Hello Jack,
I was noticing that the Family Constellations wiki site looks great. It is the
Systemic Constellations site that presently looks not so great. Can it be
changed with the same information? I also wondered if there is a way to update
the link at the bottom of the Family Constellations site - Family and Systemic
Constellations Resources Network. There are many facilitators missing. I notice
the link is to a private site.
Wonderful job,
Patricia
Peaceful Possibilities Consulting
MA(CAM), BA(Hon), BCom, CPA, CMA
Student, Doctor of Social Sciences, Royal Roads University
Integrative Wellness Practitioner, Educator, &
Body Focused Systemic Constellation Facilitator
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
403-474-0452
patricia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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www.peacefulpossibilities.ca <http://www.peacefulpossibilities.ca/>
On Jan 11, 2016, at 5:14 PM, jack blackwell travelerjbjb@xxxxxxxxx
[ConstellationTalk] <ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
What is there now Monica has been changed. below is what was there a week ago
(and for a long time). We will see if the current version sticks (is not
changed back). Lets hope.
Jack
Family Constellations is an alternative
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_medicine> therapeutic method which
draws on elements of family systems therapy, existential phenomenology
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Existential_phenomenology> and Zulu
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zulu_people> attitudes to family.[1]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Constellations#cite_note-1> In a single
session, a Family Constellation supposedly attempts to reveal a previously
unrecognized systemic dynamic that spans multiple generations in a given
family and to resolve the deleterious effects of that dynamic by encouraging
the subject to accept the factual reality of the past.
Family Constellations diverges significantly from conventional forms of
cognitive <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_psychology>, behaviour
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behaviour_therapy> and psychodynamic
psychotherapy <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychodynamic_psychotherapy>.
The method has been described by physicists as quantum quackery
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_mysticism>, and its founder Bert
Hellinger <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bert_Hellinger> incorporates the
pseudoscientific <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudoscientific> idea of
morphic resonance <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morphic_resonance> into his
explanation of it. Positive outcomes from the therapy have been attributed to
conventional explanations such as suggestion
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suggestion> and empathy
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empathy>.[2]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Constellations#cite_note-carroll-2>
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Constellations#cite_note-carroll-2>
Practitioners claim that present-day problems and difficulties may be
influenced by traumas suffered in previous generations of the family, even if
those affected now are unaware of the original event in the past. A
theoretical foundation for this concept is called The Ancestor Syndrome in
psychology.[3]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Constellations#cite_note-3>Hellinger
referred to the relation between present and past problems that are not
caused by direct personal experience as Systemic entanglements, said to occur
when unresolved trauma has afflicted a family through an event such as
murder, suicide, death of a mother in childbirth, early death of a parent or
sibling, war, natural disaster, emigration, or abuse.[4]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Constellations#cite_note-4> The
psychiatrist Iván Böszörményi-Nagy
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iv%C3%A1n_B%C3%B6sz%C3%B6rm%C3%A9nyi-Nagy>
referred to this phenomenon as Invisible Loyalties.
Jack Blackwell (720) 458-5363
Connecting Spirit & Psychology ~ Creating profound insights and Healing
Family Constellation Workshops & Trainings, Holotropic Breathwork
Visit us at Family-Constellation.com <http://family-constellation.com/> to
learn more
From: "Monika Dressler drmdressler@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:drmdressler@xxxxxxxxx>
[ConstellationTalk]" <ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
To: "ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>"
<ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
Sent: Monday, January 11, 2016 5:02 PM
Subject: Re: [ConstellationTalk] Changing the description of our work on
Wikipedia.
The current Wikipedia text looks reasonable and well balanced to me. I see
no signs of hostility there at all. Are we coming to conclusions without
checking the facts?
Monika
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Constellations ;
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Constellations>
From: "Barbara Morgan theknowingfield@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:theknowingfield@xxxxxxxxx> [ConstellationTalk]"
<ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
To: "ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>"
<ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2016 4:25 AM
Subject: Re: [ConstellationTalk] Changing the description of our work on
Wikipedia. Here's what I changed it to:
I think all this is challenging us to stand up and be counted. What we are
offering is 'outside' the norm and we compromise the work if we try and 'fit'
with what we think society wants of us. I have become braver and more
uncompromising in my approach over the years. I am not willing to sacrifice
my own integrity for the sake of 'fitting in', finding acceptability within
mainstream. We are part of the paradigm shift that is happening - the shift
that says we are not isolate beings, this is not a dualistic world, we are
all inextricably linked to each other and to the planet. If people read
Wikipaedia and go no further, so be it. We can do what we can but there will
always be those who oppose the work. Yes, what we offer is alternative. So
what? This is a pretty good offering from Jack. If the moderators or whoever
they are then decide they want to reverse the language to negative again what
can we do? Keep wasting our energy fighting them or just get on and do the
work with those that want it?
