Individual Family Systemic Constellations for Therapists

A clinical tool for therapists, psychologists and psychiatrists

INTRODUCTION

•Need for tools to access unconscious family dynamics

•Constellations offer an experiential and systemic approach

Origins

•Bert Hellinger: founder of family constellations

•Systemic and transgenerational approach

•Bridges with modern clinical psychology

Why Individual Sessions?

•Confidentiality and therapeutic framework

•Accessible even without a group

•Clinical depth adapted to private practice

Practical Method

1. Set the question / theme

2. Place figurines / objects

3. Observe feelings, dynamics

4. Therapeutic interventions

Clinical Applications

•Anxiety and depressive disorders

•Family and couple relationships

•Transgenerational repetitions

•Addictions, burnout

Case Study

•Anxious patient → figurine placed between parents

•Revealed: unresolved parental conflict

•Intervention: repositioning, healing sentences

•Result: emotional relief and clarity

Benefits for the Therapist

•Dynamic projective tool

•Accelerates awareness

•Integrates with classical approaches

Precautions & Ethics

•Safe therapeutic framework

•Trauma awareness

•Importance of supervision

Practical Integration

•Complement to Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), psychoanalysis, systemic therapy

•Occasional tool to unblock therapy

•Requires training and supervision

Conclusion

•Bridge between speech and experiential living

•Clinical relevance in psychotherapeutic practice

•Invitation to explore further

Training Content

📆 Session 1: Foundations & Framework

Day 1: Origins, systemic principles, therapist’s stance
Day 2: Framework, ethics, professional standards, first observation exercises

📆 Session 2: Methodology & First Trials

Day 3: Steps of an individual constellation, positioning, objects
Day 4: Demonstrations + guided pair practice

📆 Session 3: Dynamics & Symptoms

Day 5: Unconscious mechanisms, repetitions, family symptoms
Day 6: Applications: anxiety, depression, burnout, etc. + exercises

📆 Session 4: Focus on Children & Adolescents

Day 7: Behavioural disorders, learning disabilities, school failure, encopresis…
Day 8: Standard protocol with children/parents, practice, case studies