System Structural Constellations are initially based on family therapy and involve work at the system level. Considering constellations as a short-term method of therapy, it is useful to talk about what goes into the basis of structural work within method of constellations according to B. Hellinger.

Structural constellations they basically involve working with several layers at the same time: family context (parents, children, partners), working with symptoms (diseases and psychosomatics), working with trauma, unedited feelings (resentment, guilt), topics from the past, unfinished relationships of previous partners, figures of ancestors and recurring events.

In one structural arrangement, it is possible to work out several contexts. For example, the illness of a child or one of the family members. Behind the symptom is often something more than relationships at the level of one family system, usually several generations at the level of the genus. And if in the family constellation we are looking for a specific person and introduce him into the constellation, in structural work you can put figures of the genus. Or put the symptom itself, layers and find a positive intention or resource.

Structural arrangement makes it possible to see the cause in the layering of several generations, and then the events of the past are built on the basis of 4-7 generations, there is a reference point and the cause of this symptom.

You can return to past experience, find a figure, without naming a name, with which this topic is associated, at the same time establish order, return everything to its place. Give what is taken over, and keep only your own. This makes it possible to live one's own life and relieve the heaviness transmitted by the system.

Figures help to reproduce events and see where the symptom comes from, where there are violations of connections or systems.

Relief occurs when a path to a solution is found. Or, for example, the same thing happens (repetition of fate) from generation to generation, which is difficult to change through other therapies. Various kinds of interweaving, transference of feelings are also resolved through the arrangement. Because of the love for their ancestors, descendants often carry something heavy that may not apply to them at all.

Systemic structural alignment can overcome the consequences of curses: illness and suffering of the family, infertility, celibacy, and much more - which can be solved through alignment. Stefan Hausner, in his book on systemic constellation work with symptoms of diseases, cites the saying of the Maasai tribe: "The curse is the weapon of the weak." Indeed, our entire world is so densely permeated with lines of interconnection that it is, at least, short-sighted to consider oneself independent and invulnerable. Everything is much more complicated. Irresponsibly offending other people and hoping for impunity is simply stupid. The experience of constellation work proves this very eloquently.

Structural alignment also helps to work with what is impossible: beliefs that are held by generations. And the person who came to the alignment simply does not believe that it could be otherwise in his life. And then it helps. miracle.

Also, the structural arrangement works with various kinds of elements and elements, additional peace and energy resources.

For example, a person is tense or feels powerless, and then it is possible to put the element of water as a resource, as a relaxing element, or the element of earth, as a resource of the forces of nature.

The possibilities of structural arrangement are different and interesting in their manifestation. Through the structural arrangement, you can interact with the internal parts, find yourself and assemble into a coherent system. See and place structure of the organization, business.

Arrangement of fairy tales and dreams is also included in the system of structural constellations, for example, the client wants to deal with a recurring dream or a state in life. It is through structural constellations that it is possible to solve this topic.

And the most interesting thing is that you can come to structural constellations with a hidden topic, which is sometimes important for the client himself or his problem.

Structural arrangements in space this method unique and carry relief, at various levels of life including systems not only families, but also other aspects. There is always an opportunity to come and participate, to feel the work of the constellation and the constellator himself in a group or in an individual setting. Come, it will be interesting, there will be an opportunity to see what remained a mystery to you before today or make your own arrangement and find a solution.

What can you come up with:

*Search for the causes of conflicts and ways to resolve them

*Relationship between parents and children, parental acceptance.

*Foster children and children from different partners

* Working with feelings (anxiety, guilt, resentment, anger, fear, etc.)

* Goal setting,

* Arrangement of a miracle,

Structural constellations- one of the varieties of the method of systemic (family) constellations. Structural constellations arose in the 80s of the XX century. The founders of structural arrangements are considered to be Matthias Vargu von Kibed and I Nze Sparrer. They based their method on the philosophical ideas of postmodernism, the theory of "universal grammar" and some principles of short-term solution-oriented therapy.

Bert Hellinger himself does not practice structural constellations; in the strict sense of the word, this type of constellation cannot be called "Hellinger constellations".

Main the difference between structural constellations and classical family constellations following. If in family constellations it is customary to represent any problem of a client through the interaction of his family members, then in structural constellations the problem is described "directly", i.e. elements are extracted from the description given by the client and a logically consistent interaction between them is determined.

