Foundation Course in Systemic Constellations and Transgenerational Healing 2025

Structure

This is a 2 Module Foundation Training in the Ancestral Constellations transgenerational model, with a focus on family constellations and ancestral healing traditions. It will run from April to October 2025. Please note that modules can not be taken individually. It would support your application and interview to have some experience of constellations work. If this form of transgenerational therapeutic work is new to you, we would encourage you to attend the 2 day Essentials course on  Saturday 15th & Sunday 16th March 2025.

PROGRAMME CONTENT 12 DAYS IN TOTAL

Module 1 (6 days)
Module 2 (6 days)

MODULE 1 – Introduction to Ancestral Constellations & Systemic Practice

MODULE 2 – Introduction to African Centred Therapeutic Practice

PLUS:

• Online Group Mentoring Circles x 2 on Tuesday 3rd June 6pm – 8pm and Tuesday 7th October 6pm – 8pm
• Peer Group Practice: 10 hours which are self-organised
• Development of Personal Genogram
• 3 Core books to read
• 1 x one hour Individual constellation mentoring/ support

Cost

Early bird discount (available for payments made in full before 31st January 2025):

£900 for BAATN members
£1,300 for non-members
£1,750 for organisations

Standard course fees (from 1st February 2025):

£1,200 for BAATN members
£1,500 for non-members
£1,950 for organisations

(Click here to become a member)

Please note that we must have received your non-refundable deposit of £300 all course fees must be paid in full no later than Friday 14th March 2025. 

Booking Terms and Conditions

Once you receive a conditional offer of a place on the Foundation Course, you have 21 days to pay your course fee in full by bank transfer. Details on how to make this transfer will be provided along with notification of your conditional offer. After the 21 day deadline, if your place has not been secured by paying your fee in full, your conditional offer will be automatically moved to our waiting list. 

REFUNDS 

The following outlines how refunds will be calculated for participants undertaking the Foundation Course.

* In the event that we can fill your place, we will refund your course fee in full (less £300 administration costs)

What delegates have said about working with sonya Welch-Moring’S ancestral constellations:

“These are issues in common to many communities. The workshops are essential to reveal and transform what has kept us back for generations. Witnessing others transform is a humbling and inspirational process.”

“I came here hoping for a healing I’ve sought from other therapeutic practices, I found it here.”

“This was such a powerful, healing experience. I am so grateful to have received a constellation and honoured to take part in others.”

“This workshop is a must for anyone seeking to understand their family set-up and dynamics from an ancestral perspective. You will be transformed and held safely, it is highly recommended.”

APPLY

To apply for the Foundation Course, please complete the Application form and return it to:
training-coordinator@baatn.org.uk by Friday 31st January 2025.

*Important* It would support your application and interview to have some experience of constellations work. If this form of transgenerational therapeutic work is new to you, we would encourage you to attend the 2 day Essentials course on  Saturday 15th & Sunday 16th March 2025.

Late applications may be considered.

To attend a Q & A session on Tuesday 11th February 2025, 6.30pm – 8.00pm with the Course Facilitator, Sonya Welch-Moring, please register using the form below.

ATTEND FREE PRE-COURSE Q&A

On Tuesday 11th February 2025 the Course Facilitator, Sonya Welch-Moring will be hosting a free Q&A session at 6.30pm to 8.00pm for those interested in signing up for the Foundation course.

To register for this event, please complete the form below:

FAQS

The questions below were asked at a question and answer session for people who were interested in applying for the Foundation Training in Systemic Constellations and Transgenerational Healing. The answers have been loosely edited for clarity, but aim to keep a conversational tone.

How do constellations work when there are obstacles in discovering your family tree such as missing information?

Many people within our diverse Diaspora communities do not know where they come from. They may have a ‘missing’ family member who is not known to them. Or they may have been adopted or brought up outside of the biological family system. Not having a sense of belonging and identity can be very traumatising, but there are ways to use the constellations process to explore your ancestral line.

These ‘other ways of knowing’ are not necessarily found within a Western logical-rational framework. They rely more on instinct, intuition, inner knowing and RE-membering. Using constellations to explore your family system can reveal issues that are out of view or unknown. The foundation course will give you the knowledge and skills to learn how to do this, for yourself and others.

What will I gain from doing the Foundation Training?

The level of learning that is missing or receives little attention in many counselling trainings, is how to work therapeutically with African and Asian Diaspora families and communities. During the course we will explore in depth the transgenerational issues and concerns that affect us as individuals, families and communities of colour.

