Family Constellations therapy is a therapeutic method focused on identifying and resolving hidden dynamics within a family system that may be impacting all aspects of your life.
Family Constellations help you understand how you’re connected to hidden family dynamics that were created when unresolved issues were passed down through multiple generations of your family.
In family systems with broken relationships, unresolved conflicts, inconsolable grief, horrible shame, and traumatic experiences that were never acknowledged or resolved, children can become unconsciously entangled with these family issues. Often, they experience what happened as if it were their own and live their lives that way. These unconscious thoughts, feelings and behaviors evolve into hidden dynamics that are passed from generation to generation recreating the original events or experiences.
Family Constellations allow you to see what happened and what can be done to bring healing and peace to your family and freedom from being entangled with the past. Perhaps we can also find hidden resources that can support your life in a new way.
We often can utilize the understanding of Bert Hellinger, founder of Family Constellations, to resolve what happened and restore the natural laws that keep families in balance over time. One of the essential natural laws is that all family members must belong and have a place in the family system. If we can restore these members to their place in the system, it can be easier to release you from your entanglements and bring some peace to the family.
In family systems with broken relationships, unresolved conflicts, inconsolable grief, horrible shame, and traumatic experiences that were never acknowledged or resolved, children can become unconsciously entangled with these family issues. Often, they experience what happened as if it were their own and live their lives that way. These unconscious thoughts, feelings and behaviors evolve into hidden dynamics that are passed from generation to generation recreating the original events or experiences.
Family Constellations allow you to see what happened and what can be done to bring healing and peace to your family and freedom from being entangled with the past. Perhaps we can also find hidden resources that can support your life in a new way.
We often can utilize the understanding of Bert Hellinger, founder of Family Constellations, to resolve what happened and restore the natural laws that keep families in balance over time. One of the essential natural laws is that all family members must belong and have a place in the family system. If we can restore these members to their place in the system, it can be easier to release you from your entanglements and bring some peace to the family.
Family Constellations are an intuitive and insightful process. Usually, the truth is different from the stories told or there isn’t any information about what may have happened. During a Family Constellation, we connect to a field of energy we call the “knowing field.” This energy field holds memories, feelings, and unresolved suffering in your family over thousands of years. It also increases our ability to connect to what happened and experience it now.
Many people associate Family Constellations with how we ask participants to stand in as family members usually without knowing anything about who they are representing. In a mysterious way the knowing field helps us to connect so deeply with whom we are representing so that we can know what they need to say, what happened to them, how they feel about other family members, where they need to stand or move or their physical sensations or pain. Representatives can also experience resolution and reconciliation for whom they are representing. It is an amazing experience and service that everyone can experience as insightful and healing.
In more recent years we have also found we can have objects represent family members, create visualizations in the mind, stand on floor marker as representatives and many more innovations of using this capacity to connect and resolve past hidden family dynamics.
Many people associate Family Constellations with how we ask participants to stand in as family members usually without knowing anything about who they are representing. In a mysterious way the knowing field helps us to connect so deeply with whom we are representing so that we can know what they need to say, what happened to them, how they feel about other family members, where they need to stand or move or their physical sensations or pain. Representatives can also experience resolution and reconciliation for whom they are representing. It is an amazing experience and service that everyone can experience as insightful and healing.
In more recent years we have also found we can have objects represent family members, create visualizations in the mind, stand on floor marker as representatives and many more innovations of using this capacity to connect and resolve past hidden family dynamics.
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Issues Addressed by Family Constellations
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FAQs About Family Constellations
1. What is Family Constellation?
Family Constellation is a therapeutic approach designed to reveal and heal hidden dynamics within a family system that may be affecting an individual’s life, health, or relationships.
At its core, Family Constellation Therapy is based on the idea that unresolved trauma, entanglements, or imbalances in a family—sometimes going back generations—can unconsciously influence present-day emotions, behaviors, and experiences. These influences can manifest as:
Chronic emotional or physical issues
Repeating life patterns
Relationship struggles
A sense of being stuck or disconnected
At its core, Family Constellation Therapy is based on the idea that unresolved trauma, entanglements, or imbalances in a family—sometimes going back generations—can unconsciously influence present-day emotions, behaviors, and experiences. These influences can manifest as:
Chronic emotional or physical issues
Repeating life patterns
Relationship struggles
A sense of being stuck or disconnected
2. Who should consider Family Constellation Therapy?
Anyone feeling stuck, burdened by emotional patterns, or struggling with relationships, illness, or life direction may benefit. It’s especially helpful for those who suspect their challenges are connected to family history, trauma, or inherited dynamics.
3. Do I need to bring my family to participate in a session?
No. Family Constellation Therapy works with your internal image of your family. In both group and individual settings, representatives (or objects in virtual sessions) are used to access the family system and reveal hidden patterns.
4. How does a Family Constellation session work?
In a session, the facilitator helps you define an issue and choose people (or objects) to represent members of your family. As the constellation unfolds, patterns, loyalties, and unresolved conflicts become visible. Interventions are made to restore balance and connection in the system.
5. Can Family Constellations be done online?
Yes. Online sessions use symbolic tools or guided visualizations to represent family members and dynamics. Barry Krost offers online private and group sessions that are just as powerful and transformative as in-person constellations.
6. What kind of issues can Family Constellations address?
Common issues include:
- Relationship struggles
- Anxiety or depression
- Physical symptoms without a clear cause
- Feeling disconnected or unfulfilled
- Repeating patterns (e.g., failed relationships, financial problems)
- Family trauma or estrangement
7. How many sessions will I need?
Some clients experience significant shifts after just one session. Others may benefit from multiple sessions over time. The number of sessions depends on your goals and the complexity of the issue. Healing is a process that unfolds uniquely for each person.
8. Is Family Constellation Therapy safe?
Yes, when guided by a trained facilitator. At Healing Body Therapeutics, safety and consent are prioritized. While deep emotions may surface, the process is held gently with the intention of integration and healing—not re-traumatization.
Family Constellations videos
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