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About the Family Constellations Approach
The Family Constellation perspective offers new ways to understand ourselves and others. This approach honors where we come from and provides unique access to the often-hidden family dynamics and invisible bonds that influences how we feel, how we act, how we love and how we live.
Fear, Addiction, Depression, Illness, Anger and other problems are common unconscious expressions of loyalty and love for members of generations past. Once people can disentangle their own fates from the fates of other members of their system, opportunities for deep change begin to emerge.
WORKSHOP SCHEDULE & PRACTICAL ISSUES:
The Family Constellations
Workshop Series & Training Program
2012
OPEN WORKSHOPS SERIES: Getting a First Experience
If you want to engage in an in-depth study of Family Constellations work, our Family Constellation format includes an on-going training program with an integrated Workshop Series that is open to the public.
This highly experiential training will meet five weekends (Saturday & Sunday) over the next year. Each Saturday will be an "Open Workshop" for the public. Sundays are reserved for the trainees. This day will be dedicated to an in-depth exploration of the theory and practice. This tranformative Training is open to various health practitioners as well as persons that are interested and commited to their own growth.
TRAINING LEVEL 1: Learning from Personal Experience
There will be ample time for each participant to explore their own family system from this perspective. Students of this training program will receive a strong foundation in the theory and practice of Family Constellations. This knowledge will both deepen your personal understanding of your own family system and will also increase your awareness of the unseen systemic forces affecting individuals, couples and families. Participants must commit to the entire training program.
The Family Constellation approach invites one to totally embrace the present moment as a gift from the generations before us. The power of Family Constellation work lies in the "felt" experience of one's family system and its direct effects on one's current life situation. Long held notions, beliefs and struggles begin to melt away as we begin to understand life from this new perspective. We often see compassion, acceptance and love emerge to replace denial, resistance, anger and fear.
TRAINING LEVEL 2: Advanced Facilitator Training & Supervision
This program is open to people who have completed a minimum of one year training with the CoreConstellationsCenter, or the equivalent.
This advanced training will focus on developing each student's skill level in facilitating constellation workshops. The guided practice sessions will increase confidence in using this model with individuals and/or groups. Trainees will facilitate a Family Constellation workshop at the end of the training year. It requires a one-year commitment and is integrated into the year-long training and workshop series.
Please contact Joanne directly for more information about this program. You are also encouraged to watch Joanne's video (above).
PRACTICAL ISSUES · FEES:
"Open" Workshops: open to general public $ 135.- per workshop CEUs available for social workers, psychologists, and marriage & family therapists.
All workshops are held on Saturdays, 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM at the CoreConstellations Center.
Registration is necessary! Contact Joanne: Jolb5@AOL.com 301-217-0427
Training Programs: (Beginners Level & Advanced Level/Supervision)
$ 1645 - (5 weekends) (both, first & second year Training)
CEUs available for social workers, psychologists, and marriage & family therapists.
Training meets on Saturdays, 9:30 AM - 6:30 PM and Sundays from 9:30 AM - 4:00 PM at the CoreConstellations Center.
CREDIT CARDS ACCEPTED
MORE INFORMATION: If you have any questions please call Joanne at 301-217-0427. Training Dates: FAMILY CONSTELLATIONS TRAINING (5 weekends) Saturdays & Sundays: February 25 & 26, April14 & 5, June 16 & 17, September 22 & 23, November 3 & 4 of 2012
Note: The 2011-2012 Training started on December 3 -4, 2011. However, we are still accepting applications for the Training Program.
To Apply Online for the 2012 Training Program: REGISTER HERE
The Family Constellation Approach As Inspired by Bert Hellinger
WHAT IS FAMILY CONSTELLATION WORK? The Family Constellation perspective offers new ways to understand ourselves and others. This approach honors where we come from and provides unique access to the often-hidden family dynamics and invisible bonds that influences how we feel, how we act, how we love and how we live. Do any of these conditions sound familiar?
Unexplained sadness, loneliness, fear
Self-destructive behavior
Failed relationships
Addiction
Depression
Illness
Anger
These and other problems are common unconscious expressions of loyalty and love for members of generations past. Once people can disentangle their own fates from the fates of other members of their system, opportunities for deep change begin to emerge.
How Do Family Constellations Work? While it may be done with individuals, Joanne facilitates Family Constellations work mainly in group settings.
A Family Constellation begins by having a participant of the group request to explore an issue using this approach. The facilitator helps the participant identify the main concern or problem. Then members of the group are randomly assigned to represent various family members that the facilitator identifies as having a significant role in the stated concern. Representatives are placed in the room and asked to hold the space or field of family members. Through this process, the representatives can see and feel certain energy patterns. Dynamics that cannot be identified by talking alone begin to take visual shape. Often unacknowledged issues, or family secrets, begin to emerge (previous marriages, abortions, miscarriages, deaths, illnesses, for example.) Once brought to light, these unacknowledged dynamics can have a tremendous impact on our lives. Through this process we have the opportunity to truly accept our lives as they are given to us - the good and the not-so-good. When we respect and agree to the life that we have been given, there is an inner strength that begins to emerge, allowing for more choice and hopefully more joy. This work is not intended to take the place of therapy. Rather, it offers a unique perspective to persistent or chronic problems that may support your on-going therapy or personal growth. About Joanne and Her Work Joanne's earliest clinical training was in family therapy. She later became interested in group work as a powerful method of healing. Joanne studied group psychotherapy at the Washington School of Psychiatry. She became curious about the energy part of healing and was drawn to study dolphins and whales in the wild. Working and playing with these creatures, who live in pods or small groups, gave her the understanding that healing is much more than a mental exercise. Indeed, energy, and tapping into energy fields, creates tremendous opportunities for change and growth. This led her to explore Gestalt work, transitional states, meditation and eastern philosophy. Family Constellations work is a very natural addition to Joanne's continued evolution as a person and therapist. Family Constellations work is stepping into the energy field of a family, or one's tribe. There are very powerful dynamics that are operating in a family system. Most of theses dynamics operate just below the surface of every day life. But these forces guide and inform almost everything we do. Through Family Constellations, we can literally see, feel and ultimately accept what may be happening on a deeper level. The result is often a sense of well-being and the soothing, grounding awareness that the forces of love and life abide within each of us.
The Family Constellations work that Joanne offers is directly inspired by Bert Hellinger. His wisdom and forward thinking has greatly enriched her life and work. Although Joanne has been in many workshops and trainings that Bert Hellinger has offered, she honors Harald Hohnen and Suzi Tucker as her primary teachers in this field. Harald and Suzi were asked by Bert Hellinger to train the first group of practitioners in the US. Joanne was in that initial class and has tremendous love and gratitude for the training she received from them. While Harald was able to impart the deepest level of understand of the work, Suzi held the heart and soul of the training. They are gifted teachers and soulful stewards of this work.
For more information about Bert Hellinger, visit his website at www.hellinger.com. Suzi Tucker edits and publishes much of Bert's written work and she can be reachde at www.hellingernotes.com.
Ongoing Family Constellations Workshops and Training with Joanne Please join us in the ongoing workshops and training program we offer in Family Constellations work. For upcoming workshops and trainings, refer to Workshop schedule below.
Worksshop Attendance & Registration: You may attend one time, or as many times as you like, space permitting. We recommend attending at least three consecutive workshops. Receipt of payment (payable to "Joanne Lynch-Bachbauer") or Registration Online secures you a place in the group.
As always, if you have questions, feel free to call Joanne at 301-217-0427.
REGISTER: To register please check the links above. If you have any questions, please e-mail JOLB5@AOL.com or call Joanne at 301-217-0427 for information.
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