In today’s intuitive conversation, I sit down with my friend and fellow IFS therapist Catherine Cope, a clinician and clairvoyant who beautifully bridges Internal Family Systems, somatic awareness, intuitive development, and spiritual presence. Catherine and I first met while serving as program assistants in an IFS Level 1 training, where a moment of vulnerability opened a doorway between us: I shared with the group that I’m clairvoyant… and Catherine shared that she is too.
From there, an entire inner world of resonance opened.
Together, we explore our early experiences with intuition and the spiritual realms, the parts of us that feared being seen—and being seen seeing—and how both of us gradually learned to trust our inner vision. Catherine also shares about her four years at the Berkeley Psychic Institute, where she trained in clairvoyance, grounding practices, energetic boundaries, and the art of inhabiting the human body as a conscious, intuitive being.
This episode moves through the ways intuition naturally supports IFS therapy, how to fine-tune your inner instrument, and how to invite guidance—internal and spiritual—into the healing process. We also talk about the courage it takes to let intuitive gifts come forward, especially when parts hold fear, skepticism, or concern.
This is a grounded, expansive conversation about intuition, psychic development, parts work, and learning to trust the deeper knowing inside each of us.
Early life experiences sensing the spiritual realm and intuitive information
Parts that feared being seen and being seen seeing
Catherine’s four years of clairvoyant training at the Berkeley Psychic Institute
Grounding cords, visualization, and why the body believes the pictures we see
Tools for living fully in the human body and claiming it as your own
Closing the eyes during IFS sessions to deepen connection, centering, and clarity
What clairvoyance is—and a discussion of the other clairs
Why everyone has intuitive access (and which clairs you naturally tune into)
Understanding intuition as an instrument each of us tunes differently
How to strengthen intuition through IFS, meditation, grounding, and embodiment
Using intuitive information ethically and skillfully in IFS work
Discerning what belongs to the client vs. what belongs to you
Asking internal and external guides for support in session
Addressing Protector Parts who fear intuition or visibility
Catherine Cope is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor in New York and North Carolina with over 20 years of experience supporting individuals on their healing journeys. She is a Certified Internal Family Systems Therapist, an IFS Approved Clinical Consultant, a Certified EMDR Therapist, and Hakomi-trained, integrating somatic, trauma-informed, and mindfulness-based approaches into her work.
Catherine’s clinical training is complemented by decades of contemplative and intuitive study. She spent four years at the Berkeley Psychic Institute and has worked for more than 30 years with intuitive counselor Christen McCormack, whose teachings continue to shape her meditative and intuitive practices.
She is also married and the mother of two rapidly growing children, whose presence brings both unpredictability and deep love into her daily life—further enriching her understanding of human complexity and connection.
Catherine is a grounded, attuned, and deeply intuitive therapist and guide.
Website:
www.catherinecope.com
IFS Institute:
https://ifs-institute.com/about-us
Hakomi Institute:
https://hakomiinstitute.com/
Berkeley Psychic Institute:
https://www.berkeleypsychic.com/
Christen McCormack:
https://www.christenmccormack.com/
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