The ability to address specific practical issues as stated by the client, without moving into the context of the family, is an advantage of structural constellations. In particular, this makes structural constellations popular in the business environment for solving problems related to the work of organizations.

The logical consistency and greater controllability of structural constellations makes them also popular with clients, psychotherapists and consultants who are not ready to deal with the unpredictability of classical family and especially spiritual system constellations. Structural constellations are also effective in individual work(without a group), where the constellator does not have additional information from the deputies, and can help himself by analyzing the constellation for completeness and consistency, logically finding the missing elements.

There are dozens of popular and effective structures used in constellations, plus each constellator can creatively create structures for specific client stories.

In general, structures can be divided into two main groups:

• internal structures.

These structures describe the inner world of a person and, as a rule, they are developed in other methods of psychotherapy. For example, the popular division inner peace to "inner parent", " inner child" and "inner adult" (this separation comes from transactional analysis). Often the client himself describes his state as a structure, for example:"One part of me is afraid, and the other part overcomes fear."

Another popular variant of the internal structure is the "state fitting". For example, "I, when I get divorced" and "I, if I stay married." To these elements, you can then add "what will help me if I get divorced" (several factors) or "what is valuable to me in marriage" (several factors too). The client, therefore, can see a picture of her inner world and make a more conscious decision about actions in a pre-divorce situation.

Internal structures are especially effective in analyzing relationships, both personal and professional, with different sides and in different contexts. Factors that help, that hinder, and other elements are then added to the initial configuration, making it possible to obtain an in-depth analysis and plan of action to correct the situation.

• External structures describe the interaction of a person with the outside world.

One of the most popular external structures is goal setting. In such an arrangement, the choice factor, the goal and many more factors for analyzing the achievement of the goal are put. For example, in a SWOT analysis they put weak sides any project, strengths, potential opportunities and potential threats.

Individual structures are created by the constellator together with the client, as a result of their dialogue, and can contain elements of both internal and external structures.

IN classic version structural constellations do not move into a family context. However, this can happen either spontaneously (for example, the “thing that interferes with the goal” figure suddenly turns into a person, and in this person the client recognizes a family member), or such a transition can be initiated by a constellator working in a mixed style. In this case, the constellator asks the client for consent to the transition of work to the area of ​​family constellation.

IN Lately Structural constellations began to develop, based on known large structures, as a rule, from esoteric and spiritual practice. For example, it can be the arcana of the Tarot, Kabbalistic Sefirot or astrological houses. In the case of such constellations, the client's situation is described not in the way the client himself gives it, but in the way it is "customary" to describe life situations in these large symbolic systems. Such work goes far beyond von Kibed's classical structural constellations and further beyond constellations as a method of psychotherapy.

Family constellation practice. System solutions according to Bert Hellinger Weber Gunthard

From family constellation to systemic structural constellation. Inza Sparrer and Matthias Varga von Kibed

From family constellation to systemic structural constellation.

Inza Sparrer and Matthias Varga von Kibed

1. Basic ideas of systemic structural arrangement

Systemic work by the method of structural arrangement is based on the family constellation according to Bert Hellinger. It is an extension of the method of arranging the family system to other contexts. The main idea of ​​the method of systemic structural arrangements is the assumption that, by analogy with family structures, we form internal models of other systems that are important to us. This assumption leads to the search for an adequate transfer of the principles of family constellation (FemR) to other systemic contexts. At the same time, the principles of belonging, temporal hierarchy and priority discovered by Bert Hellinger are more high level participation is also important in a non-family context, albeit in a slightly more abstract form.

For other contexts, the following should be considered first:

a) who is in the system;

b) what does an exception mean in the new system;

c) in what form for what parts new system there is a temporary hierarchy;

d) what participation means in this context;

e) what other specific patterns are inherent in the relevant context.

With the help of the systemic structural arrangement, we are trying to give such a general framework for the syntactic and semantic regularities of the systemic. This metamodel of work by the method of arrangement makes it possible to change different contexts. At the same time, the base, as a system level, where we have the main personal experience, forms a family system (in a generalized sense). Systems of other contexts can be considered as parallel levels, entering into resonance with it and with each other.

Thus, one form of arrangement can be changed to another. At the same time, we ask the performers of roles to report first of all about their bodily sensations. This course of action makes it possible to clarify the models of the presented structures (problems, decision situations, etc.) with a minimum share of interpretations by substitutes. In this case, the representing group itself acts as a perceptive organism that observes and displays the presented system. The solutions found in this way can be transferred from one context to another. We can choose the structural level of the arrangement so that it most closely matches the context in which clients name their request. This allows us not to deviate from the language and worldview of our clients (lightweight pacing).

