​​​This work is deep, has a significant amount of work for study and is demanding of excellent boundaries and clear vision. 

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PART 1 Practitioner Level 

Modules 1 - 5 ONLINE OR in person

 

Foundation Year — Modules 1–5

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The Foundation Year introduces you to the theory, practice and experience of Family Constellations. Across five in-depth modules, you will develop the foundations needed to understand family systems, ancestral patterns, belonging and systemic dynamics, while beginning to develop the skills required to hold and facilitate constellation work.

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The training combines Family Constellations, counselling skills, embodied awareness and the Earth Ensemble constellation wheel, creating an experiential learning journey that supports both personal development and practitioner skills.

 

 

Module 1 — The Sensory Architect

Foundations of Family Constellations

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Your journey begins by developing an understanding of the constellation field and the principles that underpin Family Constellations.

You will explore:

• The foundations of Family Constellations and Bert Hellinger's work.

• Systemic principles including belonging, inclusion, balance and orders.

• The meaning of working with the field.

• The role of the facilitator and the importance of a neutral stance.

• Ethics, boundaries and creating a safe space.

• Family patterns, loyalties and entanglements.

• The importance of resourcing and restoring connection.

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You will begin practising different ways of setting up constellations, including representatives, floor markers, objects, drawings, mats and tabletop constellations.

This module establishes the foundations for your development as a Family Constellations practitioner.

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Module 2 — North: The Physical Present

Presence, Body & Belonging

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This module develops your ability to become present to yourself, the client and the constellation field.

You will explore:

• Presence and embodied awareness.

• Phenomenological approaches to Family Constellations.

• Listening to the body as part of the constellation process.

• Basic body mapping and awareness.

• The relationship between body, story and family system.

• Land, geography and belonging.

• The influence of migration, displacement and historical events on family and community belonging.

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Through experiential exercises, you will begin to develop greater sensitivity to bodily information and learn how the body and the wider environment can contribute to a constellation enquiry.

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Module 3 — East: The Life Line

Life Stories, Relationships & Entanglements

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This module explores the individual's life story and the relationships and systems that shape it.

You will learn how to:

• Create life-line and relationship maps.

• Explore significant people, places and life experiences.

• Identify patterns and possible entanglements.

• Work with deep listening and phenomenological enquiry.

• Explore the influence of communities, organisations and belief systems.

• Recognise exclusion and the impact of what has been left out.

• Use creative and sound-based approaches to support constellation work.

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You will work with your own life-line and begin developing practical tools that can later be applied within client work.

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Module 4 — South: The Ancestral Banks

Family Systems, Ancestry & Belonging

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At the heart of Family Constellations is the understanding that our present experience can be influenced by our family system and those who came before us.

In this module you will explore:

• Ancestral patterns and family loyalties.

• Belonging, exclusion and family conscience.

• Hellinger's Orders of Love.

• Gestalt perspectives on unfinished business.

• Maternal and paternal family lines.

• Missing and excluded family members.

• Adoption and illegitimacy.

• Miscarriage, stillbirth and abortion.

• The relationship between family, identity and belonging.

• Masculine and feminine influences within the family system.

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You will use family mapping and constellation exercises to explore your own family system and develop practical approaches for working with ancestral material.

 

Module 5 — West: The Place of Myth

Deep Listening, Resources & the Wider Field

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The final module of the Foundation Year develops your capacity for deep listening, empathy and resource.

You will explore:

• Person-centred and pluralistic counselling principles.

• Empathy and empathic resonance.

• Feelings and needs within constellation work.

• The Earth Ensemble Wholeness Template.

• Myth and archetypes as resources.

• Nature and the natural world as sources of balance and resourcing.

• Seasonal and creative cycles.

• The archetypal wheel.

• Using nature, story and symbolic approaches within constellation work.

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You will develop your ability to listen deeply without imposing an interpretation, while exploring how nature, myth and archetypal imagery can provide additional resources within a constellation.

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Your Foundation Year

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By the end of Modules 1–5, you will have developed a strong foundation in Family Constellations theory, personal exploration and practitioner skills.

You will have explored:

• Family systems and systemic dynamics

• Belonging and exclusion

• Ancestral patterns and loyalties

• Maternal and paternal lines

• Life stories and relationships

• Embodied awareness and presence

• Deep listening and counselling skills

• The constellation field

• Hellinger's Orders of Love

• The Earth Ensemble constellation wheel

• Nature, myth and archetypal resources

• Practical constellation set-ups and exercises

• Ethical space holding and practitioner awareness​​

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The Foundation Year is designed to give you both an understanding of the work and an experience of the work. Through experiential learning, personal enquiry and practical exercises, you begin to develop the awareness, presence and skills required to continue into advanced Family Constellations practitioner training.