Dear Constellators,
I have a friend (not a client) who I have found is a "disfellowshipped"
Jehovah's Witness. What this means is, that he was born in a Jehovah's
Witness family but as an adult left that faith. As a result he is
shunned by all Jehovah's Witnesses - including his entire family. They
believe that only Witnesses will be saved on the day of judgement
expected in the very near future, and that contact with non-Witnesses
will endanger their chance of being saved.
As a result his father, his aunt, and one of his two adult daughters
(both mid-20s) refuse to have any contact whatever with him. His other
daughter refuses all but very limited contact. His mother died when he
was a teenager. He has contact only with his ex-wife, who remains in the
Witnesses.
This is of course extremely painful to him, most especially the loss of
his daughters. He is very naturally reluctant to give up hope of contact
with his daughters and to grieve for them, yet at the same time has run
out of ideas for how to re-establish communication. I've suggested to
him to do a constellation, but found it difficult to explain to him the
potential benefits. I wonder if anyone can suggest any books or
articles (whether constellation-related or not) which might be useful
for him to read. I'm also interested if anyone has any experience of
dealing with this painful situation.
With love
Andrew
Bristol UK