The method of systemic structural arrangement, in our opinion, can be considered as the practice of the metamodel various forms systemic placement work. As a result of a systematic consideration of the transitions between constellations and existing problems, psychosomatic processes and family structures become available common features various systemic levels that allow for a more general understanding of the principles of systemic therapy and help clarify the relationship of the systemic form to other forms of therapy. In our experience, higher process models, which become visible due to the transfer of one type of systemic arrangement to another, are often impossible to isolate from each type separately.

2. Types of systemic structural arrangements

In problem sets (RP) we are talking about the arrangement of the structure, in which the desired goal has not yet been achieved. The structure of the problem is characterized by the fact that goals must be achieved, the path to which is blocked by obstacles. The desire to overcome obstacles gives impetus to change. The structural aspects of the problem (focus, goal, one to three obstacles, one or two unused resources, (hidden) benefit and future task) are placed in the RP, which are then translated into an image-solution that integrates all parts through permutations and work of the process. During the constellation, a hidden process of reinterpretation takes place, when all previously problematic parts, for example, obstacles, receive the value of productive aspects (“protective dams” or “helpers”). The PR shows how change is generally effected, while the tetralemma work (see below) explains how the existing motive enables differences to operate. As an example of a frequently encountered pattern when changing the structural level to the image of the family, we can mention the trend of analogy of goal and loyalty towards parents, as well as the future task and loyalty towards grandparents.

Body constellations (BT) arrange body parts, organs, functional circles and external aids and influences (for example, drugs, drugs, stress external environment and etc.). In the first image of the arrangement, the relations of the arranged parts to each other are manifested and, in turn, show what needs to be changed. So, for example, it becomes clear which organs of the body need more “contact”, how the drug interferes with the structure of relationships, how and where it can be most effective, when and in what form what external influences arise and, finally, how to mitigate or remove adverse impacts. In these constellations, there is often a change from the structural level to the family constellation.

Another type of RT is the placement of medical models of the body. Here, in contrast to the usual arrangement of the body, we see a system closed in itself. So, when in the arrangements of functional circles we work with five functional circles of the TCM, the choice of components and their completeness is clearly specified, while in a conventional RT the choice of parts, of course, varies. RT is related to homeopathic systemic constellations and the constellations of the images of medicines contained in them and the system of symptoms of the patient.

Arrangements of the texture of language structures (RFNS) combine elements of heliotherapeutic metaphorical work with the method of arrangement. The central phrases from the description of the problem or the key lines of favorite fairy tales or songs are analyzed from a linguistic point of view and presented with the help of role players. Here, too, there is often a rapid transition to structures of problems and families. We consider RP as a suitable deep structure for understanding RFSL; the structure of the RP provides a matrix for forming hypotheses about which part of the arranged phrase should be attributed to which partial aspect of the problem. In addition, in this way one can notice the absence of relevant partial aspects in the RFNF, and most often the deleted part of the RFNF (if we consider the RTG as a deep structure of the RFNF) is the hidden benefit (underlying the RP). Therefore, in the process of rearrangement, we often add this part, calling it, for example, "that which was forgotten."

Tetralemma work (TLR) serves to discover unnoticed and at the linguistic level often practically inaccessible alternatives, obscure contexts of the problem and excluded possibilities for combining opposites in dilemma situations. (by the negative tetralemma, the so-called quadruple negation of the Madhyarrukas). At the same time, internal processes that the client previously went through in the presence of a dilemma are externalized and (in a cautious form of “future pacing”) expanded. Both sides of the dilemma (“one”, “other” ”) and two other positions (“both this and that”, “neither one nor the other”), as well as the fifth “(not)-position” (“not all of this - and not even me”).

The substitutes of the fifth aspect form "free elements", that is, they can change position at their own discretion. This fifth aspect of situations of arbitrary decision indicates the incompleteness of higher insights and through its own application, that is, by the fact that it itself denies itself the character of final understanding, it prevents its dogmatizing use. This so-called rejection of the tetralemma leads to deeper principles of pattern interruption and reveals links to Ericksonian hypnotherapy techniques.

