Online Family Constellations Workshops
In a Family Constellation online workshop, we work as a group to help the client to look at issues and dynamics that are hidden in their family system, sometimes over many generations.
I am often asked if Family Constellations on Zoom can work as well as in person. In fact, they really do. The energy field that we use in Family Constellations to connect to each other, our families and our ancestors is not limited by distance. As the Facilitator I can feel my client’s body, emotions and images during an online session. In a workshop I can feel this same information from representatives and witnesses as we connect in the energy field we are sharing.
In some workshops we have participants from around the world working together in service to a client. It always feels large, expansive and connected as if we were together in the same physical space.It is always amazing, powerful and healing each time we gather on Zoom to discover and resolve our hidden family dynamics.
To help reveal what is unseen, I guide the process by first asking participants to volunteer to stand in or represent the role of the family members, ancestors, events or even physical conditions.
In these roles the representatives can give us information about what has happened and perhaps clues about what can be changed, released or acknowledged to create healing for the client and the system. They do not act a role; representatives begin to take on the essential qualities of whom they are representing. The process is mysterious but truthful and transformative.
As the client, witnesses and I watch, the representatives move, speak, and react to other representatives. I guide the constellation process by adding or moving representatives, evaluating the order, energy and facts that emerge and suggesting healing statements that create a resolution for the client and their family system.
Healing sentences speak the essential truth of entanglements or issues. There can also be powerful words that bring a resolution and a compassionate restoration of balance to the system.
I am often asked if Family Constellations on Zoom can work as well as in person. In fact, they really do. The energy field that we use in Family Constellations to connect to each other, our families and our ancestors is not limited by distance. As the Facilitator I can feel my client’s body, emotions and images during an online session. In a workshop I can feel this same information from representatives and witnesses as we connect in the energy field we are sharing.
In some workshops we have participants from around the world working together in service to a client. It always feels large, expansive and connected as if we were together in the same physical space.It is always amazing, powerful and healing each time we gather on Zoom to discover and resolve our hidden family dynamics.
To help reveal what is unseen, I guide the process by first asking participants to volunteer to stand in or represent the role of the family members, ancestors, events or even physical conditions.
In these roles the representatives can give us information about what has happened and perhaps clues about what can be changed, released or acknowledged to create healing for the client and the system. They do not act a role; representatives begin to take on the essential qualities of whom they are representing. The process is mysterious but truthful and transformative.
As the client, witnesses and I watch, the representatives move, speak, and react to other representatives. I guide the constellation process by adding or moving representatives, evaluating the order, energy and facts that emerge and suggesting healing statements that create a resolution for the client and their family system.
Healing sentences speak the essential truth of entanglements or issues. There can also be powerful words that bring a resolution and a compassionate restoration of balance to the system.
Family Constellations: Victim / Perpetrator Dynamics and the Barely Dead
December 19, 2020 - 12:30pm-3:30pm (Central Standard Time, US and Canada) - $25.00 US
[10:30am PST / 11;30am MST / 12:30pm CST / 1;30pm EST / 18;30 GMT / 19;30 CET / 20;30 EET]
Every family, system and society have the experience of the victim / perpetrator dynamic. When these traumas are unresolved, they continue to create suffering for those who come after until this original experience is allowed to be cleared and resolved into peace.
Sometimes these dynamics cannot be resolved because of the resistance of the Barely Dead, those who died but did not complete their death process and linger in the Family System. We will discuss these issues and collaborate on constellations that provide resolution for several or more participants.
Contact barrykrost@mac.com to register, pay and receive your Zoom link and password.
December 19, 2020 - 12:30pm-3:30pm (Central Standard Time, US and Canada) - $25.00 US
[10:30am PST / 11;30am MST / 12:30pm CST / 1;30pm EST / 18;30 GMT / 19;30 CET / 20;30 EET]
Every family, system and society have the experience of the victim / perpetrator dynamic. When these traumas are unresolved, they continue to create suffering for those who come after until this original experience is allowed to be cleared and resolved into peace.
