Dear James,
The great many opportunities to train in systemic constellation in Europe and
the UK may make it difficult for you to choose where to place your time, money
and energy for the best learning.
The questions which I would ask myself would be:
Is the trainer recognized by their national association?
In German there is the DGfS http://www.familienaufstellung.org which has a list ;
of recognized trainers. Many countries do not have associations.
Does the trainer have sound professional credentials both as a therapist or
coach and as a trainer?
The best teaching comes from direct experience of the teacher.
Does the trainer offer a good balance between practice and theory?
I think a good training will have an array of teaching tools including didactic
teaching, small group exercises, learning by doing and have opportunities for
self-experience. Having a sound theoretical basis helps to understand and
organize one's experiences.
Is the trainer actively engaged in his or her own personal development in an
active peer group?
A constellation facilitator or therapist can only offer their clients what they
have. If they are not engaged with their own inner world, they will have blind
spots in working with their clients.
Do other trainers in the field recognize the trainer as an excellent trainer?
If there are facilitators who you have a good feeling for, who do they
recommend? And on what basis do they recommend this person.
That is the approach that I would use. i am sure there will be many others on
this forum.
Kindly yours,
Thomas Bryson
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On Aug 28, 2012, at 12:33 PM, "whakatane_lad" <jt_hudson@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Kia ora tatou, Greetings all,
My name is James Hudson and I'm posting from Aotearoa/New Zealand. I am
Māori the indigenous people of Aotearoa. My iwi (tribes) are Tuhoe,
Ngati Awa and Ngaitai. The primary purpose of this post is to invite
suggestions from the Systemic Constellation Community about opportunities to
experience and train in systemic/organizational constellations in 2003,
ideally in the UK/Europe.
I have been passionately involved in systemic constellations for 6 six years
now. And for the past couple of years I've had the privilege of assisting
Angelika Chisholm in the facilitation of her workshops, here in Auckland. I'm
also very grateful to have experienced the skilled facilitation of other
facilitators from New Zealand/Aotearoa, Australia and beyond.
Professionally, my former career was in legal practice and I completed my
Masters degree in law as well. More recently, though, I have been undertaking
research within a university in the area of Māori development and am
currently in the final stages of completing my doctorate. My doctoral
research has developed an integrated, outcomes framework to measure the
progress of positive Māori development.
With respect to systemic constellations, I have a growing interest in two
areas: systemic constellations within a Māori context; and
organizational constellations. I view the two complementing each other very
well.
With respect to working with Māori, I believe systemic constellation
approaches align well with our traditional Māori values and worldviews.
Angelika and I had honor of introducing systemic constellations to Māori
by way of a workshop for members of my iwi and those from neighbouring
regions. The workshop was attended primarily by Māori, and incorporated
Māori protocol. Approximately 50 participants attended the workshop
(purely by word of mouth!) ranging from traditional healers to tribal
development practitioners to family members `just checking it out'. And we
were especially privileged to have our tribal tohunga (tribal spiritual
leader/elder) attend and bless with work. He also supported its future
application within Māori communities in Aotearoa/New Zealand.
I also have a growing interest in organizational constellations. My
experience with it to date suggests that it would be particularly useful
within the collective, tribal settings within which Māori operate. For
the last 30 years I have been personally and professionally involved with
various Māori tribal authorities, all of whom are trusted with the
governance and/or management of tribal resources, both tangible and
intangible. A variety of organisations will typically be found within any
tribal setting, including tribal authorities, land and resource trusts,
health, social service and education providers, and the like. A dominant
feature of the governance of any tribe is the role of whakapapa (genealogical
connection) to tribal ancestors of the past, and the whakapapa that connects
hapu (sub-tribes) and whanau (extended families) within the tribe in the
present. To some extent, whakapapa is integral to all decision-making made by
Māori concerning the economic, social and cultural wellbeing of a tribe
- today and for the future. My experience with organisational constellations
to date suggests that its approach will be well suited to inform and support
the future directions of iwi. Over the past six years, we have facilitated
constellations involving these themes which have proved valuable and
insightful. I have a goal of further exploring the application of
organizational constellations within a tribal setting.
So, in addition to providing some background about me, as mentioned earlier,
the primary purpose of this post is to explore opportunities to experience
and train in systemic/organizational constellations in 2013. I expect to
complete my doctoral study by the end of this year, following which I intend
to spend time overseas with the main focus of gaining as much experience and
training in constellation facilitation and approaches. I am particularly
interested in the UK/Europe region. I suspect the period of time I spend
doing this will be determined by what may be available!
If anyone can provide helpful suggestions in this respect, I'd be very
grateful to receive them. My email address is: jt_hudson@xxxxxxxxxxx. I
welcome warmly any direct communications.
Heoi ano, kia tau te rangimarie ki runga i a koutou katoa.