What kind of therapeutic or cognitive benefit can be expected from the other positions? First, the TLR framework delegates the implicit assumption that each problematic decision situation leading to an either/or position does not adequately consider at least three relevant positions. In tetralemma constellations, by establishing a proper connection of the focus, that is, the perspective of the client, with positions from three to five, these positions can be made bodily cognizable for clients.

The transition to "both" is, in our opinion, a form of internal reframing and serves to discover one of the five types of unnoticed compatibility or combination of both positions in the original dilemma. These five options are:

a) compromise (that is, for example, partial recognition of the correctness of each of the first two positions or their consideration in a certain ratio, as in the division of powers in a team);

b) iteration (that is, a temporarily changing preference for a certain alternative, as, for example, in regulating visits to children after divorce);

c) an imaginary contradiction (that is, the understanding that the alternatives of the first and second positions, considered so far as a dilemma, did not actually exclude each other, but only in our previous construction of reality; that is, for example, when something causes one to become inactive the assumption that fidelity to one parent is automatically a form of infidelity to the other);

d) thesis shift (that is, the transition from alternatives that were previously considered a dilemma to another, related, but now more combining them with each other understanding, such as recognizing the high price of a donated alternative as what makes the chosen alternative even more valuable ; this is in line with Hellinger's thesis of "letting the values ​​of the unchosen flow into the chosen";

e) paradoxical combination (that is, a form that allows two contradictory principles to remain in force at the same time, for example, when the requirements of the parental and current family contradict each other, and yet both remain valid due to the position of readiness to become guilty).

The transition from third position to fourth, that is, from "both" to "neither," is a form of external reframing. Here the hitherto unnoticed or insufficiently noticed context of the dilemma becomes clear; in this position, clients learn how it ever happened that a dilemma could so subdue their gaze and forces.

According to the fourth position, we distinguish three types of processes:

a) victory laps (to use Gunther Schmidt's solution-oriented and therefore more appropriate definition of futile relapses),

b) displacement of symptoms and

c) creative steps.

In the case of the negative tetralemma that we use for TLR, there is neither an absolutely correct nor a last position; it is a diagram of an endless process of new development in principle. Each of the five aspects, as a transition from a previously blocked situation, can represent a local enabling step, but each of these positions can also take on a pathogenic or frozen form. Then the scheme of the negative tetralemma is a kind of structure map internal processes clarification in the presence of opposites, which in a blocked situation always gives instructions to find a suitable position for a solution-oriented change. (On TLR, see: Vargav. Kibed, 1995, 1997, and also Sparrer u. Kibed).

Since many dilemmas seem to involve the distribution of overt and covert loyalties to parents, there is often a natural transition to understanding both of the first positions as parental representation; by analogy with this, with a successful transition to “both”, an analogy arises with the acceptance of both parents and, thereby, with the parental family, and “neither one nor the other” thus turns into the current family. When moving from TLR to RP in the fourth position, the unnoticed context of the dilemma often turns out to be an analogy with the hidden benefit or future task of the RP.

Genuine Theme Setting (RTT) requires only three substitutes (with the proper forms of dissociation, it is relatively easy to integrate into an individual therapeutic context). This kind of arrangement can be understood as a partial arrangement of the tetralemma or problem; The main idea is explained by the following schematic analogy:

RPT - Focus Official theme Genuine theme

TLR - Focus One Neither

RP - Focus Goal Future challenge or (hidden) benefit

It often turns out that the official theme of the client is similar to open loyalty to parents, while the real theme is similar to rather hidden loyalty to one of the parents (the structural level changes to SR!).

Religious Polarity Arrangements (RRPs) clarify the status of core beliefs and “belief systems” depending on trauma-limited access to core religious positions. To do this, we use the division of basic beliefs into three polarities that emerged in French religious philosophy - love, knowledge and duty (or order).

This form of constellation, as well as the essence transformation constellation (RTS - a form of constellation developed by us on the basis of the method of essence transformation in NLP dating back to S. and S. Andreae and significantly modified by Siegfried Essen), turns out to be especially suitable for moving from formulated in the language to the pre-verbal foundations of our positions, accessible rather by bodily sensations.

In organizational constellations (OR) in the form of structural constellations used by us, analogies with family images, PR, RRP and aspects of TLR are used for systemic consulting of enterprises and supervision. At the same time, with the help of deputies, both individuals and teams, project teams, hierarchical levels, as well as the values ​​and goals of the enterprise are represented.

