​The Essential Elements of Facilitation helps participants grow, mature, and thrive in their understanding and practice of Family Constellations.

The Essential Elements of Facilitation offers an in-depth exploration of the philosophy, principles, and skills essential for facilitating Family Constellations Therapy.
 
We delve into 13 essential topics through lectures, discussions, and interactive activities such as role-playing, Zoom room exercises, and demonstrations of constellations. This comprehensive approach fosters a profound phenomenological understanding of family systems, free from judgment or pity.
 
In collaboration with the knowing field, we gain access to information and intuitions that guide us in identifying the appropriate moments and interventions to facilitate healing resolutions for clients.
 
Throughout the course, we will explore valuable resources including helpful books, articles, and videos, complemented by notes and charts to elucidate key concepts and insights. The profound work of Bert Hellinger serves as the foundation for our understanding of hidden systemic dynamics and their resolution.
 
While the Essential Elements of Facilitation Training  is a core component of the facilitator certification, it is highly beneficial for anyone interested in enhancing their facilitation skills, regardless of prior training experience.  You do not have to be enrolled in the certification to join.

Learning Objectives:

• Practice the essential skills of systemic facilitation and representing
• Develop a phenomenological way of seeing relationships and love
• Explore systemic dynamics in small group exercises
• Understand 13 unique and essential topics
• Learn to use healing sentences to resolve entanglements
• Experience repairing the Orders of Love with helpful interventions ​

Prerequisites: 

• ​Previous experience with Family Constellations.

Registration and Costs

• $850.00 (International discounts are available)
• $425.00 to repeat the 13 sessions​
• Payment plans are available. ​​​

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Days & Time:
Saturdays, 10:00am-1:00pm CDT (Chicago)
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Required Reading
Bert Hellinger with Gunthard Weber and Hunter Beaumont, Love’s Hidden Symmetry: What Makes Love Work in Relationships,(1998). 

Bertold Ulsamer, The Art and Practice of Family Constellations: Leading Family Constellations as Developed by Bert Hellinger (2020). 

Joy Manne Ph.D., Family Constellations: A Practical Guide to Uncovering the Origins of Family Conflict (2007)

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Essential Topics 2025/26

October 25, 2025
Introduction / Guilt, Innocence and Order

November 22, 2025
The Knowing Field / Phenomenological Stance

December 27, 2025
Children and Parents

January 24, 2026
Order, Energy and Facts  

February 21, 2026
​Man and Woman  ​

March 21, 2026
Practical Aspects for Constellations

April 25, 2026
Healing Words and Sentences

May 23, 2026
Individual Sessions

June 27, 2026
Interrupted Reaching Out Movement

July 25, 2026
​Illness, Disease, Death and Fate

August 22, 2026
Being a Constellations Leader   
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September 26, 2026
​Violence, Psychosis and Darkness
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October 24, 2026
Working with clients / The Orders of Helping ​

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Testimonials About the Essential Elements of Facilitation

Barry’s pragmatic and deeply informed approach to Family Constellations is exactly what I was looking for. I have appreciated this method and philosophy for quite a while, and have been using it in my practice, but I knew that doing a more methodical training would be a big boost for both my understanding and my confidence in working with others. I have not been disappointed! Barry’s excellent teaching skills combined with his thorough knowledge of the work has greatly enriched me as both a practitioner and as a human. I highly recommend it!

-- Martha Bache-Wiig

"When I signed up for the Training and Mentoring, my goal was not to become a facilitator.
It was simply to learn more about family and systemic constellations.  In that respect, I’ve been richly rewarded.  

It has been a truly transformative experience!  I’ve grown as an individual, gained strength and resilience.  I have a newly expanded world view.  And I have new and enormous compassion for all human beings—victims, perpetrators, parents, children—all of us—knowing that we all are struggling with systemic issues."

-- Andrea D. Georgiou