IFS + Group / Collective Systems

Applying IFS principles to families, teams, and communities.

Description

Groups mirror internal systems: roles, exiles, and polarizations emerge socially. Collective Self-leadership means noticing group protectors (defensiveness, perfectionism) and inviting curiosity instead of blame. The same Self qualities scale: calm, clarity, compassion.

What IFS + Group / Collective Systems is NOT:

Pop “family systems” without inner work; consensus-forcing; leader-worship.

Examples:

A team pauses when tension spikes to identify “who’s blended.”
Community repair follows the same steps: witness → unburden → integrate.
Meetings open with a breath to invoke collective Self.

see also:

Self-Leadership; Polarization; Rupture and Repair; Co-regulation