Family Constellations workshops online help you explore unresolved family issues that continue to affect your life through a range of essential topics.
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Our online workshops will allow you to experience the power of Family Constellations to find solutions for your challenging family and generational issues. Participants come from countries all around the world and from diverse backgrounds to meet together virtually.
The different workshop topics offered give you an opportunity to develop a deeper understanding of how those issues affected your childhood, your adult life, as well as those who came before you (sometime going back many generations). These online therapeutic workshops can include lectures, discussions, meditations, exercises and Family Constellations experiences on a specific topic with notes and charts provided afterward. When we setup an online Family Constellation during the workshop we begin with a seeker (or issue holder) who would like to explore the issue in their own family system. Then, other participants volunteer to represent family members, ancestors, events, or significant conditions. The remaining participants become the witnesses. Together, we observe the feeling, words and interactions of these representatives to uncover the dynamics related to the issue. As the facilitator, I guide the Family Constellations process by asking discerning and intuitive questions, adding additional representatives and recommending healing sentences to find a therapeutic resolution to these complex family issues. More about Family Constellations |
Family Constellations Online Workshop
We offer a number of discounts, packages and affordable payment plans for these online workshops.
We will also be offering Monthly Online Workshops without topics that are open to any issue presented. Barry Krost, MA has been successfully leading Family Constellation workshops since 2009. |
Schedule of Family Constellations Online Workshops
All times are for CST/CDT (CHICAGO, IL USA)
Sperm and Egg: Entanglements Around Conception
Friday, January 17, 2025 at 6:00pm - 9:30pm (CST)
$50.00 US - Discussion and Experiential
Often children feel a deep pain about their conception. If the moment of conception for the parents contains shame, ambivalence or anger at a conscious or unconscious level, instead of ecstasy, joy or fullness, the child can feel burdened with guilt regarding their conception. This experience creates entanglements that include loyalties, sacrifice or atonement out of guilt for their conception.
Setting up a Family Constellation at the moment of conception with representations for the sperm and egg can allow us to explore the hidden dynamics occurring in this moment and search for resolutions that will help the seeker to have a different feeling/image about their conception.
These constellations can also be used to help seekers experiencing challenges with conceiving a child. Systemic dynamics may be blocking the sperm and egg from merging, with the sperm often resistant to reaching out to the egg. This approach can be particularly helpful for children who are conceived through sperm or egg donations.
No prerequisites.
Friday, January 17, 2025 at 6:00pm - 9:30pm (CST)
$50.00 US - Discussion and Experiential
Often children feel a deep pain about their conception. If the moment of conception for the parents contains shame, ambivalence or anger at a conscious or unconscious level, instead of ecstasy, joy or fullness, the child can feel burdened with guilt regarding their conception. This experience creates entanglements that include loyalties, sacrifice or atonement out of guilt for their conception.
Setting up a Family Constellation at the moment of conception with representations for the sperm and egg can allow us to explore the hidden dynamics occurring in this moment and search for resolutions that will help the seeker to have a different feeling/image about their conception.
These constellations can also be used to help seekers experiencing challenges with conceiving a child. Systemic dynamics may be blocking the sperm and egg from merging, with the sperm often resistant to reaching out to the egg. This approach can be particularly helpful for children who are conceived through sperm or egg donations.
No prerequisites.
Scapegoats and Systemic Sacrifice
Saturday, January 18 2025 at 10:00am - 1:30pm (CST)
$50.00 US - Discussion and Experiential
Many family systems with traumatic and challenging histories choose children to carry a heavy, shameful burden as a scapegoat. Often these are children who are most entangled with someone shameful in the past who must be excluded, concealed or punished. The family scapegoat ends up getting criticized, blamed for everything that goes wrong within the family particularly for those past and present family members who will not take responsibility for their own actions and mistakes. Sometimes scapegoats hold the pain and suffering of the family system in the form of physical or mental illness.
Scapegoats carry their burden out of a need for belonging but are faced with exclusion, concealment and gaslighting. Often they are the symptom-bearer of whatever secrets and suffering that is hidden deep in the family. Their symptoms draw attention away from l what is unresolved and terrifying. The scapegoat is also the one most likely to care about for justice in the family, defending themselves and other family members from perpetration but without hope of healthy belonging and love.
In this workshop we will look at the hidden dynamics behind scapegoats and explore systemic solutions that bring order, healing and relief to those burdened and alone.
