David and others, My experience is similar. One of several things happens with
individual work: I see someone only once; or I see someone once and then they
call again soon wanting to address the next thing that has come up; or we plan
upfront to have 2-4 sessions ad so set the next session at the end of the
first; or I see them once and then they call back a year or so later to work on
the next thing. Lately, I have had clients say, "This session saved me years of
therapy." And also, "Years of therapy did not move me as far or as quickly as
one session of constellation work." I find this very gratifying and yes,
whichever of these scenarios, new clients must continually find me. I leave it
up to the client at the end, as to whether they want to come for another
session. Sometimes they ask me what I think and I tell them the answer will
come to them over a period of time and they can always call. Mainly, I do not
rely on constellation work for my sole source of income. I did not have a full
time practice before constellation work, so did not have a large pool to draw
from. And I too find what Margreet has found, that there is a main point with a
warming up and cooling down around it. Finding this point is coming easier and
easier as teaching continues to gel in me. Thanks for bringing this issue up.
all the best, sheila
Sheila Saunders, RN, LMFT
www.systemicfamilysolutions.com
PO Box 1011 Weaverville, North Carolina 28787
828-273-5015
"When we have passed a certain age, the soul of the child we were and the souls
of the dead from whom we have sprung come to lavish on us their riches and
their spells." -Marcel Proust (In Search of Lost Time)
To: ConstellationTalk@yahoogroups.comFrom: patrick@astralplanet.comDate: Fri,
19 Dec 2008 05:14:23 -0800Subject: Re: [ConstellationTalk] Can you help?
David and All, This is an interesting issue in that we become more effective at
serving with less monetary compensation, at least for awhile. For some time I
engaged a consultant from the Enlightened Business Institute to help shift my
chiropractic practice to a more soulful point of view, if you will. We worked
from a Buddhist model that what arises in my life and my business comes from
me, it's my perception produced from limitless potential. A beautiful and
profound discussion of these principles is found in The Diamond Cutter: The
Buddha on Strategies for Managing Your Business and Your Life by Michael Roach.
In the Constellation community we have a challenge, but one that's not in any
way insurmountable. I remain creative in the ways of communicating to current
and past workshop participants, with hopes that the business aspect of it will
grow. It does so, but slowly. At Pichl #1 I brought the question to Dr.
Hellinger about how we can develop the business side of Constellation work.
His answer was that we respect business because it "takes care of people" and
their families. I took that in and have tried to keep it as a guiding insight
to all my interactions in various business endeavors. It would be wonderful if
we could all share and develop ways to communicate the service to a wider
population. All the best, Patrick McNally, D.C.--- On Fri, 12/19/08,
david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:From:
david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>Subject:
[ConstellationTalk] Can you help?To: ConstellationTalk@yahoogroups.comDate:
Friday, December 19, 2008, 2:40 AMHi,I noticed something lately about my
practice and I was wondering if it was happening to any others at well.I think
I am becoming a Consterpist.I have been concentrating for a year on
Constellations, mostly running workshops. I have come back to Australia and
seen some private clients for therapy, that's their therapy not mine, but its
changed. I seem to be doing something different and more powerful.I think I
have become a Consterpist.We seem to be covering about a years therapy in a
couple of sessions and we both, the client and me, seem quite content, though I
may be poorer unless I can find lots more clients.Has this happened to anyone
else?The trouble is, I am not sure what to put on my business card.Consterpist
or Pistconster.I would welcome any ideas.Cheers...... David Mathes (Guangzhou
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