In My Mind's Eye: Family Constellations in Individual Therapy and Counselling

In My Mind\'s Eye
 Contents
 Letter from Bert Hellinger
 Acknowledgements
 Foreword
 Introduction
 I. On Theory
 The Development of Constellations
 What Is a Constellation?
 Constellations in an Individual Setting or in a Group?
 Advantages of Constellations in Groups and in Individual Sessions
 Constellations in Individual Therapy
 Setting
 Time Frame
 Space, Furnishings, and Equipment
 Constellations in On-Going Individual Therapy
 Frequency of Sessions
 New Constellations
 Techniques for Constellations in an Individual Setting
 Constellations with Floor Markers of Paper, Cardboard, or Felt. Discourse: The Morphic FieldGetting Information about Other People
 Visualized Constellations
 Constellations Using Figures
 Symptoms, Feelings, and Inner Movements
 Reaching Out, Turning Away --
Primary and Secondary Feelings, Feelings Taken Over from Another, and Meta-Feelings
 Symptoms Are Right
 Primary Feelings and Inner Reaching-Out Movements
 Secondary Feelings, Inner Turning-Away Movements and Interrupted Reaching-Out Movements
 Recognizing Secondary Feelings in the Therapeutic Process
 Patterns Taken on from the System: Feelings, Behaviour, Thoughts. Recognizing What Has Been Taken Over from the SystemConflicting Movements
 Meta-Feelings
 Body and Breathing
 Learning
 What Happens When You Exhale Deeply?
 Body Tension and Relaxation Exercises
 Body Awareness and Constellations
 A Short Exercise for Body Awareness
 What Helps?
 Explanations
 Suggestions
 Vagueness
 Questions, Questions, Questions
 Language
 The Body
 Counter-Indications and Disruptions
 Grounds for Interrupting or Breaking Off a Constellation
 Testing
 Accompanying The Therapeutic Process
 Client-Therapist Relationships
 Counter-Transference as a Signal. Discourse: Counter-TransferenceStay Concrete
 Body Reactions
 Hyperventilation and Panic Breathing
 Resistance
 \'Slow\' Clients
 No Reaction from the Client
 Prevention
 Carrying Through
 Break Off or Not?
 II. On Practice
 Constellations in an Individual Practice
 Warming Up
 Describing the Problem and Clarifying Issues
 Notes and Drawings
 The Presenting Issue
 Outline for a Good Future
 Symptoms, Problems, Questions
 Understanding Symptoms
 Two Levels of Intervention
 Eliminating Symptoms and Finding Replacements
 Symptoms As Clues
 Personal and Family Case History. Discourse: First Impressions and Feeling the AtmosphereCase History and Life Context
 Family History
 Who Belongs to the System?
 Unusual Features in the Personal or Family History
 Resources of the Client and the System
 Constellations
 Constellations with Markers
 Constellations in the Mind\'s Eye
 Disturbances
 Unknown Family Members
 Suggestions
 Bowing and Consenting
 A short exercise for therapists
 Sentences
 Finding the Right Sentences
 An Image of Resolution
 Developing Images
 The Reality of Resolution Images
 Practice and Homework
 Exercises and Change
 Patterns
 Practice Tasks.