No prerequisites.
Saturday, January 18 2025 at 10:00am - 1:30pm (CST)
$50.00 US - Discussion and Experiential
Many family systems with traumatic and challenging histories choose children to carry a heavy, shameful burden as a scapegoat. Often these are children who are most entangled with someone shameful in the past who must be excluded, concealed or punished. The family scapegoat ends up getting criticized, blamed for everything that goes wrong within the family particularly for those past and present family members who will not take responsibility for their own actions and mistakes. Sometimes scapegoats hold the pain and suffering of the family system in the form of physical or mental illness.
Scapegoats carry their burden out of a need for belonging but are faced with exclusion, concealment and gaslighting. Often they are the symptom-bearer of whatever secrets and suffering that is hidden deep in the family. Their symptoms draw attention away from l what is unresolved and terrifying. The scapegoat is also the one most likely to care about for justice in the family, defending themselves and other family members from perpetration but without hope of healthy belonging and love.
In this workshop we will look at the hidden dynamics behind scapegoats and explore systemic solutions that bring order, healing and relief to those burdened and alone.
No prerequisites.
Autoimmune Disease as Systemic Disorder
Friday, January 31, 2025 at 6:00pm - 9:30pm (CST)
$50.00 US - Discussion and Experiential
In Family Constellations we look at autoimmune disease as a symptom of entanglements with the past, sometime with our immediate family and often with events of long ago. Autoimmune diseases may indicate our bodies rejecting and battling these entanglements. Autoimmune diseases seem connected to entanglements of resistance, secrets and distance while other illnesses seem connected to entanglement about sacrifice, parentification and exclusion.
We lose our sense of self when we become entangled and identify with someone who is not us. Often we feel foreign energies, thoughts and feelings that are not us or conflicts or dynamics that did not happen to us, AND they can unconsciously cause us to resist, withdraw, fight or surrender. These entangled feelings can result in physical symptoms or illnesses that attempt to deal with what does not belong within us. This can appear as an inflammatory response as our immune system fights against what does not belong..
No prerequisites.
Friday, January 31, 2025 at 6:00pm - 9:30pm (CST)
$50.00 US - Discussion and Experiential
In Family Constellations we look at autoimmune disease as a symptom of entanglements with the past, sometime with our immediate family and often with events of long ago. Autoimmune diseases may indicate our bodies rejecting and battling these entanglements. Autoimmune diseases seem connected to entanglements of resistance, secrets and distance while other illnesses seem connected to entanglement about sacrifice, parentification and exclusion.
We lose our sense of self when we become entangled and identify with someone who is not us. Often we feel foreign energies, thoughts and feelings that are not us or conflicts or dynamics that did not happen to us, AND they can unconsciously cause us to resist, withdraw, fight or surrender. These entangled feelings can result in physical symptoms or illnesses that attempt to deal with what does not belong within us. This can appear as an inflammatory response as our immune system fights against what does not belong..
No prerequisites.
ADHD From a Family Constellations Perspective
Saturday, February 15, 2025 at 10:00am - 1:30pm (CST)
$50.00 US - Discussion and Experiential
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a mental health disorder that includes a combination of persistent problems, Including inattention (not being able to keep focus), hyperactivity (excess movement that is not fitting to the setting) and impulsivity (hasty acts that occur in the moment without thought). In Family Constellations we look at ADHD as an issue in the family system that is being expressed by specific members out of loyalty / entanglements with unresolved trauma and suffering from past generations. ADHD appears to be a past panic and terror from a previous event that is still unresolved.
No prerequisites.
Saturday, February 15, 2025 at 10:00am - 1:30pm (CST)
$50.00 US - Discussion and Experiential
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a mental health disorder that includes a combination of persistent problems, Including inattention (not being able to keep focus), hyperactivity (excess movement that is not fitting to the setting) and impulsivity (hasty acts that occur in the moment without thought). In Family Constellations we look at ADHD as an issue in the family system that is being expressed by specific members out of loyalty / entanglements with unresolved trauma and suffering from past generations. ADHD appears to be a past panic and terror from a previous event that is still unresolved.
No prerequisites.
Paradoxical Entanglements: Schizophrenia and Other Mental Health Disorders
Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 12pm-3:30pm CST
$50.00 US - Discussion and Experiential - This workshop will be recorded.