Sometimes these dynamics cannot be resolved because of the resistance of the Barely Dead, those who died but did not complete their death process and linger in the Family System. We will discuss these issues and collaborate on constellations that provide resolution for several or more participants.
Contact barrykrost@mac.com to register, pay and receive your Zoom link and password.
Brief Family Constellations that Get to the Heart of the Matter
January 7, 2021 - 6:00pm-9:00pm (Central Standard Time, US and Canada) - $35.00 US
[4pm PST / 5pm MST / 6:00pm CST / 7pm EST / 08:00 HKT / 11:00am AEDT / 1:00pm NZDT]
Family Constellations can be created in highly intensive short processes that get right to the issue and a possible resolution quickly. This workshop will be of interest for those new to Family Constellations and more experienced participants who are interested in these shorter therapeutic sessions.
During this workshop we will explore issues through group constellations processes and guided meditations in accordance with the philosophy and principles founded by Bert Hellinger (1925-2019)
Contact barrykrost@mac.com to register, pay and receive your Zoom link and password.
January 7, 2021 - 6:00pm-9:00pm (Central Standard Time, US and Canada) - $35.00 US
[4pm PST / 5pm MST / 6:00pm CST / 7pm EST / 08:00 HKT / 11:00am AEDT / 1:00pm NZDT]
Family Constellations can be created in highly intensive short processes that get right to the issue and a possible resolution quickly. This workshop will be of interest for those new to Family Constellations and more experienced participants who are interested in these shorter therapeutic sessions.
During this workshop we will explore issues through group constellations processes and guided meditations in accordance with the philosophy and principles founded by Bert Hellinger (1925-2019)
Contact barrykrost@mac.com to register, pay and receive your Zoom link and password.
Family Constellations for Illness and Disease
January 30, 2021 - 12:30pm-3:30pm (Central Standard Time, US and Canada) - $35.00 US
[10:30am PST / 11;30am MST / 12:30pm CST / 1;30pm EST / 18;30 GMT / 19;30 CET / 20;30 EET]
Family Constellations can be effective for revealing the hidden systemic dynamics that are often behind illness and disease that may be an expression of something that needs to be seen and acknowledged. Often illness and disease are an attempt to resolve belonging to our parents and/or the family system.
During this workshop we will explore issues through group constellations processes and guided meditations in accordance with the philosophy and principles founded by Bert Hellinger (1925-2019)
Contact barrykrost@mac.com to register, pay and receive your Zoom link and password.
January 30, 2021 - 12:30pm-3:30pm (Central Standard Time, US and Canada) - $35.00 US
[10:30am PST / 11;30am MST / 12:30pm CST / 1;30pm EST / 18;30 GMT / 19;30 CET / 20;30 EET]
Family Constellations can be effective for revealing the hidden systemic dynamics that are often behind illness and disease that may be an expression of something that needs to be seen and acknowledged. Often illness and disease are an attempt to resolve belonging to our parents and/or the family system.
During this workshop we will explore issues through group constellations processes and guided meditations in accordance with the philosophy and principles founded by Bert Hellinger (1925-2019)
Contact barrykrost@mac.com to register, pay and receive your Zoom link and password.
Finding an Adult Place in the Family System: From Secondary to Primary Emotional Experience
February 16, 2021 - 6:00pm-9:00pm (Central Standard Time, US and Canada) - $35.00 US
[4pm PST / 5pm MST / 6:00pm CST / 7pm EST / 08:00 HKT / 11:00am AEDT / 1:00pm NZDT]
Adults who are bound to the entanglement in their family system experience the system from secondary emotions that don't lead to action or movement. When an adult can free themselves from these entanglements and experience the system from primary emotions, they can take what is needed for healthy and satisfying relationships and a successful and meaningful life. Adults can also learn to find the primary emotions in themselves to help clear their entanglements and take action that leads to movement in their lives.
In this workshop we will use guided meditation, rituals, and constellations to discover how to stand as healthy adults in our family system.
Contact barrykrost@mac.com to register, pay and receive your Zoom link and password.
