Barry Krost's practice includes Family Constellations, Bodywork & Energy Healing, and Life Coaching.

Barry Krost
Barry has over 40 years and thousands of hours of training and experience in alternative healthcare approaches. He also teaches and facilitates numerous workshops and courses online and in person.

Certifications
He is certified in Bodywork Therapy (Associated Bodywork and Massage Professionals), certified in Family & Systemic Constellations (Bert Hellinger Institute, USA) and a certified Life Coach (Certified Life Coach Institute). He is also a Registered Instructor & Advanced Practitioner of Ortho-Bionomy® (Society of Ortho-Bionomy International) and a Licensed Massage Therapist in Illinois, USA (IDFPR).

Training
Barry has trained or had experiences in many health, wellness and healing techniques including: Art of Living breathing, chakra balancing, chi gong, lymph drainage therapy, myofascial release techniques, reflexology, Reiki, shamanism, somatics, sports massage, tai chi chain, systemic resolutions, transcendental meditation, transpersonal psychology, trigger point therapy, vinyasa yoga and Zero Balancing.

Since 2003, Barry has taken workshops and/or training with many leading Family Constellation facilitator/trainers including: Bertold Ulsamer, Dan Cohen and Emily Blefeld, Scott Bader, Suzi Tucker, Ursula Franke-Bryson and Thomas Bryson, Bill Mannle, Francesca Mason Boring, and Stephan Hausner. His interest in understanding systemic resolutions and victim-perpetrator dynamics in particular began with growing up with a parent and grandparents who survived concentration camps during the Holocaust.

Education
​Barry holds a BA in Anthropology from Grinnell College, an MA in History from Northeastern Illinois University. 

Teaching/Mentoring
Barry has been teaching massage and bodywork trainings, workshops and continuing education to fellow practitioners since 1992. He is an Approved Provider of continuing education for the National Certification Board of Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB). Barry has taught and presented at numerous conferences, workshops and training seminars on many different topics.

Barry was a guest presenter at the 16th and 17th International Intensive in Systemic Resolution in Bernried, Germany and presented in 2021 and 2022 at the International Systemic Constellations Conference. In November 2021 he presented at the North American Systemic Constellations Conference on "Systemic Schizophrenia" and "Standing with Ancestral Strength and Protection." 

Barry also offers a unique Family Constellations Facilitator Training Certification and Virtual Mentoring groups online.

Interview Videos and Podcasts with Barry Krost

Family Constellations Interviewed with Oscar Westra van Holthe for his YouTube channel.

The Fundamentals of Family Constellations Interview by Viljami Lehtonen's for his Miehen Mieli (Mind of Man) podcast. 

From the Tyranny of Boys to the Strength of Men Interview by Sarah Knight for her “Possibility Project” Podcasts.

The Value of Family Constellations Interview by Modita van Zummeren for her podcast, “From Pain to Being”