[7pm-10:30pm CET] [Thursday, February 27, 2024, 7am-10:30am NZDT]
In paradoxical entanglements someone identifies with both the victims and perpetrators from the past. These entanglements emphasize strong and contradictory feelings of rage, terror and fear and possible disconnection from reality. Paradoxical entanglements are often found in psychosis, dissociation, personality disorders and/or mood disorders.
Bert Hellinger, the founder of Family Constellations, suggested that schizophrenia was actually a systemic issue that sometimes showed up in individuals but actually affected the entire family system and many members specifically in some way. According to Hellinger, schizophrenia is the result of a murder within a family system. In such systems, the energies of the murderer and the victim are entwined, creating conflicting and paradoxical behaviors, emotions and thoughts. In some cases, specific family members can be paradoxically entangled with the murderer and the victim.
Other family members may also be paradoxically entangled in some way and suffer as well until the entanglement can be resolved and peace can prevail. Hellinger suggested that family members not diagnosed as schizophrenic could make a difference in helping with the pain surrounding those affected. There is work to do that can be helpful for everyone in the system and potentially those who suffer the most.
Following an overview of the topic we will set up 2-3 Family Constellations.
This workshop is NOT designed as a substitute for therapy with a psychiatrist, psychotherapist, or other mental health services professional, or for any other professional consultation. Family Constellations are designed as an educational (and often spiritual) experience only.
No prerequisites. Please contact us beforehand if you have been diagnosed with Schizophrenia
Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 12pm-3:30pm CST
$50.00 US - Discussion and Experiential - This workshop will be recorded.
[7pm-10:30pm CET] [Thursday, February 27, 2024, 7am-10:30am NZDT]
In paradoxical entanglements someone identifies with both the victims and perpetrators from the past. These entanglements emphasize strong and contradictory feelings of rage, terror and fear and possible disconnection from reality. Paradoxical entanglements are often found in psychosis, dissociation, personality disorders and/or mood disorders.
Bert Hellinger, the founder of Family Constellations, suggested that schizophrenia was actually a systemic issue that sometimes showed up in individuals but actually affected the entire family system and many members specifically in some way. According to Hellinger, schizophrenia is the result of a murder within a family system. In such systems, the energies of the murderer and the victim are entwined, creating conflicting and paradoxical behaviors, emotions and thoughts. In some cases, specific family members can be paradoxically entangled with the murderer and the victim.
Other family members may also be paradoxically entangled in some way and suffer as well until the entanglement can be resolved and peace can prevail. Hellinger suggested that family members not diagnosed as schizophrenic could make a difference in helping with the pain surrounding those affected. There is work to do that can be helpful for everyone in the system and potentially those who suffer the most.
Following an overview of the topic we will set up 2-3 Family Constellations.
This workshop is NOT designed as a substitute for therapy with a psychiatrist, psychotherapist, or other mental health services professional, or for any other professional consultation. Family Constellations are designed as an educational (and often spiritual) experience only.
No prerequisites. Please contact us beforehand if you have been diagnosed with Schizophrenia
ADHD From a Family Constellations Perspective
Friday, March 21, 2025 at 6:00pm - 9:30pm (CDT)
$50.00 US - Discussion and Experiential
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a mental health disorder that includes a combination of persistent problems, Including inattention (not being able to keep focus), hyperactivity (excess movement that is not fitting to the setting) and impulsivity (hasty acts that occur in the moment without thought). In Family Constellations we look at ADHD as an issue in the family system that is being expressed by specific members out of loyalty / entanglement with unresolved trauma and suffering from past generations. ADHD appears to be a past panic and terror from a previous event that is still unresolved.
No prerequisites.
Friday, March 21, 2025 at 6:00pm - 9:30pm (CDT)
$50.00 US - Discussion and Experiential
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a mental health disorder that includes a combination of persistent problems, Including inattention (not being able to keep focus), hyperactivity (excess movement that is not fitting to the setting) and impulsivity (hasty acts that occur in the moment without thought). In Family Constellations we look at ADHD as an issue in the family system that is being expressed by specific members out of loyalty / entanglement with unresolved trauma and suffering from past generations. ADHD appears to be a past panic and terror from a previous event that is still unresolved.
No prerequisites.
Dynamics of Alcohol Abuse in Family Systems
Saturday, March 22, 2025 at 10:00am - 1:30pm (CDT)
$50.00 US - Discussion and Experiential
According to Bert Hellinger alcoholism is systemic issue often associated with missing masculine energy. In his work with family constellations, he found that many addictions, such as gambling, drugs, and alcoholism, are connected to a missing father (or masculine energy). It's as if the addict is attempting to fill the void left by their father through their addiction.
