FAMILY CONSTELLATIONS
Awakening healing within the depth of the Soul

What is Family Constellations?

Family Constellations is a form of “systemic family therapy” that has become widespread in Europe. Thousands of people have experienced this way of working with good results. This method was developed by Bert Hellinger, a German psychotherapist and former priest.

Every person is part of an extended family system. Many ongoing problems in relationships, in marriage, at work, but also chronic disease, depression, problems with drugs, repeated accidents, may be caused by an unconscious entanglement with a family member. This may be a living relative, it can also be someone who is already deceased.
Through identification with and loyalty to the fate of a relative, we take upon ourselves a role that isn’t ours. We are doing this out of love for our family, our parents and grand-parents. We believe that by ‘carrying the burden’ for others we can repair the disturbed balance in the family system.

How does it work?

In a Family Constellations seminar participants do individual work under the guidance of the facilitator. When one person works, some of the other participants represent members of the client’s extended family. With the help of this constellation the entanglements in the family show themselves in a simple and moving way. The invisible can become visible, without fear, without judgment. By seeing this reality, our soul is touched on a deep level. The facilitator will then suggest movements and sentences to the representatives which have a healing effect on all those present in the constellation. Constellations have proven many times to have a lasting effect on participants, they help us to lead our own, independent lives, no longer unconsciously shackled to the fate of someone else. The work often influences relatives who weren’t present; not just the client, but the whole family system can reach a new balance.

The author of this presentation of Family Constellation is not known to me.