Internal Family Systems (IFS) Coaching
Let go of self-criticism and thrive
Welcome!
Here you’ll find information about Madeline Gibson’s Coaching and Wellness offerings.
Madeline is a qualified Coach using primarily the innovative Internal Family Systems (IFS) model when supporting people during 1:1 or group sessions. She has spent years training with the Official IFS Institute and Founder Richard Schwartz, working with clients using this approach and witnessing the powerfully transformative effects.
IFS is a unique approach to the mind.
It guides us to understand how the events of our lives (and actually, sometimes the lives of those who came before us) shape our thoughts, beliefs and behaviours today. It offers a path to revising our present day unhelpful patterns — the ones that we’re stuck in, or which are hindering our enjoyment or fulfilment in life.
IFS directs us to the ever present place within us, from where we can lead our lives with love, courage, confidence, clarity and calmness — whatever the situation we may find ourselves up against, in our present daily life or in the future. Once this becomes our home base, our inner workings shift and re-harmonise around that place, to the benefit of our lives and other lives we touch.
You can work with Madeline Online or in-person at weekend retreats in Cheshire, UK (or other locations upon request).
Work with Madeline Online
Group IFS Coaching
£120 / month
Madeline offers group coaching sessions online for up to six people per group, running on monthly cycles (4 × 1-hour sessions).
The sessions offer an insight into the IFS model and how it applies in practice, with an IFS Workbook as the guide for exercises, meditations & more.
Individual IFS Sessions
£350 / 3 sessions
Individual sessions are available as a package of 3 × 1-hour sessions, and include an initial questionnaire to prepare for the live sessions.
Coaching is via Zoom and the 3 sessions typically should occur within a 6-week period.
"Ive worked with a number of different IFS Practitioners and with Madeline, there is a real commitment to the process of what IFS coaching can do. She understands it to the point where it creates a different level of shift than I've experienced before.
The stress, the anxiety, the worry, the doubt, the fear that I was feeling is noticeably different and as I work more and more with her; the results of how I'm feeling are stacking up.
It’s well worth my time and energy and money to be working with Madeline. She's really world-class at what she does."
-- Parker, Nashville Weekend Retreats at
Flamingo Falls, Cheshire
Weekend Retreat
Coming Soon
Find Your Self in Paradise
A two-day journey back to yourself at the stunning Flamingo Falls.
Surrounded by nature at its most paradisiacal, you’ll spend a nourishing, reflective & transformative weekend reconnecting - with nature, one another and yourself.
The core sessions will incorporate yoga, coaching and internal family systems (IFS) exercises & other nourishing practices.
Secluded enough to feel a world away, yet surprisingly easy to reach from around the UK (postcode: WA16 7HY).
Delicious food and snacks will be provided throughout the two days. Accommodation options are available a stone's throw away.
2026 retreat bookings open early June. Hear first by registering below.
Be in awe, connect deeply, make an impact.
About Madeline
Madeline is a former lawyer, turned wellness practitioner and entrepreneur.
Her main work at present includes individual & group coaching using the innovative Internal Family Systems (IFS) model, as a means of positive transformation & healing - on an individual & collective level.
Having recently relocated from Lake Como, Italy, where she lived for a decade, and founded (& later sold) Como’s most prominent wellness business Lake Como Wellness, Madeline now offers sessions and curates events & retreats to share her work back home in the UK.
Madeline’s qualifications in Internal Family Systems (Level 3), Positive Coaching Diploma and Yoga Teacher Training are met with her passion for connecting people through wellness, especially in inspiring spaces.
From Summer 2026, Madeline is offering a range of in-person sessions exclusively at Flamingo Falls, Cheshire’s most unique & exquisite venue for extraordinary wellness experiences.
Madeline lives with her husband and two young children. As well as her family and friends, she loves her work, writing (connect with her on Substack), creative projects, practising yoga and running.
Coaching FAQs
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People start working with a coach for many different reasons — one-to-one or in a group.
Perhaps it’s a moment in your life where a re-set would be really useful - you may just want to take a step back and look at how you’re spending your precious time and attention, or you may have just been, or are about to go, through a big life transition.
Often, people come to coaching without the specific knowledge of what needs to shift in their inner or outer worlds - they just have a knowing that something’s not quite working the way it should in their lives.
Coaching offers the chance for a full life review, support in determining what’s really important to you, and from there, taking action - before time passes you by.
Discover more below about how the Internal Family Systems (IFS) approach in coaching sessions can help you to understand current patterns and unlock incredible shifts, often in a short space of time.
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Internal Family Systems (IFS) is a way of understanding how our mind and subsequently, our thought and behaviour patterns and life perspectives adapt to the events of our lives, our upbringing, and the environment and culture we live in, up to the present day.
The approach, used effectively by trained and highly informed practitioners, offers a route back to who we are at our core. By healing the parts of us that became embroiled in protective, unhelpful patterns, and creating harmony within that allows us to be freely ourselves.
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I am not a psychotherapist and my offerings are not a replacement for therapy or counselling, nor suited to those in crisis.
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What do you feel is the right next step for you?
If you don’t feel totally ready for a group experience - because you haven’t tried that kind of thing before - I’d encourage you to give it a go anyway!
If there’s something really specific you want to deep dive into, and get really tailored support with, try an individual session.
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You’re welcome to Whatsapp me on 07791 456 162, or complete the contact form and I’ll get back to you.