IFS Indigenous Community Collective
Registration Open - Next Meeting: September 18, 2026
The IFS Indigenous Community Collective is a space for Indigenous clinicians, helpers, community workers, healers, and academics using Internal Family Systems in their work supporting community growth and wellness.
Our goal is to create a space for knowledge and skill sharing, as well as community building.
Questions? Please email: events@weavingwellness.ca
Eligibility: This group is open to Indigenous peoples who have membership, citizenship or enrolment in parts of Turtle Island known as Canada and the U.S.
Next Meeting Date: September 18, 2026 (meetings take place bi-monthly)
Time: 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM EDT
Length: 1.5 hrs
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Internal Family Systems (IFS) is an evidence-based psychotherapy model that can support and deepen traditional healing practices in some community contexts. This therapeutic model describes the internal world of the individual as a system of protective parts that arise as we encounter challenges in life. Healing work is made possible by noticing and acknowledging these protective parts, and extending compassion to them when they take on extreme roles.
One of the core concepts of IFS includes connecting with a core Self that is akin to concepts of Spirit, from which we draw strength on our journeys. This model's ability to connect with ancestral burdens and gifts, and its compatibility with ceremony, make it a promising tool in supporting community healing.