February 16, 2021 - 6:00pm-9:00pm (Central Standard Time, US and Canada) - $35.00 US
[4pm PST / 5pm MST / 6:00pm CST / 7pm EST / 08:00 HKT / 11:00am AEDT / 1:00pm NZDT]
Adults who are bound to the entanglement in their family system experience the system from secondary emotions that don't lead to action or movement. When an adult can free themselves from these entanglements and experience the system from primary emotions, they can take what is needed for healthy and satisfying relationships and a successful and meaningful life. Adults can also learn to find the primary emotions in themselves to help clear their entanglements and take action that leads to movement in their lives.
In this workshop we will use guided meditation, rituals, and constellations to discover how to stand as healthy adults in our family system.
Contact barrykrost@mac.com to register, pay and receive your Zoom link and password.
Family Constellations: Standing with the Strength of Men
March 6, 2021 - 12:30pm-3:30pm (Central Standard Time, US and Canada) - $35.00 US
[10:30am PST / 11;30am MST / 12:30pm CST / 1;30pm EST / 18;30 GMT / 19;30 CET / 20;30 EET]
Many clients find relief when they can stand with the strength of men. Often this strength is missing, replaced by the magical thinking of boys who are loyal to destructive or disconnected identifications that effect relationships, power and love. Both women and men often find a special kind of support when the healthy strength of men is rediscovered and restored to its place in the family system.
During this workshop we will explore issues through group constellations processes and guided meditations in accordance with the philosophy and principles founded by Bert Hellinger (1925-2019)
Contact barrykrost@mac.com to register, pay and receive your Zoom link and password.
March 6, 2021 - 12:30pm-3:30pm (Central Standard Time, US and Canada) - $35.00 US
[10:30am PST / 11;30am MST / 12:30pm CST / 1;30pm EST / 18;30 GMT / 19;30 CET / 20;30 EET]
Many clients find relief when they can stand with the strength of men. Often this strength is missing, replaced by the magical thinking of boys who are loyal to destructive or disconnected identifications that effect relationships, power and love. Both women and men often find a special kind of support when the healthy strength of men is rediscovered and restored to its place in the family system.
During this workshop we will explore issues through group constellations processes and guided meditations in accordance with the philosophy and principles founded by Bert Hellinger (1925-2019)
Contact barrykrost@mac.com to register, pay and receive your Zoom link and password.
Family Constellations for Illness and Disease
March 16, 2021 - 6:00pm-9:00pm (Central Standard Time, US and Canada) - $35.00 US
[4pm PST / 5pm MST / 6:00pm CST / 7pm EST / 08:00 HKT / 11:00am AEDT / 1:00pm NZDT]
Family Constellations can be effective for revealing the hidden systemic dynamics that are often behind illness and disease that may be an expression of something that needs to be seen and acknowledged. Often illness and disease are an attempt to resolve belonging to our parents and/or the family system.
During this workshop we will explore issues through group constellations processes and guided meditations in accordance with the philosophy and principles founded by Bert Hellinger (1925-2019)
Contact barrykrost@mac.com to register, pay and receive your Zoom link and password.
March 16, 2021 - 6:00pm-9:00pm (Central Standard Time, US and Canada) - $35.00 US
[4pm PST / 5pm MST / 6:00pm CST / 7pm EST / 08:00 HKT / 11:00am AEDT / 1:00pm NZDT]
Family Constellations can be effective for revealing the hidden systemic dynamics that are often behind illness and disease that may be an expression of something that needs to be seen and acknowledged. Often illness and disease are an attempt to resolve belonging to our parents and/or the family system.
During this workshop we will explore issues through group constellations processes and guided meditations in accordance with the philosophy and principles founded by Bert Hellinger (1925-2019)
Contact barrykrost@mac.com to register, pay and receive your Zoom link and password.
Philosophy, Principles and Facilitation of Family Constellations
Saturday, June 12 - December 11, 2021 - 7 classes - $350.00
This online course will explore the philosophy, principles and facilitation of Family Constellations. As we read seven unique books, our discussions and experiential exercises will deepen our understanding, skill and capacity to stand stronger in the field with individuals and groups.