The foundation training has two aims. The first is for participants to gain the skills and knowledge required to use the family constellations method within their own field of practice. The second is support for you to do your own personal ancestral work and learn more about your family heritage and cultural traditions.

This course is likely to get you thinking about your transgenerational past and your current family life. We work in the present and connect to the past, going back to look and learn and then go forward. Hopefully we can make a difference for those coming after us.

What work do you do with this qualification, where do you take it, how do you do it out in the world?

There are many different ways to use this work. You can use Constellations in one-to-one work. If you’re a therapist, counsellor or coach, you can use the process to work with your clients, helping them to explore their transgenerational history by mapping a family constellation. Systemic Constellations can also be used within teams and organisations, within a community setting or within the health and wellness sector.

If you want to practice full time however, you will have to be dedicated as it takes a lot of training and you will need to build your own community. To work as a facilitator of the process with large groups, you need to go on an advanced training course. This will teach you how to facilitate constellations using different processes and how to manage groups and the issues that arise from working with them.

Advanced training is an additional year of learning. Two years is the minimum amount of time to become competent as a systemic constellations facilitator. Systemic Constellations work has also not yet been accredited by any professional bodies. Arguably this could be seen as a positive, giving space for this relatively new therapeutic approach to mature.

What will be the size of the group on the Foundation Course?

The ideal group size is 15 with a maximum of 18 participants. This will allow for a large enough group to work with a range of constellation approaches, be it family, community, or organisational issues. Participants from Diaspora and communities of colour are likely to make up the majority of people on the training. The minimum number required to deliver the training is 10.

Will there be space or time reflection and processing if something personal comes up?

Constellations can be very profound. It takes time after a personal constellation for it to settle, because you are doing this work on behalf of your family system. After a constellation has taken place, you should not talk about it with others for at least a few days because you can dilute the energy and flow of the constellation.

There will be bi-monthly two-hour group supervision sessions with Sonya and at least one individual supervision session of 90 minutes to support you in unpacking some of the issues that may arise for you personally. There will also be a space for skills development and personal reflection within the peer groups that will be part of the training.

It says there will be interviews, can you explain a bit more about this?

There is a short application to complete to know more about who people are. It also gives you time to think about why you are applying and what you want from the foundation course. The interview will be 30 minutes and will also give you an opportunity to find out more about Sonya [the facilitator]. Interviews will take place primarily in December with some in January and February.

Can you explain what you mean by African centred therapeutic practice?

“African centred therapeutic practice” is central in my work as it honours the heritage and roots of the constellations process. When I did my family constellation training, the African indigenous and ancestral aspect of the process was very hidden. I found it through my own personal learning and reading about the founder Bert Hellinger and his time spent in South Africa as a missionary to Zulu communities.

As part of my personal therapeutic journey, I have followed an ancestral path to reclaim my African heritage. African and Asian traditional healing practices are connected to us, whether we choose to own it or not. This course is about centering us, people of colour within our own transgenerational lives and communities.

Can you do this work online?

You can work online with the Diaspora dollies doing one-to-one work. Some people do group constellation work online but I have chosen not to do this because group work resonates for me more in person.

What happens if you can’t attend all the days?

It is important to make a commitment to attend all the dates. A lot will be covered in each weekend so if you miss one, you will miss a lot of information.

How will supervision work?

There will be 2-hour group supervision and in the individual supervision, there will be an opportunity to look more deeply at your own practice.

How do you get your certificate?

You will get a CPD certificate of attendance from BAATN and Ancestral Constellations after completing the course.

What is Cultural Appropriation

Someone asked a great question about cultural appropriation as the roots of the family constellations method can be found in Zulu ancestral traditions. I speak as someone who has an African Caribbean Diaspora background and I refer to my own lived experience. There are connections to African healing traditions that can be found in Caribbean culture and in my practice, I am exploring and adapting these traditions for the Diaspora communities that I work with.

My practice is located within my cultural traditions and the approach is adaptable for others coming from different traditions. I welcome that and for me this is not cultural appropriation. For me cultural appropriation occurs, when something has been taken from another culture, is adapted and then its origin is not referenced or honoured. An example of this is the appropriation of yoga in the West, an Indian spiritual practice that has been commodified, often beyond recognition and utilised by many people who have no understanding of its origins or cultural roots.