Hi Anita,
As well as inviting people to ring or email me if they have any concerns
after a workshop I send out an email evaluation form for the workshops I
organise myself. When answering this participants take stock and they
sometimes raise issues. It is more difficult when facilitating workshops in
foreign cities which are organised by other people. Hopefully the organiser
sets up appropriate follow up and requests help from the facilitator when
necessary.
Having said all this, there is still a risk of going to the opposite extreme
as a facilitator and instead of being cavalier or negligent, becoming over
responsible and interfering in people's processes. This also has the
potential to cause harm or interfere with healing. As none of us is
omniscient, omnipotent nor omnipresent, we need to do our human best to
discern the right moment to hand over.
hasta la vista
Chris Walsh
Melbourne, Australia
webpage: www.cwalsh.com.au
From: ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Anita Roy
Sent: Wednesday, 13 February 2008 7:34 AM
To: ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ConstellationTalk] code of ethics and after care
Dipa
I have noticed that different facilitators have different ideas and
approaches to aftercare. I see it as crucially important to have aftercare,
not only through a third party, e.g. a counselor (who may think FC is weird)
or a friend (who may be poor at effective listening), but preferably the
facilitator him or herself, who was there at the constellation and who made
decisions on where/how far to go that affected the client.
I realize that some facilitators do address this, to some extent, but I
think much more is needed. It is a very serious business to set such fields
of energies and emotions in motion, and then essentially, leave the clients
to their own devices on processing things afterwards.
This could be as simple as a follow up phone call. I am certain that 9 cases
out of 10, no further follow up would be necessary. In the other 1 case out
of 10 a good talk would probably be enough. In the 1 out of 100 cases (or
less) that present a serious aftermath, such as suicidal thoughts, or a
deepening of depression, the facilitator should work with the client to find
a suitable mechanism for thorough aftercare.
Anita
On 12/02/2008, dipa <fireflyverdigris@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:fireflyverdigris%40yahoo.com> > wrote:
thank-you David for the important sharing.
I think that you also brought up a crucial point which is the care
after a workshop. from my own experience, i have also felt very low,
shaky and afraid after a couple of workshops that I had attended and
had to get over it almost on my own.
