Pain or trauma travels through time in bodies.. of families, communities and nations… until someone is ready and resourced enough to welcome it and feel it.

A constellation is like the “fruiting body” of a mycelium network.. it connects us to a world much older and deeper than ourselves while recreating and making itself new with our participation.

Artwork by Clare Crombie

About Me

I’m an experienced UKCP Registered psychotherapist, supervisor and workshop leader.

I trained in Gestalt Psychotherapy in London, way back in 1989, after working as a musician and massage therapist, however since 1996 when I first encountered the Constellations approach (initially created and envisioned by Bert Hellinger) this beautiful way of understanding life, transgenerational suffering and the routes to healing, became my primary place of belonging.

Find harmony in relationship with yourself and the world around you.

Why come to a constellation workshop?

The Constellation approach offers a healing methodology that allows us to gain insight into ourselves and our current struggles, as we open our minds and hearts to a bigger picture. At a constellation workshop we use the group to create a ‘living map’ of a larger set of systems – our family, the community, society. We take into account the intergenerational transmission of trauma, and the feelings and learned survival systems that may be inhibiting our growth and potential.

Using this process we hope to bring into relationship parts of ourselves, or our world, that have become separated; and in doing so, with warmth, support and empathy, we may encounter a greater capacity for healing within ourselves.

How can a constellation workshop help?

This approach has the capacity to clarify hidden dynamics – for example the trauma or difficulties that may have been experienced by previous generations; or rejected and painful emotions that have had to be suppressed within the family; which may be actively burdening or entangling you in the here and now. Difficult events often result in people being excluded from a family’s narrative of their history, while simultaneously being burdened by what they unconsciously carry from the past. The strength and energy to live life more fully become more easily available when we are willing and able to see where the feelings have really come from. The constellation approach provides the opportunity to do this, in a non-judgmental and confidential space.

Ways to work with me

Workshops

Collaborative facilitation by Clare Crombie and Fiona Macbeth offering unique insights and tools. Informal workshops you may join as needed!
Supervision

For practitioners who are interested in integrating the ‘systemic lens’ into their work.
Foundation in Systemic Constellations

This Foundation Training in Scotland offers an opportunity to develop a working understanding of a systemic constellation approach, which can be used to resolve personal, family and social issues.