Family Constellations Facilitator Training
April 2024 – November 2025
Please contact Barbara directly if you have specific questions.
10 Modules:
6 x 5 day non-residential modules
2 x 7 day residential moduleS
2 x 3-day online modules
Background
Founded by Bert Hellinger over 30 years ago, constellation work has rapidly spread across the world and gained a reputation as a controversial, powerful, potentially transformative approach to working with many different kinds of difficulties, not only in families but within organisations, nature, politics, health and other areas. This training places a strong emphasis on family constellations as the starting point for most other difficulties, but also offers participants a chance to taste organisational, nature constellations and experience with illness as representing something or someone important in the family system.
Overview
The training offered will give participants a solid grounding in family constellation work with plenty of opportunity for personal work and experience as a representative.
It is hoped that by the end of the training participants will have gained:
In-depth experience and understanding of the impact of their ancestral history on their personal journey and family relationships.
Experience and understanding of the philosophical stance of constellation work and what we mean by systemic consciousness and field phenomena.
A full grasp of the evolution of constellation work from its origins as traditional Family Constellations through Movements of the Soul, Movements of the Spirit Mind, to Spiritual Constellations.
Experience and understanding of its application in areas such as: nature, organisations and illness.
Experience and understanding of the underlying orders, the use of sentences and representative perception.
Experience and understanding of the importance of bodily awareness as our guiding principle for the work.
Experience and understanding of what it means to be present as a facilitator and to work phenomenologically.
An appreciation of the value of ritual and its purpose within constellation work.
Experience and understanding of working with and through trauma.
Experience and understanding of the interrupted reaching out movement.
Eligibility
Eligibility for the training is open to anyone who has completed a minimum of 30 hours of constellation work and written a 1,000 word synopsis as part of their application, by the end of October 2023.
Requirements for Certification
One meeting in a small support group between each module, where possible in person.
One meeting in a practice group between each module, where possible in person.
Completion of two essays each of approx. 3,000 words:
One by January 2025
One by September 2025
Attendance at two tutorials:
February 2025
October 2025
95% attendance at the training
Cost
One-off payment (including non-refundable deposit): £5015 + fees for food and accommodation at residentials at £1008 = £6023
or
Initial non-refundable deposit of £602 by end March 2024
plus:
2 instalments of £2861
by end Nov 2024 and end May 2025
or
Initial non-refundable deposit of £602 by end March 2024
plus:
12 instalments of £502
payable monthly by standing order commencing Sept 2024 and ending Aug 2025
All instalments payable by Standing Order and to be completed by end Aug 2025. (Payments can also be made by bank transfer, Revolut or PayPal. Add 3% commission for PayPal payments.)
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Diversity and inclusion
We are keen to diversify the field of constellation work and with that in mind, we welcome people of colour. We also welcome people from a wide variety of cultural backgrounds and the full spectrum of sexual orientation, gender definition and physical ability.
A small fund exists for bursary applications. Please apply stating your reason for applying for financial help and what you may be able to offer by way of exchange.
If you feel able and would like to pay an extra amount to help fund those less able to afford the full cost of the training, we would really appreciate it.
Please note:
2 modules of the training are 7 day residentials and will be held at Embercombe, Higher Ashton, Exeter, Devon EX6 7QQ.
2 modules are online and are 3 days long.
The remaining 6 modules of 5 days will be non-residential and will take place at East Woodlands Village Hall, Nr Frome, Somerset BA11 5LQ
Please contact us for help with local accommodation.
Except in exceptional circumstances, no refunds will be issued if you leave the training before the end and you will be asked to sign a contract agreeing to pay all monies owed. Payment contracts will be issued on the first day of the training.
With the exception of accommodation costs at Embercombe, which are already included in the cost of the training, all other travel and accommodation costs will be at your own expense.
Venue
Non-residential Venue:
East Woodlands Village Hall, East Woodlands, nr Frome BA11 5LQ
Residential Venue:
Embercombe, Higher Ashton,
Exeter, Devon EX6 7QQ
Daily Format
Non Residential:
9.30 - 5.30 Thurs - Sun
9.00 - 3.00 Mon
Online: 9.30 - 5.30 each day
Residential:
Mon 29 April 2024 - Arrival from 2pm for 3pm start, departure 4pm on Sun 5 May 2024.
Mon 12 May 2025 - Arrival from 2pm for 3pm start - Departure 4pm on 18 May 2025.
Programme
Mornings: theory presentation, discussion, exercises, focused constellations.
Afternoons: Personal constellations facilitated by Barbara, assisted by Poppy for the first half of the training and by trainees with live supervision for the second half.
Barbara and her assistant trainer Poppy will be working with apprentices all of whom will assist occasionally and will act as mentors for the practice groups. Beyond that, they are to be considered as full participants in the group.
NB: 50% of the training will be personal work.
Module 1:
29 Apr - 5 May 2024
Overview of Training
Module 2:
11-15 Jul 2024
Methodology
Module 3:
12-16 Sept 2024
Nature & Environmental Constellations
Module 4:
15-17 Nov 2024 (Online)
Becoming a Facilitator Stage I
Module 5
23-27 Jan 2025
Becoming a Facilitator Stage II
Module 6:
14-16 mAR 2025 (ONLINE)
Becoming a Facilitator Stage III
Module 7:
12-18 mAY 2025 (RESIDENTIAL AT EMBERCOMBE)
12 & 15-17 May - Trauma and the Interrupted Reaching out Movement
13/14 May - Working with Symptoms & Illness with Stephan Hausner
18 May - Closure
Module 8:
3-7 Jul 2025
Becoming a Facilitator Stage IV
Individual Constellations (3&7 Jul)
Men & Women & Organisational Constellations with Ty Francis (4-6 Jul)
Module 9:
18-22 sept 2025
Becoming a Facilitator Stage V
Module 10:
6-10 nov 2025
Completion