Alcohol is used to fill the emptiness, sedate the feelings and allow behavior that is forbidden, including rage and aggression. We may observe many generations that use alcohol in this way but never resolve restoring their missing fathers. Reconciling with the missing masculine is essential to restoring health and well being to the family and filling the void of its absence with safety and love.
No prerequisites.
Saturday, March 22, 2025 at 10:00am - 1:30pm (CDT)
$50.00 US - Discussion and Experiential
According to Bert Hellinger alcoholism is systemic issue often associated with missing masculine energy. In his work with family constellations, he found that many addictions, such as gambling, drugs, and alcoholism, are connected to a missing father (or masculine energy). It's as if the addict is attempting to fill the void left by their father through their addiction.
Alcohol is used to fill the emptiness, sedate the feelings and allow behavior that is forbidden, including rage and aggression. We may observe many generations that use alcohol in this way but never resolve restoring their missing fathers. Reconciling with the missing masculine is essential to restoring health and well being to the family and filling the void of its absence with safety and love.
No prerequisites.
Readings in Family Constellations
Wednesdays at 12:00 - 3:00 pm (CDT)
$225.00 (US) - Reading and Discussion
This online reading and discussion course meets every other month. We will explore 6 essential books on Family Constellations that can expand our insights into the role of systemic dynamics, entanglements with family member and ancestors, loyalties that cause great suffering and sacrifice, symptoms within our lives that express hidden issues and trauma that require acknowledgment, reconciliation or resolution, and the way that Family Constellations can restore symmetry, love, and a renewed connection with our ancestors.
This course consists of 5 three-hour sessions with group discussions and a few starter questions for each session. Sessions will be recorded. Please read the books before each class.
No prerequisites.
There have been a few changes to these dates since this course was originally announced.
March 26, 2025 (two book discussion)
Family Constellations: A Practical Guide to Uncovering the Origins of Family Conflict (2009 ) by Joy Manne Ph.D.
What's Out of Order Here? Illness and Family Constellations (2006) by Ilse Kutschera & Christine Bruder.
May 21, 2025
Connected Fates, Separate Destinies: Using Family Constellations Therapy to Recover from Inherited Stories and Trauma, (2022) by Marine Selenee
July 16, 2025
Connecting to Our Ancestral Past: Healing through Family Constellations, Ceremony, and Ritual (2012), by Francesca Mason Boring.
September 10, 2025
Reclaiming Ancestors: A Modern Path to Ancient Ways, (2024) by Tanja Meyburgh.
November 5, 2025
In the Spirit of Love and Reconciliation, (2024) by Ursula Maria Bell.
Wednesdays at 12:00 - 3:00 pm (CDT)
$225.00 (US) - Reading and Discussion
This online reading and discussion course meets every other month. We will explore 6 essential books on Family Constellations that can expand our insights into the role of systemic dynamics, entanglements with family member and ancestors, loyalties that cause great suffering and sacrifice, symptoms within our lives that express hidden issues and trauma that require acknowledgment, reconciliation or resolution, and the way that Family Constellations can restore symmetry, love, and a renewed connection with our ancestors.
This course consists of 5 three-hour sessions with group discussions and a few starter questions for each session. Sessions will be recorded. Please read the books before each class.
No prerequisites.
There have been a few changes to these dates since this course was originally announced.
March 26, 2025 (two book discussion)
Family Constellations: A Practical Guide to Uncovering the Origins of Family Conflict (2009 ) by Joy Manne Ph.D.
What's Out of Order Here? Illness and Family Constellations (2006) by Ilse Kutschera & Christine Bruder.
May 21, 2025
Connected Fates, Separate Destinies: Using Family Constellations Therapy to Recover from Inherited Stories and Trauma, (2022) by Marine Selenee
July 16, 2025
Connecting to Our Ancestral Past: Healing through Family Constellations, Ceremony, and Ritual (2012), by Francesca Mason Boring.
September 10, 2025
Reclaiming Ancestors: A Modern Path to Ancient Ways, (2024) by Tanja Meyburgh.
November 5, 2025
In the Spirit of Love and Reconciliation, (2024) by Ursula Maria Bell.
