“Systemic 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
Origins
"Originally developed by Bert Hellinger, over 30 years ago in Germany, Systemic Constellations is a trans-generational, existential-phenomenological (Brentano, Husserl, Heidegger) method with applications in therapy, coaching, health and business.
A brief and solution focused therapeutic intervention it has roots in family systems therapy, (Moreno, Satir, Böszörményi-Nagy) incorporating the Ancestor reverence of the South African Zulus (Hellinger spent 15 years living and working there as a catholic priest), which has been further developed by many of the first generation systemic trainers.
This method reveals deeper, subconscious patterns that can have a limiting or even destructive impact on relationships, health and success.
Constellation work can address these limiting patterns even when their roots go back several generations. The approach aims to help participants understand the hidden systemic orders operating in relationship systems and organizations and the powerful resolutions to conflict that this understanding can make possible.
The Systemic Constellation process is being integrated by practitioners worldwide. It offers hope and inner peace to those on their own personal journey seeking to resolve inter-generational trauma to better serve future generations." - Constellation Intensive
Different Applications
The field of Systemic Constellations has numerous applications – from healing personal and ancestral trauma, to helping businesses perform better, to providing teachers with new pedagogical techniques. We recognize this work as one of the currently most powerful tools for systemic inquiry, personal healing and organizational and social change
Constellation work is often referred to as 'a movement of the soul'. This is a method of looking at an issue in your life and seeing what sits behind it. Working in the unseen multi-dimensional field that surrounds us all fften referred to as the morphogenic field or field of consciousness containing the organizing principle and collective information of all life including the historical memory of past generations.
Guiding Principles
There are three guiding systemic principles for constellation work:
Balance
Order
Belonging
OTHER GUIDING PRINCIPLES
Presence
Willingness
Non-judgment
Group members or objects represent people and elements in your life as they access this information available to all. Constellations is often referred to as a phenomenological approach, by which the observer examines the data without trying to provide an explanation of them. People often have a somatic 'felt sense' experience during this session which enables the those involved to process and release what was previously unprocessed