We will expand insights to uncover underlying family entanglements and systemic imbalances so that we can guide our clients to healthy resolutions and reconciliations. A deeper understanding of the philosophy and principles of Family Constellations grounds the facilitator, increases the comfort and ease of coming in tune with the greater forces that are accessed during constellations, and helps create the powerful moments that encourage profound healing for clients and their family systems. This course will strengthen the foundation of trained facilitators and those in training by enriching their intellectual understanding of Family Constellations while increasing the connection of this understanding with the wisdom of the heart and soul.
This course consists of 7 three-hour sessions with required reading, group discussions, videos and homework for each session.
Classes meet 11:30am-2:30pm (CST Canada and US), 5:30pm-8:30pm (GMT), 6:30pm-9:30pm (CET). An optional practice session based on the themes of individual classes will also be offered.
Course Schedule - Saturdays
June 12, 2021
Philosophy, Principles and Facilitation of Family Constellations - Part 1
Reading: Love’s Hidden Symmetry: What Makes Love Work in Relationships, Bert Hellinger
with Gunthard Weber and Hunter Beaumont (1998) [pages iv to 189]
Video: Healing Love, Vol 1, Bert Hellinger and Hunter Beaumont (1999)
July 10, 2021
Philosophy, Principles and Facilitation of Family Constellations - Part 2
Reading: Love’s Hidden Symmetry: What Makes Love Work in Relationships, Bert Hellinger
with Gunthard Weber and Hunter Beaumont (1998), [pages 190 to 330]
Video: Healing Love, Vol 2 and 3, Bert Hellinger and Hunter Beaumont (1999)
August 14, 2021
Facilitating Family Constellations Groups
Reading: The Art and Practice of Family Constellations: Leading Family Constellations as Developed by Bert Hellinger, Bertold Ulsamer, (2020)
Video: Constellation Skills Set 5 & 6, Bertold Ulsamer
September 11, 2021
Relationships and the Balance of Take and Give
Reading: Heal Your Relationship: A New Way of Improving Your Relationship Skills - Indra Torsten Priess (2015)
Video: Love at Second Sight, Bert Hellinger (2002)
October 9, 2021
Working with Symptoms and Illnesses
Reading: Even if It Costs My Life: Systemic Constellations and Serious Illness, Stephan Hausner, (2011)
Video: The Art of Facilitating with Stephan Hausner (2017), Families in Turmoil #1, with Bert Hellinger (2003)
November 13, 2021
Individual Family Constellations Sessions
Reading: Handbook of Individual Family Constellations - Marco Moretti and Daniela Poggioli (2015) and “Using Figures for Family Constellations with Individual Clients” - Jakob Schneider (2000) (PDF I will share)
Video: When I Close My Eyes - Ursula Franke (Bryson) (2005) AND Recent Developments in Individual Sessions - Ursula Franke (Bryson) (2007)
December 11, 2021
Ceremony, Ritual and Spirit
Reading: Connecting to Our Ancestral Past: Healing Through Family Constellations, Ceremony and Ritual, Francesca Mason Boring (2012) AND Truth in Motion, Bert Hellinger (2010)
Optional Video: Dimensions in Love, Disc #1 - Bert Hellinger (2006)
COST: $350.00 - Please pay $50 by May 1, 2021, to register for this course using PayPal, Venmo or check. The balance is due by June 1, 2021. You will receive your Zoom link to the first class after you register.
Contact barrykrost@mac.com to register and pay or for questions about the course.
Check Hellinger Institute of DC (or Amazon ) for the course books.
OPTIONAL PRACTICE SESSIONS after each class are available for those who want to work with the themes experientially. Each practice session costs $50 and requires at least 4 participants; Dates and times will be determined with participants.
Saturday, June 12 - December 11, 2021 - 7 classes - $350.00
This online course will explore the philosophy, principles and facilitation of Family Constellations. As we read seven unique books, our discussions and experiential exercises will deepen our understanding, skill and capacity to stand stronger in the field with individuals and groups.