Sexual Abuse in Family Systems
Friday, March, 28 2024 at 6:00pm - 9:30pm (CST)
$50.00 US - Discussion and Experiential
Sexual Abuse results from systemic dynamics that reflect a deep brokenness in a family system. According to Bert Hellinger resolution becomes possible only when the complexity of the situation as a whole is clearly seen and the responsibility for the harm is returned to those who must be accountable. Often sexual abuse reflects systemic problems between parents who harm or allow harm to a child in their efforts to solve them. Viewed systemically the victims are sacrificed to avoid resolving unconscious conflicts, required to consciously keep the sexual abuse secret, and bare the shame and guilt that is not their doing.
Prerequisites: This workshops requires previous experience with Family Constellations or permission of the facilitator.
Friday, March, 28 2024 at 6:00pm - 9:30pm (CST)
$50.00 US - Discussion and Experiential
Sexual Abuse results from systemic dynamics that reflect a deep brokenness in a family system. According to Bert Hellinger resolution becomes possible only when the complexity of the situation as a whole is clearly seen and the responsibility for the harm is returned to those who must be accountable. Often sexual abuse reflects systemic problems between parents who harm or allow harm to a child in their efforts to solve them. Viewed systemically the victims are sacrificed to avoid resolving unconscious conflicts, required to consciously keep the sexual abuse secret, and bare the shame and guilt that is not their doing.
Prerequisites: This workshops requires previous experience with Family Constellations or permission of the facilitator.
Family Constellations for Adoption
Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 10:00am - 1:30pm (CDT)
$50.00 US - Discussion and Experiential
In this workshop we look at adoption and the hidden systemic dynamics that make it challenging. We will consider the interruptions to love between the parents who give up the child and feelings of abandonment, confusion, rage and grief for the child. We may also consider the often hidden and painful dynamics that lead to giving up a child. Finding reconciliation for biological parents and children always has a good benefit for all.
We will also look at the adoptive parent’s role. According to Bert Hellinger, "the crucial factor is the adoptive parents’ intentions. If they’re truly acting in the best interests of the child, then the adoption has a good chance of turning out well…” In adoption the biological parents, no matter their circumstances or reasons for not raising the child, must be honored by the adoptive parents to have a good outcome for everyone.
No prerequisites.
Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 10:00am - 1:30pm (CDT)
$50.00 US - Discussion and Experiential
In this workshop we look at adoption and the hidden systemic dynamics that make it challenging. We will consider the interruptions to love between the parents who give up the child and feelings of abandonment, confusion, rage and grief for the child. We may also consider the often hidden and painful dynamics that lead to giving up a child. Finding reconciliation for biological parents and children always has a good benefit for all.
We will also look at the adoptive parent’s role. According to Bert Hellinger, "the crucial factor is the adoptive parents’ intentions. If they’re truly acting in the best interests of the child, then the adoption has a good chance of turning out well…” In adoption the biological parents, no matter their circumstances or reasons for not raising the child, must be honored by the adoptive parents to have a good outcome for everyone.
No prerequisites.
Restoring the Strength and Protection of Men in Family Systems
Saturday, June 21, 2024 at 10:00am - 1:30pm (CDT)
$50.00 US - Discussion and Experiential
When men stand in their place in the family system, everyone relaxes and feels safe. Men are the natural protectors of family systems and their willingness to defend the family, even with their life, allows everyone to thrive. It also gives men their essential sense of purpose and powers their strength. Men are most whole when they stand as the guardian of the family and can stand in as equal partners and supportive fathers.
Unfortunately, men are often not in their place as protectors, nor do they truly know to do so. They may feel something is wrong and missing but they don’t know where to find it. This may be so painful that men feel powerless, angry, and lost. Their connection to their family and the world may feel disjointed and empty. They may use control, rage, and violence rather their strength and protection in the family system.
Children at a certain age have a natural movement towards their father. Standing with him supports our exploration of the world, relationships, tasks and risk taking. This can be interrupted if he is unavailable, or we are prevented from reaching out to him. Restoring father’s place in the family system or finding alternative sources of strength and protection can be invaluable to our success in life.
The dynamics in couples can be very challenging if men are not able to take their place and provide the value that only they can provide. When they can stand in their place, they may find it much easier to respect and protect the value that can only be provided by women and mother of their children.
In this workshop we will look at how Family Constellations can help restore men to standing in the family system as protectors, fathers and partners where everyone relaxes and feels safe.
