Family Constellation Training

During last module at LIOS, someone came and demonstrated Family Constellation Work in a three-hour session. I witnessed and participated in a session with one of my classmates and found that it not only provided great healing for her, but that it also impacted many other participants, including myself. I really don't have words to describe how incredibly powerful it was. From the little I am learning about following my own intuition, I think this work is something that I would really enjoy and could use in my future practice. So, I've decided to register for a full weekend of training with one of the leaders in the field who is visiting from Germany.

"Family Constellation Work is based on Bert Hellinger’s discovery of the phenomena of the hidden bond and deep loyalty (“orders of love”) within the family system that creates a field. This field is integral to Family Constellation Work where the discovery of people’s entanglements in the fates of previous members of their families is brought to light in a respectful manner. Once in the open, it can then enable them to find a resolution that honors everyone without any judgments. Love heals, so the aim is to restore the flow of love in the family system. This work can assist in healing from the ancestral, biological roots as we are all part of a family system."

According to Dan Booth Cohena, who designed Longitudinal Outcome Study of the Systemic Constellation Method for treating Complicated Grief: "The systemic family constellation method of Bert Hellinger diverges from the conventional methods of psychotherapy in five radical respects: First, the clients hardly speaks; second, the process is a singular intervention that is not repeated; third, critical information that serves to reveal hidden entanglements and possible solutions within the system is supplied by surrogates who have no actual knowledge about family, fourth, the client's parents are not to be blamed for anything, and fifth, the client’s issues are not pathologized."

The training is not included in tuition, and it's rather expensive. I'm sure it will also be quite tiring to be in class all day Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. And yet I'm excited, because I feel called to this work.