore the program at the link in my bio!

#TraumaCertification #CCTP #TherapistEvolution #TraumaTherapy #SoulfulPractice #HeartCenteredHealing

I've had the privilege of teaching thousands of clinicians IFS over the years, and the question I hear most often is: "How do I actually DO this with clients?"

That question is the heartbeat of IFS Made Simple. 🌟

Inside, you'll find:
✅ A clear five-phase framework for IFS therapy
✅ Vivid case examples you can learn from immediately
✅ Integration with CBT, EMDR, somatic approaches, and more
✅ Neuroscience-informed context that deepens your understanding
✅ Tools for even the most complex trauma presentations

This is the practical, compassionate, immediately-applicable guide that bridges IFS training and actual clinical practice. 🧠💛

Pre-order now at the link in bio! Launching August 1st from @newharbinger!

#IFSMadeSimple #IFSTherapy #CliniciansGuide #TherapistTools #TraumaTherapy #PartsWork #NewHarbinger #BookLaunch #EMDR #SomaticTherapy

Gabor Maté, quietly devastating as always: ✨

"Knowing oneself comes from attending with compassionate curiosity to what is happening within."

Compassionate curiosity.

Not productivity. Not optimization. Not figuring yourself out so you can finally move on.

Just attending. Gently. To what's actually here.

#GaborMate #CompassionateCuriosity #SelfCompassionJourney #HealingFromWithin #SoulfulPractice

Addiction rarely exists in isolation.

Behind the substance, the behavior, the cycle, there's almost always a wound. And that wound has a nervous system memory, a story, a part of the self that found the only exit it knew.

EMDR for Trauma and Addiction gives clinicians the step-by-step framework to treat both, without forcing a choice between them.

For anyone working with dual diagnosis clients, this one is worth your attention. Link in bio!

#EMDR #AddictionTherapy #DualDiagnosis #TraumaTherapy #TherapistEvolution #SoulfulPractice

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Hello. I'm Stacy Ruse— psychotherapist, teacher, author, advocate, yogi, mother, wife, animal lover, light worker, and entrepreneur. I live with my human and fur family in beautiful Longmont, Colorado, in the ancestral lands of the Ute, Arapahoe, and Cheyenne peoples.

I'm all and none of these things, and yet, so much more.

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My mission is to help you and your clients to:

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Embody your highest expression as a therapist and a human.

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