No prerequisites.
Saturday, June 21, 2024 at 10:00am - 1:30pm (CDT)
$50.00 US - Discussion and Experiential
When men stand in their place in the family system, everyone relaxes and feels safe. Men are the natural protectors of family systems and their willingness to defend the family, even with their life, allows everyone to thrive. It also gives men their essential sense of purpose and powers their strength. Men are most whole when they stand as the guardian of the family and can stand in as equal partners and supportive fathers.
Unfortunately, men are often not in their place as protectors, nor do they truly know to do so. They may feel something is wrong and missing but they don’t know where to find it. This may be so painful that men feel powerless, angry, and lost. Their connection to their family and the world may feel disjointed and empty. They may use control, rage, and violence rather their strength and protection in the family system.
Children at a certain age have a natural movement towards their father. Standing with him supports our exploration of the world, relationships, tasks and risk taking. This can be interrupted if he is unavailable, or we are prevented from reaching out to him. Restoring father’s place in the family system or finding alternative sources of strength and protection can be invaluable to our success in life.
The dynamics in couples can be very challenging if men are not able to take their place and provide the value that only they can provide. When they can stand in their place, they may find it much easier to respect and protect the value that can only be provided by women and mother of their children.
In this workshop we will look at how Family Constellations can help restore men to standing in the family system as protectors, fathers and partners where everyone relaxes and feels safe.
No prerequisites.
Psychosis, Personality and Mood Disorders - Family Constellations Workshops Series
Schizophrenia, Bipolar, Narcissism, Borderline and OCD
THIS WILL BE RESCHEDULED FOR 2026
Discussion and Experiential - 5 workshop series
In Family Constellations we look at mental health disorders as systemic. These issues often reflect secrets that are expressed in symptoms and suffering. When we look at the hidden dynamics of mental health, we find children who, out of belonging and survival, blindly atone, sacrifice and compensate for traumatic events, conflicts and broken relationships of the past. The disorders in this workshop each represent different and distinct forms of perpetrator/victim dynamics in the family system along with interrupted reaching out movements and broken family bonds.
In this series of workshops we will look deeply at these systemic disorders and possible healing resolutions that restore systemic health and well-being through lecture/discussions, exercises and family constellations.
This workshop is NOT designed as a substitute for therapy with a psychiatrist, psychotherapist, or other mental health services professional, or for any other professional consultation. Family Constellations are designed as an educational (and often spiritual) experience only.
Prerequisites: This series of workshops requires previous experience with Family Constellations AND permission of the instructo
Schizophrenia, Bipolar, Narcissism, Borderline and OCD
THIS WILL BE RESCHEDULED FOR 2026
Discussion and Experiential - 5 workshop series
In Family Constellations we look at mental health disorders as systemic. These issues often reflect secrets that are expressed in symptoms and suffering. When we look at the hidden dynamics of mental health, we find children who, out of belonging and survival, blindly atone, sacrifice and compensate for traumatic events, conflicts and broken relationships of the past. The disorders in this workshop each represent different and distinct forms of perpetrator/victim dynamics in the family system along with interrupted reaching out movements and broken family bonds.
In this series of workshops we will look deeply at these systemic disorders and possible healing resolutions that restore systemic health and well-being through lecture/discussions, exercises and family constellations.
This workshop is NOT designed as a substitute for therapy with a psychiatrist, psychotherapist, or other mental health services professional, or for any other professional consultation. Family Constellations are designed as an educational (and often spiritual) experience only.
Prerequisites: This series of workshops requires previous experience with Family Constellations AND permission of the instructo
Past Online Family Constellations Workshop Topics
- Letting Go of Our Mother & Father with Family Constellations
- Family Constellations for Illness and Disease
- Resolving Interrupted Reaching Out Movements
- Standing with Ancestral Protection and Strength of Men
- Resolving Narcissism in Family Systems
- Releasing Victim-Perpetrator Dynamics and Patterns
- Systemic Dynamics of Divorce and Remarriage with Children
- Interrupted Reaching Out Movements
- Systemic Suffering: Guilt, Innocence and Loyalty
- Energetic and Spiritual Protection for Family Constellations
- Moving Beyond Broken Love in Relationships
- Family Constellations for Systemic Schizophrenia
- Brief Family Constellations the Get to the Heart of the Matter
- The Role of the Family Constellations Representative
- Family Constellation Ethics and the Orders of Helping
Family Constellations Online Workshops Testimonials
"One of the most beneficial aspects of attending ongoing group Family Constellation workshops with Barry Krost that I have personally experienced is the positive shifting of family patterns - even when you are not chosen as ‘the client’. I have received physical and energetic confirmation that an excluded family member has been brought back into the family system and order has been restored even though this family situation had never been directly addressed in an individual or group constellation. Barry is extremely adept at reading the energy of the room, whether in person or on zoom, and prioritizing the situations he feels most urgently need to be shifted in that moment. In this way everyone involved in the constellation, from the client to the witness, is reaping the maximum energetic reward from the constellation experience as we have similar generational patterns, entanglements, and exclusions in our family lineages. What’s the expression…Priceless!"