Organizational constellations in a narrow sense, where partial aspects of an enterprise are presented, can provide indications of forgotten perspectives and system elements, stop misunderstandings of sequences and belonging, and show a lack of recognition of achievements and returns. The use of PR in working with organizations serves to search for resources and integration, while TLR can be used here rather to resolve conflicts and find creative context conditions for new solutions. Finally, the RRP within the OR can serve to construct new ways of looking at the firm and to break down the blockades that have arisen from a problematic stance towards the organization's core values.

Organizational constellations are a special case of mixed symbolic constellations, which can be understood as a generalization of the connection of more abstract images of the family with aspects of RP, RFNF and TLR.

In the arrangement of character classes, instead of the client's theme, nine character classes according to Charles Sanders Pierce are placed and then changed into a decision image, where different signs are situated in good contact. In this case, interesting analogies arise for classes of signs, parts of a problem, and family structures.

Syllogistic constellations are based on the syllogistic square of Aristotelian logic, that is, in contrast to TLR, they use a standard logical basic structure. They serve primarily to develop a perceived access to positive and negative exceptions and generalizations.

The political constellations, which have been used by Siegfried Essen since about 1990, have been used by us, for example, to consider the Yugoslav conflict (1994). These constellations are used in the socio-psychological and pedagogical spheres.

Supervisory constellations use a substitute therapist or consultant whose vision of his client's request becomes the theme here. In these constellations there is a search for the proper position of the consultant in relation to the problem structure of the client. The consultant himself is considered in the constellation as a client.

In multi-perspective constellations, we use several "tricks"; so, for example, the family is placed simultaneously from the point of view of the child and one of the parents, or the problem is placed simultaneously from the point of view of two conflicting parties, for example, in the form of a synchronous double tetralemma arrangement. There are similarities with the Paar-Parts-Party in the spirit of Virginia Satir.

Decision constellations, nine-field constellations, and goal approach constellations combine constellation work techniques with de Chazer's solution-oriented brief therapy ideas.

Conflict constellations are based on the concept of misunderstanding constellations, which we use to answer the question why in Everyday life effects similar to constellations do not constantly occur. We answer this question as follows: although such effects occur constantly, they are usually leveled by parallel occurrence and the absence of a single focus ("noise"). But sometimes the contextual conditions in ordinary life also force a person to be in the place of an important member of another system, which can lead to inexplicable for all involved persons (and therefore, as a rule, quickly forced out) behavior of several people. Then we call the conflict arrangement a deliberate reconstruction of the conditions of such an arrangement due to a misunderstanding; this method is in such cases an effective means of resolving the conflict.

Our concept of misunderstanding leads to a systemically modified understanding of projection: instead of “structure A is projected onto structure B”, in accordance with this, it should be: “others, especially close people, are drawn into empty places instead of important, often excluded persons of another system, who are replace."

In scenario constellations and creativity training with constellations, permutations are not primarily solution oriented. In much more they are meant to show the many true complications of historical exposure or conflict dynamics (cf. Varga v. Kibed, 1997b).

A particular advantage of working with the help of systemic structural constellations is found in constellations with a change in structural levels. They have been explained above with many examples; the central idea here is that the similarities in the structures of relationships in various systems allow a change in the intentional level of representation values ​​(systemic resonance). Thus, for example, one can start from a problematic pattern of action and from there move on to the structure of psychosomatic symptoms or the family of origin, or allow analogies between professional and personal problem patterns to emerge. In this way, many unnoticed ways to learn from oneself are discovered.

3. Interventions, systemic and human image

As forms of intervention within constellation work, we distinguish between staging (adding forgotten parts, rearranging parts), diagnostic tests (rearrangements to clarify destructive dynamics at work in a system), and energy, information, or process work (strengthening connections between parts through touch or eye contact). ; work of sadness, return of adopted feelings, guilt or merit; ritual dialogue). The grammar of the steps of these forms of intervention should be clearly distinguished (for more on this, as well as on the listed forms of constellation, see: Sparrer u. Varga v. Kibed, 1996, 1997). Hierarchy basic principles family constellations, the transfer of which to non-family contexts was discussed at first, is justified by consideration of general systemic properties. Thus, the primacy of equal ownership ensures the existence of the system, since the exclusion obscures the boundaries of the system. By analogy with this, the priority of a later system over an earlier one guarantees the possibility of reproduction of this type of system. Recognition over high degree participation is important to ensure the "immune forces" of the system in a crisis (cf. also Sparrer u. Varga v. Kibed, Sparrer, 1997a, Varga v. Kibed, 1997).

