Coaching Circles: Constellations Cafe

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Caring for Ourselves - Caring for Each Other - Caring for Our Children & Young People​

 

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A Welcoming Space for:  Therapists & Practitioners, Teachers & Learning Support, Parents & Caregivers & Kin

Drawing on her Occupational Therapy and Family Systemic Constellation Work, Karena offers a compassionate, solution-focused space to explore the challenges that arise in caring, therapeutic and educational roles. By stepping back to see the broader systemic picture, participants can gain clarity, reconnect with their own wellbeing, and recognise a grounded next step forward.

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• Sessions run for 60 minutes for one participant, with 30 minutes added for each additional participant.

• Groups include up to three participants, with a maximum session length of 2 hours 30 minutes.

• You may attend as needed or join regularly.

• The circle runs with between one and three registered participants.

• Includes a welcoming cup of cacao.

• Consideration is given to running one or two groups or more, as required. 

 

Coaching Circles: Constellations Cafe

Coaching Circles provide a structured space to reflect on issues affecting your relationship with yourself or with a child in your care. Each circle is gently facilitated to support insight, perspective and meaningful next steps.

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• Each session begins with a meditation and check-in.

• Each participant has 30 minutes to explore an issue systemically, identify possible root causes, and gain a fresh perspective.

• Through listening and representation, participants receive support while also contributing to the growth of others.

 

For Parents, Caregivers and Kin

When we care for our own needs, we are better able to notice and respond to a child’s needs. This begins with recognising that those who care for others also need care and nourishment themselves. As parents, carers and kin, our own practice of self-care and nourishment helps us stay present, to foster belonging, to hold space for expression, and to support growth within the family and social systems that shape children’s lives. When we build in the time and space for reflection, mentoring and our own healing, we are more able to choose and naturally embody the habits, patterns, and dynamics our families can thrive on.

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For Educators

The Latin word educare means ‘to bring up’ or ‘to nourish’. To nurture a child (including our own inner child) is to provide the environment, guidance and emotional support needed for growth and learning. Systemic Education is a concept in Europe where the whole family system is included in principle within the education system. Founded by Marianne Franke-Griksch, a German educator who trained both as a teacher and psychotherapy with learning in family constellations, she introduced the principles to her school classrooms with great success. 

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Leadership teams, teachers, learning support staff, children and school systems all coexist, teach and learn together throughout the school day, week and year.

How do we honour both the differences and the connections between home and school? Children and educators meet each day within overlapping systems of relationship, belonging and expectation. At times, a child’s loyalty to their family system may create inner conflict that affects learning, behaviour or participation.

How do we create a safe, inclusive and joyful space while fostering a shared sense of purpose for learning and growth?

 

For Parents, Caregivers and Kin

When we care for our own needs, we are better able to notice and respond to a child’s needs. This begins with recognising that those who care for others also need care and nourishment themselves. As parents, carers and kin, our own practice of self-care and nourishment helps us stay present, to foster belonging, to hold space for expression, and to support growth within the family and social systems that shape children’s lives. When we build in the time and space for reflection, mentoring and our own healing, we are more able to choose and naturally embody the habits, patterns, and dynamics our families can thrive on.

 

Parents and caregivers, as the foremost people in children's lives deserve active coaching too - just as professional people in a role do. A parenting and caregiving role is unique to each parent, family and situation. This is a space where parents, grandparents and caregivers - close kin may explore issues as they arise. Within a safe and supportive space, we explore our place of belonging, order and balance to be able to provide our whole selves to a new or experienced role. At times, challenges arise where a sounding board and experiential nature of Family Constellations lens enables us to see a new perspective and a best step forward. 

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For Therapists and Practitioners

Therapists and support workers are invited into a child’s and family’s life for a time. This calls for respectful, inclusive practice that recognises each family system, the strengths within it, and the influence of our own experience on the way we work. By understanding our own place of belonging, we can engage with others more clearly and effectively.

 

Bert Hellinger's Orders of Helping are a set of principles that place us in the best position to walk beside people for a while. See: (more to come).

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Reflective Questions: How?

• do we really see our children in our care?

• do we maintain clarity and stay within our scope?

• do we both compassionately witness our children and admit to our own struggles? 

• do we engage effectively with a child who is challenging and finding life overwhelming?

• do we remain present to ourselves so that we can stay connected and present to our children? 

• do we draw our inspiration and strength and maintain our joy for the journey?​

• do we communicate well across our homes, care teams, sessions and schools?

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​ I hope you will join me to explore these questions and more ...

 

Facilitator: Karena J Coller

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Upcoming Dates - Wednesdays at 10am

13 May, 10 June, 15 July, 12 August, 9 September, 14 October, 11 November, 9 December​

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Location: In-person at Warragul Natural Health Clinic or online Zoom 

83 Victoria St, Warragul, 3820, Victoria, Australia

​In-person: Monthly - Wednesday morning in-person, allow 10am-12.30pm​​

​ Online Zoom: Monthly on Monday, allow 6pm - 8.30pm 

​Price: $50-100 pp includes a cup of nourishing cacao! 

​Time: Please allow 1 to 2.5 hours for 1 - 3 participants

​​Contact Karena: SMS 0434 674753 or Email: karena@besidethesea.au ​​​​​​​​​​​​

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