Dear Max,
Thank you for this. I would like to say that the recent discussions have
been very challenging, which is appreciated. Whilst "knowing" about
constellations work clearly requires to have experienced the process, many
previous discussions have articulated the wish to be able to demonstrate
with some degree of scientific rigor, the benefits or otherwise of
constellations work as therapy. This seemed to be a wish to have the work
recognised by the therapeutic community and by the professional bodies some
practitioners issue from. Or have I misunderstood? In order to begin to do
this, the theoretical framework does need to be differentiated from or
associated with other frameworks and therapies and to be articulated in the
language of psychiatry/psychology. I ask the questions because I am
interested in what makes it effective or worth doing, even though I have not
yet experienced the process myself. I live and work in an area where it is
not redaily available, but am making plans to witness the process at least,
later this year. To the person who suggested I do one, I might add, that
comment could be interpreted as an invitation to stay out of the
conversation/discussion because I have not yet experienced a constellation.
Even though a knowledge of a process may be best appreciated by experience,
it does not to my mind, mean we should stop from attempting to articulate
and reflect on the process. The process of imagining before doing is part of
orienting oneself in the world and making decisions about what path one will
enter next. That is all I am doing.
Best Regards to all who keep the converstaion going.
-----Original Message-----
From: Max Dauskardt [mailto:gayatri@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] ;
Sent: Thursday, 13 May 2004 9:37 PM
To: ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ConstellationTalk] Sand tray work with Constellations
Dear Anne Marie,
let me attempt to give some input in regards to the question you raised:
However, to date I have no expereince of constellations work. I am
therefore not really clear about what is different about constellations
cf psychodrama, sand tray and symbol work and transpersonal (ie Grof).???
