Once again Ed Lynch says it well, "facilitators without knowledge of
assessment and personality disorders or styles run the risk of lawsuits and
other difficulties. . without some therapy training, it weakens the
facilitator."
I have seen a similar debate about who should practice repeated in
psychotherapy, mediation, and Constellation Work. Mediation, an
interdisciplinary field, is a good example. In the beginning, there were
many debates determining if a practitioner needed to have a law degree, a
mental health degree, or a degree at all. Over time, we have come to
understand that we each have something to offer and something to learn. It
is imperative to know our limits, let consumers (participants) know our
limitations, and practice within our boundaries.
Equally disturbing to me are those working without a background in
psychological assessment and personality, lack of our own work with
qualified professionals, lack of a cohesive course of study with a
Constellation "master" facilitator, or an inability to be
mindfully/soulfully present with another human being. The most dangerous
facilitator to me is one who self-proclaims they are competent, rather than
simply acknowledge what is. We each have responsibility to learn what we don
't know, open ourselves to feedback, and continually improve our skills.
Leaders (meaning all of us) can articulate to practitioners and consumers a
recommended solid background for good facilitation. Rather than exclusion,
we encourage feedback and education.
Sue Bronson
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Dan, Martin, and All,
i think that facilitators without knowledge of assessment and personality
disorders or styles run the risk of lawsuits and other difficullties. Of
course
they would not be held accountable as those who are licensed would be. A
person
with a borderline sytle of relating -not even a disorder- has a different
process, reaction, and understanding of a Constellation than one with a
narcississtic style. They 'see' and 'hear' and feel' differently and this
needs to be
taken into account in the work and without some therapy training, it
weakens
the facilitator.
I have done some informal research on my trainees that have licenses and
those that do not and there is a striking difference, so much so that now
I
require some kind of training in the work as a support for learning
Constellation
work. I cannot yet see that someone who ran a flower shop, or was a travel
agent, or headed up a business and went to some workshops can do the
facilitating
without a background in therapy.
The same thing happened in Gestalt Therapy in the 60's. People would go to
workshops and then do the work or open training programs. Many horror
shows
occured which led to a great deal of disgust in the field of psychology
and human
relations among professionals.
Also I personnally think it is important for facilitators to be able to
articulate to other professionals what sytemic constellations is.
Therefore we need
to have some acquaintance with their language in order to enable
understandings for us of them and for them of us. After all, Beethoven
knew his Bach.
Ed
PS Dan Fabulous chapter 2 on dissertation
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