-- Lisa H, Palatine, Illinois, USA
"As a teacher and facilitator of Family and Systemic Constellations, Barry Krost is one of those rare gems whose words and practices align and land in a place of heart-centered compassion and authenticity. Throw in some solid humility and a dash of humor, and the outcome results in a lighthearted sense of safety for the client/student on the receiving end to explore their family/systemic dynamics in greater depth. His grasp of the conceptual is masterful, and yet, he is open to being challenged and changed, as he journeys through the work with you as a gentle guide. I’m delighted and relieved to know that Barry’s wisdom is reaching far and wide these days, and am deeply honored to travel in the same sacred healing circles as this gifted soul!"
-- Susan Crimmins, Ph.D., California USA
Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP), MSW, Certified Energy Healer, Facilitator of Systemic Constellations with Horse
"Thanks so much Barry for a truly enlightening seminar! I now have a clearer understanding of narcissism, the core of current politics, what creates mass murderers, and the dynamics of murder in general. It will take a while to digest all of the information on perpetration both political and familial and the systemic solutions. IROm or interrupted movement is always at work. Your seminar was so instructive and valuable! "
-- Vicki Santell, Florida, USA
“Life as I know it has been shifting in the most peacefully invigorating ways since my first Family Constellation Workshop with Barry Krost. Each time, no matter whether I’m the client, the representative, or the witness, I experience elements of my family and interpersonal relationships, as well as life in general showing up in incrementally improved ways.
Barry’s passion and enthusiasm for ancestral healing and personal growth is infectious. While respectfully honoring and communicating Bert Hellinger’s foundational teachings, Barry is a unique and masterful facilitator, teacher, mentor, and healer. He is continually implementing innovative workshops to address current life situations, working with energies in all realms, in addition to addressing foundational issues.
Barry often humorously tells us that he doesn’t know what the $#^@&* he’s doing. It is obvious to all of us fortunate to be in a therapeutic session with him, that Barry’s ability to be in the flow of the present moment informs his ability to tune into and execute exactly what is needed in each moment of healing”
-- Lisa H, Illinois, USA
"It took me many years to attend a Family Constellation Workshop with Barry Krost. I tend to lean towards evidence-based interventions that are logical and pragmatic. Eventually I found this approach to be limiting, and my conventional strategies of psychotherapy and medication were not working. I felt stuck, in a rut, revisiting the same past hurts again and again and living a day-to-day life haunted by a pervasive anxiety and chronic pain. One day, I took a what-the-hell it's only $45 attitude, and figured at the very least it couldn't hurt.
"I was completely blown away. This form of therapy is so much more holistic than anything that I have tried before, and I have done the gamut (CBT, EMDR, MBSR, somatic-emotional release, client-centered psychotherapy, internal family systems, etc.) Family Constellation Workshops are physical, kinesthetic, emotional, and spiritual work. I grew up in a less than supportive environment and I tend to be highly critical of myself, and often unfairly of others. The unconditional and unwavering support of this group was truly profound. The people in the workshop helped ground me in knowledge that I began to accept at an emotional level rather than superficial intellectual understanding.
