Family Consultations

Family Consultations also known as Family Systemics is a therapeutic approach designed to assist clients to uncover and reveal hidden dynamics in families. Consultations allow the client to look at unhealthy family issues that may be holding them back.

Bert Hellinger developed this relatively new form of therapy, that is at present, practised worldwide. Hellinger, observed the family structures through studies in Zulu tribes, he observed patterns of mental health, disease, and destructive behaviours, from what he experienced, he began to form this truly unique approach to understanding and healing our own lives. 

A constellation can be done on a one to one basis or in a group.

A constellation allows the client to see different perspectives and other solutions to their problems. The approach draws from Gestalt Therapy and Psychodynamic therapy.

This therapy is usually done in a workshop with a group of participants. The client will choose group members as representatives for family members. The representatives are placed by the client on the floor. They settle into the space that they occupy, and the facilitator will ask them a series of questions. Consultations can take anything from fifteen minutes to an hour to complete.

The work is powerful, and as a result of attending a workshop, the dynamic that the client brings, has somewhat been shifted. The work that is done, can take time to integrate for the client, when it does, the benefits are truly amazing.