Family & Systemic Constellation

Constellations help to change long-held patterns, support us in stepping out from repetition, which eventually allows new futures to emerge.




Family & Systemic Constellation is a healing, therapeutic method which can reveal hidden, often destructive dynamics and patterns present in an individual’s life, the roots of which are often found in the person’s clan or family. As we restore the order in the family system and help the system return to a balanced state, we activate healing resources. Family constellations this way allows us to recognise what has been in our life which is not for us to carry,  fill our place in the system, and step into the path which belongs to us.

Family constellation works with so-called heavy fates * : events in the clan related to life, death, or deep trauma that remain unprocessed by our relatives, ancestors, or ourselves.

 

Origins of Family Constellations



The European foundations of family constellation work were developed by Bert Hellinger in collaboration with Dr Heinrich Breuer, drawing on modern Jungian psychology and the anti-psychiatry movement at the Palo Alto Institute in the United States. Hellinger observed the foundational principles during 16 years spent among the Zulu tribe in today’s South Africa, whose worldview is rooted in shamanic and animist cosmologies. He later found similar structures among the Inuit, Māori, and North American First Nations people. 

Family constellation is rooted in an indigenous knowledge system - it has been observed and learnt from the Zulu tribe, who hold an animistic view on the constitution of reality.





Systemic Constellations


The laws of the Field are observed to be in effect also when it comes to systems other than the family. 


Honouring and working with the Field can make visible destructive dynamics and patterns in an organisation. Working with its laws can create change, balance and a healthy environment; and it can be beneficial for:
   
  • workplaces,
  • associations,
  • consortia, 
  • in leadership, 
  • any type of social bodies,
  • in relation to the land, such as buying, building on, landscape design, stewarding, caretaking, rights of nature movement,
  • in relation to ecosystems, like lakes, rivers, forests, and meadows.



*List of heavy fates





How does a session look like?


During a family constellation, we work within the morphic, morphogenetic field, in a group or individual setting. When working in a group, we work through choosing the representatives for the members of the clan, family, or system we are working with. In individual sessions, we use other techniques to work within the morphic field.

Reorganisation within this field often takes weeks or even months to fully integrate. Through constellation work, we can restore order in our system and help the system return to a balanced state. 







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