To give an example, at one point I leaned back into a line of about seven women who were standing there with the sole purpose of supporting me. As my resistance and need to be in control finally began to soften, the woman behind me spontaneously began to hum like a mother does to a child. Almost immediately, I melted and I began to weep, not in the half choked sobs I am familiar with, but a gentle catharsis of grief I had been holding on to for years. I had held so many others up in times of pain, given when I had nothing left to give, and now I leaned back into the steady strength of a literal line of women and a symbolic lineage of mothers. Their wordless, selfless compassion registered in my body and soul and lifted me up. Barry intuited that I was rushing myself, ashamed of taking too much time... and he told me "take all the time you need. This is for you," and he whispered to the woman behind me "she's never had this before." He was right. For the first time I truly *felt* that I was not alone. I was supported, I was cherished, loved, and safe. In the sacredness of that space I was finally able to *receive* and I will carry it with me always. "
-- E, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
-- Lisa H, Palatine, Illinois, USA
"As a teacher and facilitator of Family and Systemic Constellations, Barry Krost is one of those rare gems whose words and practices align and land in a place of heart-centered compassion and authenticity. Throw in some solid humility and a dash of humor, and the outcome results in a lighthearted sense of safety for the client/student on the receiving end to explore their family/systemic dynamics in greater depth. His grasp of the conceptual is masterful, and yet, he is open to being challenged and changed, as he journeys through the work with you as a gentle guide. I’m delighted and relieved to know that Barry’s wisdom is reaching far and wide these days, and am deeply honored to travel in the same sacred healing circles as this gifted soul!"
-- Susan Crimmins, Ph.D., California USA
Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP), MSW, Certified Energy Healer, Facilitator of Systemic Constellations with Horse
"Thanks so much Barry for a truly enlightening seminar! I now have a clearer understanding of narcissism, the core of current politics, what creates mass murderers, and the dynamics of murder in general. It will take a while to digest all of the information on perpetration both political and familial and the systemic solutions. IROm or interrupted movement is always at work. Your seminar was so instructive and valuable! "
-- Vicki Santell, Florida, USA
“Life as I know it has been shifting in the most peacefully invigorating ways since my first Family Constellation Workshop with Barry Krost. Each time, no matter whether I’m the client, the representative, or the witness, I experience elements of my family and interpersonal relationships, as well as life in general showing up in incrementally improved ways.
Barry’s passion and enthusiasm for ancestral healing and personal growth is infectious. While respectfully honoring and communicating Bert Hellinger’s foundational teachings, Barry is a unique and masterful facilitator, teacher, mentor, and healer. He is continually implementing innovative workshops to address current life situations, working with energies in all realms, in addition to addressing foundational issues.
Barry often humorously tells us that he doesn’t know what the $#^@&* he’s doing. It is obvious to all of us fortunate to be in a therapeutic session with him, that Barry’s ability to be in the flow of the present moment informs his ability to tune into and execute exactly what is needed in each moment of healing”
-- Lisa H, Illinois, USA
"It took me many years to attend a Family Constellation Workshop with Barry Krost. I tend to lean towards evidence-based interventions that are logical and pragmatic. Eventually I found this approach to be limiting, and my conventional strategies of psychotherapy and medication were not working. I felt stuck, in a rut, revisiting the same past hurts again and again and living a day-to-day life haunted by a pervasive anxiety and chronic pain. One day, I took a what-the-hell it's only $45 attitude, and figured at the very least it couldn't hurt.
"I was completely blown away. This form of therapy is so much more holistic than anything that I have tried before, and I have done the gamut (CBT, EMDR, MBSR, somatic-emotional release, client-centered psychotherapy, internal family systems, etc.) Family Constellation Workshops are physical, kinesthetic, emotional, and spiritual work. I grew up in a less than supportive environment and I tend to be highly critical of myself, and often unfairly of others. The unconditional and unwavering support of this group was truly profound. The people in the workshop helped ground me in knowledge that I began to accept at an emotional level rather than superficial intellectual understanding.
To give an example, at one point I leaned back into a line of about seven women who were standing there with the sole purpose of supporting me. As my resistance and need to be in control finally began to soften, the woman behind me spontaneously began to hum like a mother does to a child. Almost immediately, I melted and I began to weep, not in the half choked sobs I am familiar with, but a gentle catharsis of grief I had been holding on to for years. I had held so many others up in times of pain, given when I had nothing left to give, and now I leaned back into the steady strength of a literal line of women and a symbolic lineage of mothers. Their wordless, selfless compassion registered in my body and soul and lifted me up. Barry intuited that I was rushing myself, ashamed of taking too much time... and he told me "take all the time you need. This is for you," and he whispered to the woman behind me "she's never had this before." He was right. For the first time I truly *felt* that I was not alone. I was supported, I was cherished, loved, and safe. In the sacredness of that space I was finally able to *receive* and I will carry it with me always. "
-- E, Madison, Wisconsin, USA