We will expand insights to uncover underlying family entanglements and systemic imbalances so that we can guide our clients to healthy resolutions and reconciliations. A deeper understanding of the philosophy and principles of Family Constellations grounds the facilitator, increases the comfort and ease of coming in tune with the greater forces that are accessed during constellations, and helps create the powerful moments that encourage profound healing for clients and their family systems. This course will strengthen the foundation of trained facilitators and those in training by enriching their intellectual understanding of Family Constellations while increasing the connection of this understanding with the wisdom of the heart and soul.
This course consists of 7 three-hour sessions with required reading, group discussions, videos and homework for each session.
Classes meet 11:30am-2:30pm (CST Canada and US), 5:30pm-8:30pm (GMT), 6:30pm-9:30pm (CET). An optional practice session based on the themes of individual classes will also be offered.
Course Schedule - Saturdays
June 12, 2021
Philosophy, Principles and Facilitation of Family Constellations - Part 1
Reading: Love’s Hidden Symmetry: What Makes Love Work in Relationships, Bert Hellinger
with Gunthard Weber and Hunter Beaumont (1998) [pages iv to 189]
Video: Healing Love, Vol 1, Bert Hellinger and Hunter Beaumont (1999)
July 10, 2021
Philosophy, Principles and Facilitation of Family Constellations - Part 2
Reading: Love’s Hidden Symmetry: What Makes Love Work in Relationships, Bert Hellinger
with Gunthard Weber and Hunter Beaumont (1998), [pages 190 to 330]
Video: Healing Love, Vol 2 and 3, Bert Hellinger and Hunter Beaumont (1999)
August 14, 2021
Facilitating Family Constellations Groups
Reading: The Art and Practice of Family Constellations: Leading Family Constellations as Developed by Bert Hellinger, Bertold Ulsamer, (2020)
Video: Constellation Skills Set 5 & 6, Bertold Ulsamer
September 11, 2021
Relationships and the Balance of Take and Give
Reading: Heal Your Relationship: A New Way of Improving Your Relationship Skills - Indra Torsten Priess (2015)
Video: Love at Second Sight, Bert Hellinger (2002)
October 9, 2021
Working with Symptoms and Illnesses
Reading: Even if It Costs My Life: Systemic Constellations and Serious Illness, Stephan Hausner, (2011)
Video: The Art of Facilitating with Stephan Hausner (2017), Families in Turmoil #1, with Bert Hellinger (2003)
November 13, 2021
Individual Family Constellations Sessions
Reading: Handbook of Individual Family Constellations - Marco Moretti and Daniela Poggioli (2015) and “Using Figures for Family Constellations with Individual Clients” - Jakob Schneider (2000) (PDF I will share)
Video: When I Close My Eyes - Ursula Franke (Bryson) (2005) AND Recent Developments in Individual Sessions - Ursula Franke (Bryson) (2007)
December 11, 2021
Ceremony, Ritual and Spirit
Reading: Connecting to Our Ancestral Past: Healing Through Family Constellations, Ceremony and Ritual, Francesca Mason Boring (2012) AND Truth in Motion, Bert Hellinger (2010)
Optional Video: Dimensions in Love, Disc #1 - Bert Hellinger (2006)
COST: $350.00 - Please pay $50 by May 1, 2021, to register for this course using PayPal, Venmo or check. The balance is due by June 1, 2021. You will receive your Zoom link to the first class after you register.
Contact barrykrost@mac.com to register and pay or for questions about the course.
Check Hellinger Institute of DC (or Amazon ) for the course books.
OPTIONAL PRACTICE SESSIONS after each class are available for those who want to work with the themes experientially. Each practice session costs $50 and requires at least 4 participants; Dates and times will be determined with participants.
Past Workshops
Releasing Racism in Family Systems
Saturday, July 18, 2020
Our fractured world is calling out to all of us who know something is wrong, but perhaps are uncertain how to get to the deeper issues in front of us.
In this Family Constellations workshop, we will look at the issue of racism, the way we unknowingly support this form of domination, and how it is rooted in the experiences of our ancestors and family systems. We will see how the negativity of racism keeps us from having a deeper connection with our hearts and prevents us from experiencing ourselves and others as fully human.
