Welcome to the Mirror Machine
I'm Ida Ansell, licensed therapist, consultant, and writer. I work with the survival patterns, protective parts, and inherited scripts running underneath our choices and co-created reality.
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Most AI hands you answers. These three prompts help you hear yourself instead, plus a safe setup that keeps the tool a mirror, not a pretend expert.
THE CLINICAL AI SUITE - FULL GUIDE
Seven AI companions, one complete system. Each is built for a specific kind of inner work, from shadow mapping and dream work to parts work for high-achievers, perfectionism, and the patterns around money. Grounded in Internal Family Systems, somatic trauma processing, and Jungian depth psychology, each one turns ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini into a focused companion with the safety limits built in. Includes a universal setup, a quick-reference card, and a therapist's prompt for licensed clinicians. Built for people who want a concrete, self-directed process, not another chatbot handing out advice.
Also available on Amazon Kindle.
Clinical ai consulting & product design
Clinical AI consulting and product design for digital-health teams, clinicians, and clinical training programs. I'm a licensed therapist (LPC) who designs, builds, and uses clinical AI in my own practice, so I help teams make it safe, accurate, and personal, from product and conversation design to safety review and bringing AI into curriculum. I also consult with individual clinicians who want to integrate AI into their own practice.
Narrative Consulting & Ghostwriting
For authors, therapists, and wellness brands. Psychological depth built from the inside out by a licensed clinician with working narrative craft. Manuscript evaluations, psychoeducational content and copy, and work-for-hire ghostwriting. Flat fees, quoted upfront.
Individual Coaching
A clinical-grade map of the parts running your system, and a personalized handbook and direct path forward. For people who want solution-focused 1:1 work outside of open-ended therapy.
MORE PARTS WORK TOOLS AVAILABLE ON AMAZON
Two paperbacks are available on Amazon. The Masking Archetypes Quiz & Workbook: take the quiz to find your masking archetype, then work with it through somatic exercises, journaling prompts, and AI prompts for parts work between sessions. Inner Retreat: a parts work coloring book with 25 nostalgic animal illustrations and a reflection prompt on every page, insight while you color.
You can also find the Clinical AI Suite and other AI-Enhanced Parts Work guides on Kindle.
Looking for more tools? The Etsy shop carries instant-download, digital resources, including the Clinical AI Suite (a guide for individuals & therapists) for building custom AI tools for IFS parts work and somatic tracking, plus other printable journals, workbooks, and self-paced toolkits.