Family Constellation is a concept coined by German Psychotherapist Bert Hellinger.
What is family directory?
Family constellation is a study that aims to reflect the mental disorders, emotional states and trauma moments of the individual by choosing the people who represent himself and his ancestors (family members). With this study, it is aimed to find and transform many traumas brought by the person’s ancestors and especially not revealed (unknown).
What is not a family line?
Family constellation is not a psychotherapy method. However, if it is done by expert psychologists, it will prevent any problems that may occur, and if it is done by people who are not experts in mental health, it may cause harm contrary to the targeted benefit.
There is a misconception that family constellation and group therapy are the same thing. Group therapy is a method of psychotherapy and we can explain group therapy as follows;
Group therapies were developed from the ‘classroom methods’ study used by the American physician Pratt to treat patients with pulmonary tuberculosis.
Moreno and Burrow developed modern group psychotherapy.
The basic principles of group therapy for the treatment of war neuroses were introduced in England in the 1940s.
He developed Foulkes group analysis methods at the Nortfield Military Hospital in England. This approach is based on psychoanalysis.
Due to the disproportion of the number of therapists and the number of people with mental disorders, group therapy has developed and become widespread since 1960.
We can summarize group therapy as follows;
It is applied to change personality problems or difficulties in interpersonal relationships or to encourage adaptation to the effects of physical or mental illness.
Structure: The ongoing reciprocal definitions between and among each group member and the therapist.
Process: Describes short-term changes in behavior, relationships, and other group experiences.
Content: Indicates visible events in group meetings; such as topics, answers, discussions, silences.
Since both family knee and group therapy have important effects on the mental health of the individual, I recommend that you have them done by psychologists. I wish you healthy days.
