Hello Bernardo,
As various of the replies have mentioned, we ususally start with a lot of
friends and people we know at our first seminars. From what I have seen and
experienced myself. I remember doing constellations in the case of
"acquaintances" (people I know somewhat, but who are not friends), and they
proceeded well, with intensity and discoveries for the clients. I guess, that
my own worry regarding facilitation of a friend's constellation would the loss
of my openness, of my "not knowing", but from what I have seen other
facilitators do, this might be an issue which is very dependant on the person
facilitating, and the actual circunstances.
And a final comment that comes to mind. I remember a supervision constellation
in one of my training courses. The consulting facilitator wanted to know if he
could work a friend's issue. The instructor set up the constellation, and it
became quite apparent that the client had no permission to go into this case.
Best of luck at your workshop and warm (literally, from a warm Chilean summer
afternoon) regards,
Tomás Kohn
----- Original Message -----
From: Bernardo Ramirez
To: ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 3:20 PM
Subject: [SPAM] [ConstellationTalk] Question about friendship
Hello from Portugal,
In my upcoming workshop I will have many friends present. That is for me a
blessing. But it also means a challenge.
Many people have said that you should not "facilitate" (not sure you can
write it like this) a friends constellation.
I am focusing on asking the people on the workshop to agree that I shall
just be a facilitator during the workshop.
But I would like to know more about your arguments on the matter.
Thanks in advance,
Bernardo
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