Is there an issue that’s bothering you - and thinking or talking about it has simply not led to a satisfying solution?

Are you feeling stuck, and things don’t seem to move?

Then this workshop is for you, as you might be curious and interested in discovering a unique approach to overcome blocks on the way to your goal, make a decision or solve a conflict.

If you are a coach, counselor or Organizational Development professional and want to better understand a particular client’s situation and find new ways to help them to solve their problem, challenge or stuck-state, this workshop is for you, too.

The Early Registration Fee of $18 is valid until 5 days before the workshop, afterwards the fee is $35.

If you bring someone who has not attended a workshop with us before, you can sign up for $5 as “Bring-Someone-New-Along”.

If you’re attending for the first time, you can sign up for $5 as “Curious First Timer”.

What Exactly Are Systemic Coaching Constellations?

In Europe, constellation work has been successfully applied in personal and organizational development for many years.

Systemic Coaching Constellation workshops are a non-traditional and experiential type of group work. You may have heard of “family constellations.” Maybe you have already attended a family constellation here in California.

Systemic Coaching Constellations go way beyond classical family constellations. Being based on the SySt® approach that was developed and scientifically researched in Germany, they are a more refined and solution-focused form of constellation work.

By providing a “three-dimensional representation” of an issue, a Systemic Coaching Constellation helps you to make the structure of your issue visible and to uncover and address its underlying dynamics and interdependencies. Thanks to this new perspective you can tackle that issue in a more effective way in your real life.

The approach is simple, yet powerful and outcome-oriented.

What Happens In A Systemic Coaching Constellations Workshop?

A workshop participant provides an issue for a constellation. This can be pretty much anything (e.g. a family or relationship issue, a conflict or challenge in a work team, organization or at home, a difficult project as well as a physical symptom, an upcoming decision or a catch-22 situation in the client’s personal or professional life).
In a dialogue with the host, the client briefly clarifies what they want to achieve with the constellation: greater clarity, help with a decision, ideas to solve an issue, etc. Actually, we don’t even need a detailed explanation of the problem. Interestingly enough, by referring to the elements and structural aspects of their issue with letters, the client can also provide information in a “covert” way. For example: “I am torn between A and B and would like to get more clarity. If I go for A, this could have an effect on C and D. If I decide to go for B, this can have consequences for E and F. ”
As a next step, the client asks participants to be representatives of those identified elements and components.
The client places the chosen representatives somewhere in the room, one after the other.
Now the facilitator asks the representatives what kind of (physical or other) differences they have been experiencing since they have been placed in that particular spot and what they perceive in relation to other representatives.
Often without even knowing what or whom they are representing, representatives can provide very useful information and insights for the client. This “representative perception” is the starting point of a process that concludes when thoughtful interventions have led to a new balance in the system’s structure. As a result, the client typically has fresh ideas how they can solve their issue in real life.

What’s In It For You?

By addressing an issue in a constellation you can experience the issue’s structure transform from its present form into a more balanced version. The resulting clarity and new levels of understanding usually make it easier for you to take the necessary steps in real life.

Being a representative in a constellation or just watching one as an observer is usually an impressive experience for workshop attendants as they often gain insights about their own issues.

Without prior knowledge, it frequently happens that participants are asked to stand in for a particular element of the client’s issue that actually relates to something that’s going on in their own lives at that time. So they can benefit profoundly from the interventions that are aimed to help the client.

As a representative you also have the opportunity to experience resourceful and powerful emotional states as well as what a desired transformation and the first steps in the right direction feel like. This increases the odds for you to enhance and integrate those qualities into your own life.

Who Can Address An Issue In A Workshop?

Every time someone attends an SCC workshop, they get a point. In any given workshop, participants who have the highest number of points that day get the opportunity to address their issue in a constellation.

In a three hour workshop we usually get to do two constellations.

Curious?

If you’re curious and want to experience this fascinating approach first-hand, it would be great to see you at this SCC workshop in Palo Alto.

Please don’t hesitate to contact us at office@paifsc.com or 650.325.1942 if you have any questions.