Member Event / Family Constellation Workshop

"A living System is defined not by the individual parts, but by the between them. The flow of energy. The flow of Love.

Systemic Family Constellations – a method, an approach, a type of therapy, a collection of insights, applied philosophy, study of human relationships, a useful tool applied in many disciplines, a way of perceiving the world – which keeps captivating many around the world: those who struggle, those who want to learn and those who want to teach.” International Systemic Constellation Association   ISCA

The Family Constellation technique was developed by German psychotherapist Bert Hellinger in the mid-1990s. Family constellations therapy evolved out of his work as a family therapist and his belief in the energy, both positive and negative, found in familial bonds and not only there. Nearly 50 years of studying and treating families led to his observation of patterns of mental health concerns, illness, negative emotions, and potentially destructive behaviors within families, and he suggested individuals might unconsciously "adopt" these concerns as a way of helping other members to cope. Proponents of family constellations believe the method to be less restrictive than other methods of therapy and support its capacity to allow people to see different perspectives and alternate solutions.

How the treatment works:

A systemic constellations session typically takes place in a workshop made up of a group of individuals who are not related. Members of the group stand in for members of the person or couple presenting a difficulty or concern.  Hellinger, the developer of family constellations, calls this sense of connectedness, which is said to be felt telepathically by members of the group, the morphogenic field.