By moving to the systemic level, we can discover the hidden patterns of thoughts, feelings and behaviors that unconsciously shape our role in racism, and step into a new way of being in relation to ourselves and to those who have been unfairly oppressed. In that place we can hope to be part of a solution for a world that is fair, kind and just; a place where everyone is human.
During this workshop we will explore the issue of racism through individual or group constellations processes and guided meditations in accordance with the philosophy and principles founded by Bert Hellinger (1925-2019).
Family Constellations: Clearing Victim / Perpetrator Patterns in Families, Systems & Society
Wednesday, August 12, 2020
Every family, system and society has the experience of the victim / perpetrator dynamic. When these traumas are unresolved they continue to create suffering for those who come after until this original experience is allowed to be cleared and resolved into peace.
During this workshop we will explore the issue of victim and perpetrator dynamics through individual or group constellations processes and guided meditations in accordance with the philosophy and principles founded by Bert Hellinger (1925-2019).
Family Constellations: Healing the Mother Wound
September 12, 2020
Often our deepest pain is the missing connection and/or love with our mother. Early disruptions of our bond with her can lead to challenging relationships with others, the world and make our successes more difficult to accomplish.
During this workshop we will explore the issue about our mother through individual or group constellations processes and guided meditations in accordance with the philosophy and principles founded by Bert Hellinger (1925-2019).
Saturday, July 18, 2020
Our fractured world is calling out to all of us who know something is wrong, but perhaps are uncertain how to get to the deeper issues in front of us.
In this Family Constellations workshop, we will look at the issue of racism, the way we unknowingly support this form of domination, and how it is rooted in the experiences of our ancestors and family systems. We will see how the negativity of racism keeps us from having a deeper connection with our hearts and prevents us from experiencing ourselves and others as fully human.
By moving to the systemic level, we can discover the hidden patterns of thoughts, feelings and behaviors that unconsciously shape our role in racism, and step into a new way of being in relation to ourselves and to those who have been unfairly oppressed. In that place we can hope to be part of a solution for a world that is fair, kind and just; a place where everyone is human.
During this workshop we will explore the issue of racism through individual or group constellations processes and guided meditations in accordance with the philosophy and principles founded by Bert Hellinger (1925-2019).
Family Constellations: Clearing Victim / Perpetrator Patterns in Families, Systems & Society
Wednesday, August 12, 2020
Every family, system and society has the experience of the victim / perpetrator dynamic. When these traumas are unresolved they continue to create suffering for those who come after until this original experience is allowed to be cleared and resolved into peace.
During this workshop we will explore the issue of victim and perpetrator dynamics through individual or group constellations processes and guided meditations in accordance with the philosophy and principles founded by Bert Hellinger (1925-2019).
Family Constellations: Healing the Mother Wound
September 12, 2020
Often our deepest pain is the missing connection and/or love with our mother. Early disruptions of our bond with her can lead to challenging relationships with others, the world and make our successes more difficult to accomplish.
During this workshop we will explore the issue about our mother through individual or group constellations processes and guided meditations in accordance with the philosophy and principles founded by Bert Hellinger (1925-2019).
Family Constellations: Healing Deeply Held Suffering in Family Systems
November 7, 2020
Often in family systems there is suffering that has existed for a long time that is challenging to reveal and resolve. We sometime see patterns that are like fractals over time that resist change. Finding the source of these issues can help to clear long held suffering and release the client from the burden of identifying not just with an ancestor but with a system wide trauma.
During this workshop we will explore issues through group constellations processes and guided meditations in accordance with the philosophy and principles founded by Bert Hellinger (1925-2019).
November 7, 2020
Often in family systems there is suffering that has existed for a long time that is challenging to reveal and resolve. We sometime see patterns that are like fractals over time that resist change. Finding the source of these issues can help to clear long held suffering and release the client from the burden of identifying not just with an ancestor but with a system wide trauma.
During this workshop we will explore issues through group constellations processes and guided meditations in accordance with the philosophy and principles founded by Bert Hellinger (1925-2019).