Wikid, I'm not going to argue with you that IFS has little research about it so far. But if you have any evidence it was started by a cult, that is something I definitely want to see. As far as I know it was invented by a family systems therapist, who I grant you sounds like a strong personality and may have some odd personal beliefs, but I don't know if that makes him a cult leader... There was also some story about a treatment center (that happened to use IFS) being accused of having a therapist who implanted false memories about cult abuse using hypnosis, but those accusations had nothing to do with IFS as far as I know.