Hi Margie,
Good to re-connect with you across the miles and to hear you are deeply
involved with the constellation work!
In response to your query, I would broadly agree with much of what has been
said. At the same time, certainly in the UK, the word re-traumatisation has
been over-used and for me there is too much emphasis on keeping people
'safe'.
I like the boundary of not working with anyone or anything you don't
personally feel able to contain. If you are afraid, I would say don't work
with the person and don't invite them to a workshop. Generally, I would say
it is hard to accompany someone to a place we haven't been to ourselves.
Over the years, I have had very few people unable to cope with what was
coming up. Once or twice such a person has chosen to leave the workshop.
In terms of representation I would take a different view to Jeffrey. For
me, every representation is a gift. If someone is left with something when
they leave a constellation and sit down then I see that as a gift for them
in their own personal journey. Of course, they can still opt to 'de-role'
if they do not wish to stay with the experience but I encourage them to
take a different viewpoint and see that in the end we are indeed all one
and are capable of holding the full range of emotions and actions presented
to us. I can't see how we can say we are working with the Field at the same
time as making this differentiation. Surely, we are all part of the same
Field when we are in a group together?
Best wishes to you
Barbara
On 15 March 2018 at 21:29, Margie McCallum margie_mccallum@xxxxxxxxxxx
[ConstellationTalk] <ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Dear fellow facilitators et al.
First, thank you! I am new to the group and very glad to be part of it.
I have a group of keen people learning over the next nine months to
facilitate the family constellations work. I have been asked two questions
that I cannot answer: 1. For whom might this work be a dangerous trigger?
2. What kind of
person might be dangerous to have as a representative?
The woman who asked was particularly wondering about someone with
schizophrenia, but her question is also wider that this.
Many thanks,
Margie
