Toni Herbine-Blank, MS, RN, C-SP — IFS Therapist in Durango, CO

About

Toni Herbine-Blank, MS, RN, C-SP, has been in private psychotherapy practice since 1996, specializing in the treatment of couples and individuals. She is a Senior Lead Trainer for the IFS Institute and developer of the Intimacy from the Inside Out (IFIO) curriculum for couples therapists. In 2009, after designing a training for IFS therapists to apply the model to couples therapy, she offered the first IFIO Training Program in Boston, Massachusetts. She co-designed the IFS Level 1 and Level 2 curricula and co-authored the IFS Couple Therapy Skills Manual with Martha Sweezy. She also co-authored the book Intimacy from the Inside Out: Courage and Compassion in Couple Therapy. She lives in Hesperus/Durango, Colorado with her husband Jordan. Her approach integrates psychodynamic theory, systems thinking, and neuroscience with IFS, emphasizing self-compassion, internal attachment repair, and staying connected through relational rupture.

Clinical Orientation

Integrates psychodynamic theory, systems thinking, and neuroscience with IFS. Creator of Intimacy from the Inside Out (IFIO), a model that works with internal attachment systems in couples — essentially depth psychology applied to relational healing. Emphasizes self-compassion, internal attachment repair, and staying connected through relational rupture.

Details

Training University of Pennsylvania (Family Therapy training), IFS Institute (Senior Lead Trainer, curriculum designer for Levels 1 and 2)

Format In-Person & Telehealth

Accepting clients Yes

Address Durango (Hesperus), CO

License Clinical Specialist Psychotherapist (C-SP) CO

Education & Training

University of Pennsylvania (Family Therapy training)
IFS Institute Senior Lead Trainer
Clinical Specialist Psychotherapist (C-SP)
IFIO curriculum designer for IFS Levels 1 and 2
Creator of Intimacy from the Inside Out (IFIO) couples therapy model

Certifications

IFS Senior Lead Trainer
Clinical Specialist Psychotherapist

Best for

Couples therapy
Relational trauma
Attachment repair
Internal systems work in relationships

Publications

Intimacy from the Inside Out: Courage and Compassion in Couple Therapy (co-author)
Internal Family Systems Couple Therapy Skills Manual (co-author with Sweezy)

Contact

Website