Organising ourselves in the same or previous structures, will raise the
same issues around historic wounds, hierarchy, internalised hierarchy, ego
development and conscious or unconscious abuse of power. We may need to
turn to living systems to develop a more creative sustainable form...
...honouring origins and holding compassion for what is not sustainable
while supporting what is life-affirming and emerging
The Berkana Institute: Two Loops Model of Systems Change
https://vimeo.com/17907928
Peer Invision (rather than Supervision) Circles ( Tanya refers to
'Intervision") are important in such processes of transformation. Small
locally organised and self supporting circles of diverse facilitators
meeting as peers... For 15 years I used that here with trauma therapists
meeting monthly over dinner..... as peers working in different settings
with different populations, to support and educate each other, to keep a
kindly eye on the places where personal histories get projected onto client
stories and to work through shared tensions in the work, in our settings
and with each other. Sisters in arms, of the most loving sort....
In these chaotic transformative times, we need to draw on our collected
intelligence as well as building support networks. Peer circles encourage
ethical kindly work while facing "what is". Constellations can be used in
such peer meetings... no costs, if you each bring your own meals or
potluck. We all need to foster healthy healing community with each other.
Warmly
Eimear
Eimear O'Neill PhD
www.eimearoneill.com
‘If we surrendered/ to earth’s intelligence, we could rise up rooted, like
trees."Rainer Maria Rilke:
On 28 April 2017 at 13:12, Barbara barbara@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[ConstellationTalk] <ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hello Tanya,
So good to hear your voice. It's been a long time since we were roommates
in that long-ago training south of Munich - was it 2003? This is critical
perspective if we want the field to grow.
Barbara
On 4/28/2017 8:39 AM, Tanja Meyburgh tanja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[ConstellationTalk] wrote:
Dear Colleagues
I have been training constellation facilitators in South Africa since 2005
and I am fully in support of having an association and a code of ethics. As
first-generation South African constellations colleagues, we founded the
Systems Constellations Association of South Africa which requires a certain
amount of training and signing the co-created code of ethics to join. One
of the requirements to stay a member is to attend ongoing professional
development and inter-vision. In my experience, facilitators need to stay
in contact with their colleagues and find ongoing support from their
knowledge lineage. We are accountable to each other as colleagues and also
to the reputation of this work as a community. No-one can stand above this
accountability, and It concerns me when facilitators do not take
responsibility for their actions or do not feel accountable to their
colleagues. The field does not reveal all because it is open to many
interpretations. Healthy boundaries are lacking in many cases where
constellations have gone wrong. Reflecting on our work and on those of our
teachers is an important aspect of learning and growth. There may be many
opinions on this work in Russia that Sophie and Bert did, but for me one of
the main features is that humility is lacking and ,to me, that is a key
aspect of the stance of the constellation facilitator.
Kind regards
Tanja Meyburgh
Founder and Director
African Constellations
Registered Counselling Psychologist
083 2182668
tanja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.tanjameyburgh.co.za
www.africanconstellations.co.za
