I have recently become aware of how fond I am of my psychotherapy clients and how familiar they have become to me. What do I mean by this? My psychotherapy clients feel familial, as if we are related. And, in fact, we are! We are related in our humanity, in the proverbial “Family of Man”.… Continue Reading
Whenever I have scheduled an upcoming Constellation Workshop, the Constellation itself begins many days before the scheduled event. It begins when I start thinking about when, where and how the next Workshop should occur. It continues when I prepare and dispatch the Newsletter which announces the Workshop theme and details. Prospective participants start considering whether… Continue Reading
A brief memoir of a time with my grandmother brings to mind reflections upon our ancestral legacy and our personal evolution: Fanny’s Pearls Sifting through the costumes of her life me, compelled by the beauty of the jewels, shiny, sparkly, round smooth surfaces, metallic clasps Grandma Fanny and I sit on the bed, light streaming through the West End window.… Continue Reading
On this first day of Rosh Hashonah, ushering in the Jewish New Year of 5774, I am profoundly grateful for the life I have had and the promise of a new year to come. I reflect on my path for this year and that which I am called upon to offer. I pray for healing… Continue Reading
Last weekend I facilitated a Constellation workshop in New York City. No matter how many times I do this, I am always moved, touched, and ultimately awed by the divine grace that manifests in these sacred events. This occasion was no exception. A week prior, I had received a phone call from a young man… Continue Reading
Last weekend I facilitated my regular monthly Constellation workshop. I always begin these workshops with a short talk that sets an intention for our work on that day. I trust that these themes are being constellated in our shared field as each of us prepares for the work ahead. And so, I trust the synchronicities… Continue Reading
A client and former workshop participant called me this morning to ask if a Constellation might help to resolve a situation he is challenged by in his workplace. This simple question stimulated me to reflect upon the diverse applications and approaches to this powerful modality of Systemic and Family Constellations. In my early training, following… Continue Reading
My dear friend Lilli Cunningham succumbed to death on Friday, after a 2 year journey with cancer. Lilli and I first met in November, 2009, when she and her husband Bill attended a Systemic and Family Constellation workshop that I facilitated in Miami, Florida. The issue that Lilli presented at that time was her cancer,… Continue Reading
“There is nothing to fix but there are many things to honor.” My colleague Francesca Mason Boring wrote these words describing her approach to the Family Constellation work. I have been reflecting upon this statement and to me it synthesizes the message that Bert Hellinger gave us in the following words: “The simplest and deepest… Continue Reading