Constellation Work is a therapeutic healing practice that originated with German psychotherapist Bert Hellinger. Bert Hellinger was a Catholic priest for many years who eventually left the priesthood and became a psychotherapist. In the process of working with thousands of individuals and families, Bert Hellinger realized that people are part of a force field that could be accessed for information to induce healing that was far beyond anything the mind could come up with. He recognized that this force field somehow held people in place within their particular family and social system, whereby people felt compelled to re-enact and live out tragedies, difficulties and challenges that may have had their origin many generations back, often in connection with persons that had long been dead.
Constellation work operates on the basis that each human being is linked to an energy field that is comprised of all people belonging to that particular family and social system. And, of course in the end, this field links all human beings and all life together in one unified whole. This field seems to function like a record keeper that holds extremely precise information. The insights and revelations we gained with constellation work were staggering and profoundly moving. Many people have been helped with constellation work, often after having tried many other healing venues without results.
Website update May 2010: I explained constellation work above with the terminology I had back when I practiced it. Now, I would say things very differently and I have addressed this in the various talks I have given (view Videos page). But within the context of working on the personal self, the explanations remain valid and therefore, I kept them.