Hypnotherapeutic and systemic methods of various schools can be integrated into constellation work. In our opinion, the seemingly sharp division between the various therapeutic schools that call themselves systemic can be overcome if, on the one hand, we try out expedient combinations of forms. different schools and, on the other hand, to give a broader concept of the system instead of many incompatible characteristics. We propose to understand the systemic as a predicate of aspect change; according to this, "systemic" should be called the transition to a position where a larger than before area of ​​phenomena is explained by features of the general dynamics of the system context, and not by the properties of the elements of the system (cf.: Varga v. Kibed, 1997a).

In addition to the requirements emanating from the knowledge of the family constellation, the systemic structural constellation also leads to a changed image of a person. She shows how different levels human experience and behavior can be understood in resonance with models family relations, but also (outside the family-centered perspective) how other kinds of relationship patterns can lead to these kinds of resonances. It also shows the way in which (to use Buber's words) the unconscious is not in us, but between us. We consider systemic structural constellations as an approach based on respectful handling of systemic perceptions and understanding this kind of perception as a link to the unconscious between us.

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Structural constellations- one of the varieties of the method of system constellations. Structural constellations arose in the 80s of the XX century. Matthias Varga von Kibed and Inse Sparrer are considered to be the founders of structural constellations. They based their method on the philosophical ideas of postmodernism, the theory of "universal grammar" and some principles of short-term solution-oriented therapy.

Bert Hellinger himself does not practice structural constellations; in the strict sense of the word, this type of constellation cannot be called "Hellinger constellations".

The main difference between structural constellations and classical family constellations is the following. If in family constellations it is customary to represent any problem of a client through the interaction of his family members, then in structural constellations the problem is described "directly", i.e. elements are extracted from the description given by the client and a logically consistent interaction between them is determined.

The ability to address specific practical issues as stated by the client, without moving into the context of the family, is an advantage of structural constellations. In particular, this makes structural constellations popular in the business environment for solving problems related to the work of organizations.

There are dozens of popular and effective structures used in constellations, plus each constellator can creatively create structures for specific client stories.

In general, structures can be divided into two main groups: internal and external.

internal structures.

These structures describe the inner world of a person and, as a rule, they are developed in other methods of psychotherapy. For example, it is popular to divide the inner world into "inner parent", "inner child" and "inner adult" (this division comes from transactional analysis). Often the client himself describes his state as a structure, for example: "One part of me is afraid, and the other part overcomes fear."

Another popular variant of the internal structure is the "state fitting". For example, "I, when I get divorced" and "I, if I stay married." To these elements, you can then add "what will help me if I get divorced" (several factors) or "what is valuable to me in marriage" (several factors too). The client, therefore, can see a picture of her inner world and make a more conscious decision about actions in a pre-divorce situation.

Internal structures are especially effective in analyzing relationships, both personal and professional, from different angles and in different contexts. Factors that help, that hinder, and other elements are then added to the initial configuration, making it possible to obtain an in-depth analysis and plan of action to correct the situation.

External structures describe the interaction of a person with the outside world.

One of the most popular external structures is the goal setting. In such an arrangement, the choice factor, the goal and many more factors for analyzing the achievement of the goal are put. For example, in a SWOT analysis, the weaknesses of a project, strengths, potential opportunities and potential threats are put.

Individual structures are created by the constellator together with the client, as a result of their dialogue, and can contain elements of both internal and external structures.

In the classic version, structural constellations do not move into a family context. However, this can happen either spontaneously (for example, the “thing that interferes with the goal” figure suddenly turns into a person, and in this person the client recognizes a family member), or such a transition can be initiated by a constellator working in a mixed style. In this case, the constellator asks the client for consent to the transition of work to the area of ​​family constellation.

Recently, structural constellations based on known large structures have begun to develop, as a rule, from esoteric and spiritual practice. For example, it can be the arcana of the Tarot, Kabbalistic Sefirot or astrological houses. In the case of such constellations, the client's situation is described not in the way the client himself gives it, but in the way it is "customary" to describe life situations in these large symbolic systems. Such work goes far beyond von Kibed's classical structural constellations and further beyond constellations as a method of psychotherapy.