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.

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

•   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

Constellation work acknowledges the importance of finding a place for each member of every human systems, and with this principle at the heart of the methodology this approach both integrates with, and deepens, other resolution-oriented perspectives.

At this Foundation level the training is offered as an enrichment of existing practice and not as a qualification. CPD certificates will be given.

What will you learn?

This foundation year introduces participants to the underpinning principles and practice of the systemic approach originally developed by Bert Hellinger and others, with 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.

The course will also provide opportunities to constellate (with support) those issues that relate to your professional orientation.

Details of the teaching topics at each module is supplied in the Course Information Pack which you will receive once you have been accepted on the course.

Course Dates 2018

This course includes 5 training modules, 2 tutorial sessions and workshop participation. 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.

Modules 1 to 3 & 5 will run Thursday – Saturday and module 4 Wednesday – Friday on the following dates:

Module 1      11-13 January 2018,  London
Module 2      22-24 March 2018, London
Module 3      12-14 April 2018, London
Module 4      23-25 May 2018, London
Module 5      5-7 July 2018, London

Venue

The above modules will be held at:
The Kailash Centre, 7 Newcourt Street, St Johns Wood, London NW8 7AA

How to Apply for this Training

To book a place on the CSC Foundation Training, please complete the application form which can be found on our website, alternatively, we can email it to you. Having completed your application, you will then be invited to have an informal interview on the phone with one the of the faculty members.

Cost

The full course fee is £2,685. A non-refundable deposit of £380 is payable to secure your place.

However, if you would like to take advantage of our early bird option, your course fee will be £2,435 if we receive your deposit by the 31st October 2017.

Once the deposit is received, the remainder is due by the first module, or by monthly instalments.

Please note: CSC is a Not for Profit organisation and does not, therefore, charge VAT.

Faculty

Gaye Donaldson (BACP) is the Managing Director of the Centre and a teaching faculty member. She has trained extensively in both family and organisational constellations since 1995. She facilitates family constellations workshops and works as a systemic consultant both in the UK and abroad with systems as diverse as film and theatre and conflict resolution in the Middle East.

Chris Williams (BACP/UKCP) is a Director of the Centre and a teaching faculty member. He has been working in the therapeutic field since 1990 and currently works as a Constellation Practitioner, Psychotherapist, Supervisor, Coach and Trainer. He is a UKCP registered Gestalt psychotherapist and a senior accredited BACP counsellor, with a well-established practice in South London.

Judith Hemming MA, (UKCP) is a senior teaching faculty member and has a background in education and Gestalt psychotherapy. Since learning Hellinger’s approach in the early 90′s and studying with many practitioners, she has been practising and teaching constellations and intensive training across the world, from Mexico to Australia. She has developed and taught the applications of the systemic approach in a variety of contexts, and is on the faculties of the European Family Constellation Intensives.

Testimonials

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Contact Information

For a course application or further information please contact
Elena on: + 44 7929 313 976 or email info@thecsc.net

Booking Information