Family constellations comes from Bert Hellinger, who is from Germany and fought as a soldier in the last year of ww2 before becoming a priest and then travelling and living in South Africa, where he lived closely with the Zulu culture and observed how they looked at their ancestors. After 16 years, he left the priesthood and trained in family therapy, psychodrama, psychoanalysis, Gestalt therapy, primal therapy, the Tao and philosophy. Slowly, he started to develop the unique approach that we know as family constellations.

Berthold Ulsamer, a friend of Bert Hellinger, said:
”Children seldom never dare to live a happier or more fulfilling life than their parents. Unconsciously, they remain loyal to unspoken family traditions that work invisibly. Family constellations are a way of discovering underlying family bonds and forces that have been carried unconsciously over several generations.”

Family constellations can happen in a workshop or in a 1-1 both online and in person. It’s equally powerful and a bit different.

In a workshop, we would sit in a circle with a clear space in the middle. That is the field. One person is in the hot seat, seeker seat, or what you want to call it. The other people may get asked to represent, and it’s ok to say yes or no; the others are observers. All these roles are important, and everyone in the room, if they are open to it, will get insights and healing from the constellation.

We work with what is ready to be seen to create Belonging, order, and balance.