An Introductory Training Programme in Family & Organisational Constellations

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17 full training days including 8 workshop days 

COURSE AIM

To generate an educational experiences whereby you can develop a good theoretical and practical basis for introducing the systemic constellation process into your own work practices.

We aim to cover the most important core areas of systemic constellation work as well as attending as much as possible to special interests and needs of the individuals in the course.

COURSE NUMBERS

This course will be restricted to a maximum of 12 students. There will need to be at least 6 students enrolled at the outset for it to run.

COURSE STRUCTURE

INTRODUCTORY DAY

Getting to know each other, creating a safe learning environment and introduction to foundation concepts and attitudes

SUNDAY CONSTELLATION WORKSHOPS

These will be workshops attended by other people from the general community other than course participants. Chris Walsh will run his workshops on Saturday and Sunday. Course participants can negotiate an extra payment if they also wish to attend the Saturday.

MONDAY REFLECTIVE LEARNING SESSIONS:

• Presentation by two students of their learnings based on the previous month's subject followed by group discussion and reflection.
• Reflection on the previous days' constellation workshop in order to:

 Learn about the systemic perspectives on parent/child relationships; couple relationships; blended families; illness (including mental); disability; suicide; traumatic injury; perpetrator/victim relationship; abortion & miscarriage; adoption; war; accidents; migration etc.

• Review of the  practice of phenomenology including exercises inviting self reflection
• Introduction to homework reading and tasks for next session. 

DATES

Monthly from July to November 2008 & February to April 2009

Total: 16 days plus one introductory day

•  Sunday- Participating in Constellation workshop- 9.30am – 5.00pm

•  Monday- Theory presented through reflections on workshop and presentation of core subjects- 10am-4pm

Specific dates are still to be arranged for the three trainings in 2009 in February March and April.

LOCATION

• Sunday Workshops : Lower Plenty for Chris's workshops and Malvern for Catherine's workshops. Both in Melbourne metropolitan area
• Monday reflective learning sessions: 806 Lygon St North Carlton (Corner of Fenwick St)

COST

$2200 covers all the above. To secure a place deposit of $500 due by May 30

Enrolments after May 30th 2008 will cost $2,400.00

You have to buy your own books.

Reading material will generally be made available as a computer file.

TO REGISTER INTEREST CONTACT:

Chris Walsh via Jenyce Boys at ph:  (03) 9347 4300  email: jenyce@cwalsh.com.au

or Catherine Ingram at kany@alphalink.com.au

READING

Compulsory pre- reading:

‘Love's Hidden Symmetry' What makes Love Work in Relationships, Bert Hellinger with Gunthard Weber & Hunter Beaumont, 1998, Carl Auer.

Reading during Course

The Art and Practice of Family Constellations, Bertold Ulsamer 2002 Carl Auer

Other articles will be provided for reading during the course.

SYLLABUS DETAILS

This syllabus is a guide rather than a rigid structure. The breadth and depth to which we cover these topics will depend on the group itself and what material arises in the workshops.

Introductory day: Monday July 21

• Getting to know each other
• Creating a Safe Learning Environment
• Introduction to foundation concepts and attitudes
  • Three levels of conscience.
  • Shame and belonging
  • Use of the concept of “soul” in this approach
  • Balance of Giving and Taking
  • Staying grounded while engaging the knowing field
  • Orders of helping 1

Session one:

Sunday Workshop : July27 with Catherine in Malvern

Monday Training: ORDERS OF LOVE - July 28, 806 Lygon St North Carlton

• The natural structure and function that supports healthy functioning in families and other human organizations.
• Bonding and Attachment
• Entanglements
• E.g. Parentification, Triangulations, Hidden loyalty, Identification
• Effects of exclusion
• Justice and Reconciliation
• Orders of Helping 2
  

  Session two :

  Sunday Workshop : August 24 with Chris in Lower Plenty

  Monday Training: PHENOMENOLOGY- August 25, 806 Lygon St North Carlton

• Phenomenological Method
• Cultivating open awareness
• Awareness of own momentary physical state and influence on it – relaxation methods, breathing, posture, energy level
• Acknowledging preconceptions
• Awareness of own momentary emotional state - openness, vulnerability, shutting down, defence, the role of fear and love, expression or repression of feelings
• Awareness of own mental space – judgements, opinions, blind spots, ethical stance <
• Distinguishing real phenomenological insight from capricious fantasy
• Integrating the phenomenological approach and traditional scientific enquiry

  Session three:

  Sunday Workshop : Sept 14 with Catherine in Malvern

  Monday Training: THE ART AND PRACTICE (1) Sept 15, 806 Lygon St North Carlton

• Initial interview
• Attunement with the client within the Interpersonal Field
• Awareness of the momentary emotional state of others and our possible influence on these
• Awareness of the momentary physical state of others – breathing, posture, energy level
• Congruency and contradictions expressed through speech, posture and behaviour
  • Solution orientation
  • Phenomenological approach
  • Forming and testing hypotheses using:
    • Intellectual understanding
    • Phenomenological insight
  • Drawing and using genograms
  • Introduction to working with individuals

  Session four:

  Sunday Workshop : Oct 12 with Chris, Lower Plenty

  Monday Training: Oct 13, 806 Lygon St North Carlton

  Session four & five: THE ART AND PRACTICE (2)

• Group constellations (3 levels- const,holding circle, non-present );
  • Four levels of influence
    • The client
    • The constellation itself
    • The holding circle
    • Non present family /organisation members
  • Instructing Representatives & setting up
• Reading spatial relations
• Observing representatives (posture and emotional expression)
• Questioning representatives and receiving their feedback
• Extent and limits of representative perception
  • Stem sentences
  • Identifying entanglements

  •  Practising the solution i.e. coming to the point in a constellation where
  a client can see something new e.g. kindness in the mother

  • Healing rituals
• Exchanging representatives during a constellation
• Monitoring trauma in representatives
• De-roling reps
• Practising solutions in everyday life

  Session five:

  Sunday Workshop : Nov 23 with Catherine in Malvern

  Monday Training: Nov 24 at 806 Lygon St North Carlton

  • Effects of doing a constellation
  • Follow up of constellation
  • Revision & identification of special needs areas to be covered in session 7.

  Session six: CONSTELLATION WORK WITH INDIVIDUALS - February 2009

  • Forming systemic hypotheses
  • Working with dolls or placemats
  • Constellation visualizations
  • Rituals in & out of session with the therapist
  • Integrating systemic constellation work with other modalities
  • Introduction to the interrupted reaching out movement

  Session 7 : SPECIAL NEEDS AS IDENTIFIED BY THE GROUP IN SESSION 5 – March 2009

  Session 8: REVISION & WHERE TO FROM NOW? – April 2009

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