Foundation Training
in Systemic Constellations 2024/25 (Year 1) Scotland
A method both practical and profound.
This Foundation Training in Scotland offers an opportunity to develop a working understanding of a systemic constellation approach, which can be used to resolve personal, family and social issues. This course has been running for over 20 years across the UK and we are delighted to offer it for the second time in Scotland. The course is a valued resource for those wishing to engage in personal and professional development; it provides a truly fresh perspective on yourself, your life, your work and the family and community groups to which you belong.
The Foundation Training may be undertaken as an independent course or as the first step in the wider CSC Advanced Professional Training.
Introduction to the CSC Foundation Training in Systemic Constellation Work with Sheila McCarthy-Dodd (MBACP)
Director of CSC
Who is it for?
This course is for anybody who wishes to gain a fuller understanding, from a systemic constellation perspective, of the issues and concerns that they may have in their everyday life – this may be personal, familial or professional. The course takes us on a journey to understand and begin to explore the observed, universal principles – The Orders of Love – and how when we face into the most difficult aspects in our families, relationships and places of work we can begin to re-establish movement and let go of entanglements in our family systems that prevent us from living life fully.
Constellation work acknowledges the importance of finding a place for each member of every human system, and with this principle at the heart of the methodology this approach both integrates with, and deepens, other resolution-oriented perspectives. It is particularly relevant for professionals whose work brings them into contact with family and other social systems, for example:
• Therapists, counsellors, health professionals and those in related fields
• Managers and leaders who have staff responsibilities and are engaged in planning, change management and organisational development
• Teachers, social care professionals and those working with children and families, marginalized social groups and refugees
• Those working in the field of substance abuse and in the criminal justice system
At this Foundation level the training is offered as an enrichment of existing practice and not as a qualification. CPD certificates will be given.
The course will also provide opportunities to constellate (with support).
What will you learn?
This foundation year introduces participants to the underpinning principles and practice of the systemic approach observed by Bert Hellinger of the Zulu traditions of field-based knowing. This course has a particular focus on the family as our primary system. The emphasis is experiential, theoretical and practical.
This training will establish an understanding of what it means to have a ‘systemic lens’ – or wider view, with supporting methodology, for finding resolution to deeply felt and seemingly intractable issues.
The course will cover the core concepts of systemic constellation work, both in groups and 1-1 contexts including:
The Field & The System
Including: the self as part of a system, the organising principles of systems, the primary system – parents and children and how families thrive; acknowledging the place of our ancestors; constellations as ritual.
What It Means To Work With Heart & Soul
Including: the definition of health; how does phenomenology help; somatic sensing and body based intelligence; stance; how to manage balance and reciprocity; fate, soul and the spirit, and what is asked of us when we help others; practitioner ethical impeccability.
How We Deal With Incoherence & Disorder
Including: when things go wrong; radical inclusion and the consequences of exclusion – atonement, identification and entanglement in issues that are not our own, and what needs to be done to put things right.
Course Dates 2024/25
This course includes 4 training modules, 3 online teaching sessions, 2 tutorial sessions and 2 representative workshop places. A Certificate of Attendance is given at the end of the course. Tutorial dates will be arranged individually, and free workshop places can be booked independently during the training.
The modules and online Zoom sessions will run from 9.30 am-5.30 pm on the following dates.
| Module 1 | 18-20 Sept 2024 | Wednesday – Friday |
| Zoom Session 1 | 22 Oct 2024 | Tuesday |
| Module 2 | 20-22 Nov 2024 | Wednesday – Friday |
| Zoom Session 2 | 16 Jan 2025 | Thursday |
| Module 3 | 19-21 Feb 2025 | Wednesday-Friday |
| Zoom Session 3 | 25 Mar 2025 | Tuesday |
| Module 4 | 7-9 May 2025 | Wednesday-Friday |
Cost
The full course fee is £3,600. A non-refundable deposit of £375 is payable to secure your place.
We are offering an Early Bird price of £3,315 if you secure your place by 30 May 2024
Once the deposit is received, the remainder is due before the course begins. A small number of bursaries are available. Please contact us directly for more information. Discretionary payment plans are available on request.
Please note: CSC is a Not for Profit organisation and does not, therefore, charge VAT.
How to Apply for this Training
To book a place on the CSC Foundation Training in Edinburgh, please complete the application form near the top of this page.
Having completed your application, you will then be invited to have an informal interview on the phone with one the of the faculty members.
Should you be accepted on to the course, you will receive an email officially offering you a place. At this stage we request £375 deposit to secure your place.
For further information please email Hannah Cox at [email protected], or call +44 7929 313 976.
Download the Application Form here
Download the CSC Foundation Scotland 2024/25 brochure here
Venue
The above modules will be held at:
The Salisbury Centre
2 Salisbury Road
Edinburgh, EH16 5AB
Website: www.Salisburycentre.org
