Training and Coaching with Constellations

Description

We humans are mysterious creatures. There are certain things about ourselves that are hard to understand. Why do we want something for example? But don’t go after it. Why might we feel sad or heavy? When there is no reason in our lives to feel that way. Or why can't we seem to hold on to a job or a relationship? Whereas we would really like to.

When logical thinking or a psychological approach doesn't give us the answers, it might be insightful to look at your life with a systemic lens. Lots of our patterns and unexplained behaviors have their roots in our families of origins. And the generations before them. 

In this summer school we’ll explore how your past is shaping your present through (family) constellations and other forms of systemic work. These are powerful methods that reveal invisible patterns in families, teams, and organizations. 

Working in small groups, you will practise as both facilitator and participant. This experiential approach ensures you understand systemic work from the inside out, whether you plan to use it professionally or apply the insights in your personal and professional life.  

Last year’s programme was rated with an average of 9.4 out of 10 by participants.

What Makes This Training Special?

You will learn to see and work with the hidden dynamics that shape our lives and work:

• How family patterns influence our professional choices
• Why teams develop certain dynamics
• What makes relationships and collaboration flow or block
• How to transform stuck patterns into new possibilities

What You will Learn

• Read in between the lines of a situation
• How do develop a context awareness and interpret phenomenology
• Basic skills for coaching clients through personal and organizational systems
• Intervention techniques for different systemic patterns
• Safety and ethics in constellation work
• Group dynamics management skills
• Self-awareness and personal pattern recognition

Our Approach

Don’t expect long powerpoint presentations! The learning is embodied, energetic, creative and can be emotionally intense. While constellations can be deeply healing, this is by no means a substitute for therapy. We expect participants to be able to regulate their own emotions when needed. When in doubt if this is the right moment in your life to take this course, please feel free to contact Jan Reinder or Lieselotte. We are happy to be of help.

Lecturers

Lieselotte Nooijen 

Performing improvisational theatre all over the world, Lieselotte realized that life itself has no script either. And that that was exactly what she loved about the two realms. When starting to train managers’ communication skills, she always used the mind- and skillset of the improv stage to help people say yes-and to life.

Working with groups for the last 20 years, Lieselotte quickly felt more drawn to work with people on the deeper levels of interbeing. Having benefitted from meditation, contemporary-shamanism and family constellations for her own development, she now integrates these in almost all her programs. She works internationally as a program director and facilitator for THNK, school for creative leadership and teaches all three level courses of family constellations at UNLP.

Jan Reinder Rosing

As the European Debate Champion, Jan Reinder made his way into the world of training. He founded a company and published The Debate Guide. Yet he feared spending the rest of his life focused only on persuasion and debate, so he became a diplomat. In that role, he served the Netherlands and the European Union, working in places such as Turkey and Brussels. There, he discovered the power of connection.

When he made peace with his family’s history during the Second World War, he no longer felt the need to save the world. That’s why, in 2019, he returned to guiding teams and individuals—this time with a focus on empathy and finding better ways forward together. Systemic work and constellation practice have been essential in Jan Reinder’s personal development, and he now loves sharing these insights with others.

Target audience

This course is intended for:

• leaders and professionals that want to understand hidden dynamics to become more effective and better at connecting on a deeper level to others;
• (aspiring) trainers, coaches and facilitators that want to learn to work with constellations or deepen their practice;
• people that want to work deeply on their personel development and leadership.

On average two thirds of participants are professionals and one third are students.

Study load

Every day, there will be class between 10 am and around 3 pm. Afterwards there often is a group assignment of between one and two hours.

Tags

• training
• coaching
• systemic work
• family constellations
• organization constellations