Family Constellations Practitioner Training

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A comprehensive 10-module training in Family Constellations, incorporating counselling skills, systemic principles, ancestral work, embodied awareness and the Earth Ensemble constellation wheel.

 

Module 1 — The Foundations of Family Constellations

• Understand the foundations of Family Constellations and Bert Hellinger's approach.

• Explore the constellation field and systemic dynamics.

• Learn the principles of belonging, inclusion, orders and balance.

• Develop ethical space-holding and a neutral facilitator stance.

• Practise different constellation formats, including representatives, objects, floor work and tabletop constellations.

• Begin working with personal family patterns and entanglements.

 

Module 2 — Body, Presence & Belonging

• Develop presence and embodied awareness as a Family Constellations practitioner.

• Learn to recognise bodily responses within constellation work.

• Explore the relationship between body, family system and personal story.

• Work with place, land and belonging as additional systemic influences.

• Practise body and geographical mapping within constellation enquiries.

 

Module 3 — Life Stories & Entanglements

• Learn to map significant life experiences, relationships and systems.

• Identify patterns, loyalties and entanglements within a client's story.

• Develop deep listening and phenomenological observation.

• Explore how beliefs, communities and places influence belonging.

• Use sound and creative methods to support constellation work.

 

Module 4 — Ancestral & Family Patterns

• Explore ancestral influence and unconscious family loyalties.

• Understand Hellinger's principles of belonging, exclusion and family conscience.

• Work with maternal and paternal family lines.

• Explore adoption, miscarriage, stillbirth, abortion, illegitimacy and missing family members.

• Learn approaches for restoring belonging and acknowledging what has been excluded.

• Practise ancestral mapping and family constellations.

 

Module 5 — Listening, Myth & Resources

• Develop advanced listening and empathic presence.

• Apply person-centred counselling skills within Family Constellations.

• Explore feelings, needs and empathic resonance.

• Introduce myth and archetypes as resources within constellation work.

• Explore nature, seasons and the constellation wheel as sources of balance and resourcing.

 

Module 6 — Holding Space & Facilitating Safely

• Develop the skills required to safely hold a Family Constellations session.

• Learn how to create, open and close a session.

• Develop compassionate, grounded and unconditional presence.

• Understand professional ethics, confidentiality, boundaries, record keeping and supervision.

• Learn when referral to another professional or service may be appropriate.

• Explore working with anxiety, depression, anger, dissociation and other sensitive material.

• Practise individual and group constellation facilitation.

• Explore nature as a resource and space holder.

 

Module 7 — Orders, Flow & Constellation Principles

• Deepen your understanding of Hellinger's Orders of Love.

• Explore belonging, hierarchy, exclusion, reversal, hidden family members and inherited fates.

• Integrate Gestalt and systemic perspectives into Family Constellations.

• Develop an understanding of healthy systemic flow.

• Learn how constellation statements and interventions can support movement.

• Practise allowing the client to find their own words, meaning and authority.

• Complete individual practice sessions and case studies.

 

Module 8 — Intuition & Practitioner Awareness

• Develop intuitive awareness within Family Constellations.

• Learn to distinguish personal interpretation from what emerges within the field.

• Support clients to access their own knowing and authority.

• Explore relationship constellations and relational entanglements.

• Understand transference and countertransference.

• Develop strategies for maintaining appropriate practitioner boundaries.

• Explore ceremony, inclusion and the Earth Ensemble Wheel as complementary approaches.

• Understand the importance of supervision and reflective practice.

 

Module 9 — Advanced Techniques & Creative Constellations

• Develop a wider range of Family Constellation phrases and interventions.

• Explore attachment, early life and birth stories.

• Work sensitively with adoption and complex family structures.

• Explore relationship patterns, previous partners and unresolved connections.

• Develop approaches for working with exclusion, victim/perpetrator dynamics and difficult family histories.

• Use creative methods including art, music, storytelling, theatre, costume and chair work.

• Complete individual practice sessions, case studies and practice-building work.

 

Module 10 — Integration, Practice & Graduation

• Integrate the knowledge and skills developed throughout the 10 modules.

• Bring together Family Constellations, counselling, systemic and Earth Ensemble approaches.

• Practise complete constellation processes.

• Explore nature, elements and the wider field as complementary resources.

• Review your development as a facilitator.

• Present your intentions and direction for your future Family Constellations practice.

• Complete the programme with an integration and graduation process.

 

By the End of the Training

You will have developed a comprehensive foundation in Family Constellations theory and practice, including:

• Systemic and family dynamics

• Hellinger's Orders of Love

• Ancestral and family patterns

• Belonging and exclusion

• Family loyalties and entanglements

• Maternal and paternal lines

• Embodied and phenomenological awareness

• Counselling and listening skills

• Individual and group constellation facilitation

• Distance constellation approaches

• Ethical and professional practice

• Case-study and practical experience

• Earth Ensemble and shamanic constellation approaches

• Creative and nature-based constellation methods

 

The training is supported by a 260-page course manual and combines theory, experiential learning, personal exploration, practical facilitation and case-study work to support your development as a Family Constellations practitioner.