A well known healer in this country put himself up before the British Medical
Authority to be tested for his ability to heal. He showed over and over again
his ability to destroy cancer cells through a test tube but those operating
the tests kept moving the goalposts. He woke up one day and decided that he
was wasting a lot of time and energy trying to get mainstream acceptance for
what he was offering and that it was best just to get on and do what he does
best, offer healing to anyone who wants it.
Barbara
On 11 January 2016 at 17:08, Irene Moreira Taitson imtaitson@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:imtaitson@xxxxxxxxx> [ConstellationTalk]
<ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Thanks, Jack, for taking time to change the negatively biased entry to Family
Constellations in Wikipedia. Your description seems good to me. My only
remarks concern the use of the term "alternative", which may encompass
several current methods which are not as proven as Family Constellations, and
the reference to the Zulus, which may elicit skeptical feelings and
prejudice.
Love,
Irene Taitson
Em 06/01/2016 15:40, "jack blackwell travelerjbjb@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:travelerjbjb@xxxxxxxxx> [ConstellationTalk]"
<ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> escreveu:
First of all I want to say, I am offering this as a starting point. I am not
offering this as a definitive description. I welcome your thoughts and
changes.
But I did want to remove the skeptical language that someone how infused
throughout the first 3 pages.
I don't mind a critical critique being on the page, but I felt that the
critique was VERY biased to the negative.
I do not know that my changes will hold as they could be changed back. But
for this moment they are live.
Again, I offer this as a starting point and I feel very strongly about the
shifted negatively skewed language that I removed.
Please share your thoughts:
Family Constellations is an alternative
<applewebdata://7343F313-6135-4C35-BF8F-A9A3E1C9E864> therapeutic method
which draws on elements of family systems therapy, existential phenomenology
<applewebdata://7343F313-6135-4C35-BF8F-A9A3E1C9E864> and Zulu
<applewebdata://7343F313-6135-4C35-BF8F-A9A3E1C9E864> attitudes towards
family. Family Constellations explore unresolved generational trauma and pain
that has been passed down through the family system. [1]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Constellations#cite_note-1> In a single
session, a Family Constellation can reveal previously unrecognized systemic
dynamics that can span multiple generations in a given family and impact each
successive generation.
Family Constellations are noted to heal in many ways. Two of the most common
are: shifting the energetic entanglements and hidden loyalties that have the
client following in the family footsteps and showing the client a more
complete picture of the family system which can allow the client greater
compassion, love and connection with the family.
Practitioners note that present-day problems and difficulties may be
influenced by traumas suffered in previous generations of the family, (See
epigenetics <applewebdata://7343F313-6135-4C35-BF8F-A9A3E1C9E864>) even if
those affected now are unaware of the original event in the past. A
theoretical foundation for this concept is called The Ancestor Syndromein
psychology.[2]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Constellations#cite_note-2> Bert
Hellinger <applewebdata://7343F313-6135-4C35-BF8F-A9A3E1C9E864>, creator of
Family Constellation work, referred to the relation between present and past
problems that are not caused by direct personal experience as Systemic
entanglements and occur when unresolved trauma has afflicted a family through
an event such as murder, suicide, death of a mother in childbirth, early
death of a parent or sibling, war, natural disaster, emigration, or abuse.[3]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Constellations#cite_note-3> The
psychiatrist Iván Böszörményi-Nagy
<applewebdata://7343F313-6135-4C35-BF8F-A9A3E1C9E864> referred to this
phenomenon as Invisible Loyalties.[4]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Constellations#cite_note-4>
Jack Blackwell (720) 458-5363
<applewebdata://7343F313-6135-4C35-BF8F-A9A3E1C9E864>
Connecting Spirit & Psychology ~ Creating profound insights and Healing
Family Constellation Workshops & Trainings, Holotropic Breathwork
Visit us at Family-Constellation.com <http://family-constellation.com/> to
learn more
--
I
Barbara Morgan
Family Constellations Trainer, Supervisor & Practitioner
Editor of
The Knowing Field
International Constellations Journal
www.cominghome.org.uk <http://www.cominghome.org.uk/>
www.theknowingfield.com <http://www.theknowingfield.com/>
