Training
Principles and Practice of
Systemic Constellation Work
WHO IS IT FOR?
Persons interested to learn how to apply Systemic Constellation Work principles in their work setting. Particularly suitable for psychotherapists, counsellors, community workers, teachers, clergy and consultants.
ELIGIBILITY
The participation in this Experiential Learning Group is open to all who are interested to learn more about the Systemic Constellation Work (SCW).
The focus is on a personal process in relation to Constellation Work. Participants need to be prepared to look at their own personal issues as part of their learning process.
Already working in the field where you can apply the SCW would be an advantage. So would a prior exposure to and the knowledge of basic principles of SCW.
The eligibility will be determined on an individual basis in a pre-interview upon receiving your application with your CV. This is also an opportunity for you to find out more about the course and if it is suitable for you.
Contact us for preliminary information and expression of interest
or if you would like to organize training in your town
COURSE PROGRAM
MODULE ONE
Introduction to Basic Principles of the Constellation Method:
Phenomenology; Acknowledging what is
Respect: Staying in one own’s sphere
Resources and resolution focused
The Knowing Field: Mystery, Trust, Lack of Intention
Ultimate Compassion; Not trying to help
Historical context: How did it come about?
System (Field) Theory
Family Therapy
Solution Focused Brief Therapy
Works of Jung, Satir, Boszormenyi Nagy and Schutzenberger
Tribal cultures knowledge
Bert Hellinger: The Man and the Teaching
MODULE TWO
Orders of Love
What’s needed for Love
Man – Woman, parent-child relationship, families
Blended families, childless couples, same sex couples
Balance of giving and taking
Blind Love versus Enlightened Love
Categories of feelings
Bonding and Belonging
The workings of Conscience
Types of Conscience
Guilt and Innocence
Exclusions
Balance of giving and taking
MODULE THREE
Common dynamics observed in family systems
Exclusions
Entaglements
Identification
Parentification
Triangulation
I will follow you
I will do it in your place
I will carry it for you
Double shift
Family secrets
MODULE FOUR
Addressing specific topics
The effects of abortion, miscarriage, early deaths in families
Sexual inappropriateness, eating disorders, drug abuse, risk taking behavior, depression, suicide
Illness and health
Personal and Collective trauma
Victim – Perpetrator dynamics
MODULE FIVE
Methodology
Initial interview
Constructing a genogram
What information is important?
Timing: is it a right time to do the work?
Permission from the system
Deciding what we work on
Setting up and “reading” spatial and other clues
Keeping client and issue in focus
Finding words, sentences & rituals of resolution
Breaking off a constellation
Before and after a constellation
MODULE SIX
Facilitator’s stance
Inner preparation
Working from an
Coming in contact with a system’s energy
Phenomenological attitude
How to handle Fear: The enemies of knowledge
& Dark Night of the Soul
Orders of Helping
Helping in Harmony
The role of Self in Constellation Work:
Self-awareness, Self-care and Self-lessness
How does the Work fit into our lives?
MODULE SEVEN
Special forms of Constellation Work
Workshops: handling the group processes
One-to-One work
A facilitating couple: Feminine and Masculine – the roles & interplay
Working with Ancestors: Trans-generational aspect
Working with symptoms
Couples Work
Working with abstract elements
Structural Constellations
Organizational Constellations
Reconciliation Constellations
Movements of the Soul
MODULE EIGHT
Other issues to consider
When am I ready to facilitate?
Professional loyalty: Belonging to different professional reference groups
Promoting the Work
Dealing with controversy & backlash
Fields of application
Resources for ongoing learning
COMPULSORY
Ø Bert Hellinger with Gunthard Weber & Hunter
What Makes Love Work in Relationships
Ø Bert Hellinger: Acknowledging What Is
Ø Jacob Robert Schneider: Family Constellations: Basic Principles and Procedures
as pdf files
RECOMMENDED
Ø Bert Hellinger: Love’s Own Truths: Bonding and Balancing in Close Relationships
Ø Bert Hellinger: Peace Begins in the Soul: Family Constellations in the Service of Reconciliation
Ø Ursula Franke: In My Mind’s Eye:
Family Constellations in Individual Therapy and Counselling
Ø Ilse Kutschera & Christine Brugger:
What’s Out of Order Here? Illness and Family Constellations
MODES OF TRAINING
Lectures
Video watching $ discussion
Observing other people’s constellations
Learning through Representing
Setting up own constellation / Personal work
Experiential exercises
Facilitating under supervision
Case & topic presentation by students
ASSESSMENT
80% attendance
Two essays on Constellation Work topics
At least one personal constellation
At least one constellation facilitated under supervision
THE TRAINERS
ALEMKA DAUSKARDT
Psychologist, MA Couns.Psych.
Psychotherapist and Constellation Practitioner
&
MAX DAUSKARDT
Constellation Practitioner
Contact us for preliminary information and expression of interest
or if you would like to organize training in your town
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