Family constellation therapy for relationships and repeating family patterns
What is family constellation therapy?
Family constellation therapy is a systemic approach used to explore relationships, roles, and recurring patterns within a family system. Rather than looking only at the individual, it considers the wider context in which experiences of belonging, responsibility, closeness, conflict, loss, or exclusion may have developed.
During a constellation, relevant family members, relationships, or other elements of the issue are represented within the system. This creates a different way of observing connections that may be difficult to recognise through conversation or conscious analysis alone.
Family and systemic constellations can be used to explore recurring relationship patterns, parent-child dynamics, family conflict, grief and separation, questions of belonging, inherited roles, and situations in which a person feels caught between their own choices and loyalty to the family.
The process can take place individually or in a group setting, depending on the format and the issue being explored.









