Family Constellations

FAMILY
CONSTELLATIONS

Family Constellations with Karena Coller offers a gentle, grounded space to explore the patterns that shape our relationships, choices, and inner life. Through a facilitated process of embodied systemic work, you are invited to see freshly a wide perspective of ourselves within our systemic family and society. Karena holds the space with warmth, compassion, steadiness, and deep respect - together, creating a field where each person is met with dignity and care. Whether you participate in your own constellation, represent for others, or simply witness, the experience offers insight, connection, and a quiet sense of coming home to yourself. You are welcome just as you are.

Family Constellations

Family Constellations is an experiential, relational and somatic therapeutic approach that is supportive in v=both individual sessions, small groups and day workshops that help transform stuck life patterns.

This modality combines:

Embodied approach — engaging the whole self: heart, mind, body, and spirit, with a felt sense of connection.
Systemic perspective — recognising that we are all interconnected within larger relational systems.
Experiential and phenomenological - what is felt, seen, revealed, observed, dynamic, lived and brought into awareness

Purpose and Benefits

The key principles of Family Constellations work include the descriptive Orders of Love and the effects of family and group conscience as observed by Bert Hellinger during the development of the work provide a practical modality for healing and personal growth. Orders of Love are described briefly as: what is, belonging, natural order and the balance of giving and receiving. Relational clarity and ease often come to us when we find our rightful place of belonging within our wider family system with all of its generational and intergenerational and historical and geographical context. When what has been hidden or unconscious is gently revealed in a gentle exploration, we may find ourselves becoming at ease and more able to take the next step forward in our lives. The effects of Family Constellations as reported by 100s of participants worldwide can be immediate or may unfold over time - we may or may not know of the effects - yet by looking kindly on the past with conscious awareness we each take a movement toward peace that ripples within our own heart and lives and within our families and within the world around us. "Heal the past, live the present, dream the future" (Mary Engelbrecht).

Through this work, participants can:

gain insight, clarity, and perspective
take a next best step forward
address challenges in:
- personal life challenges and issues
- relationships
- work and finances
develop greater love, compassion, and understanding

As learning is embodied and integrated in a natural way of unfolding, these insights lead to meaningful and lasting transformation.

Scope of the Work

This approach addresses patterns and challenges across generations:

Individual (Intrapersonal & Interpersonal)
Generational (within one generation)
Intergenerational (between generations)
Transgenerational (across multiple generations)

It helps reveal and resolve:

Trauma and unresolved experiences
Hidden family dynamics and entanglements
Inherited patterns and legacy burdens

The outcome is a deeper sense of peace, connection, and harmony in everyday life and relationships.

How It Works

Family Constellations brings awareness to:

Dynamic patterns
Past events
Complex relational systems

Through this process:

The connection between past, present, and future becomes clearer
Insight naturally emerges
New possibilities for moving forward become visible

This clarity opens the way for positive changes in daily life.

The Healing Journey

Engaging in this work requires courage and openness. In return, it supports:

A pathway through personal, relational, or financial challenges
Movement toward strength, calm, and belonging
A deeper appreciation for vulnerability as a source of growth

This healing extends beyond the individual, benefiting:

Past generations
Present relationships
Future generations

Core Principles: The Orders of Love

Bert Hellinger, the founder of Family Constellations, identified four fundamental principles—known as the Orders of Love:

Law of “What Is”
Law of Belonging
Law of Order
Law of Balance

These principles describe the natural laws that support harmony within family and organisational systems. When aligned, they foster:

A sense of rightful belonging
Balanced relationships
Greater peace and stability

A Phenomenological Approach

This work invites participants to step beyond familiar stories and narratives and instead:

Observe facts and events as they are
Explore a deeper understanding of conscience and connection
Rediscover the hidden presence of love within family systems

It is a lived, felt experience that can bring freedom, insight, and joy—even in the presence of life’s challenges.

Workshop and Session Options

Workshop Benefits

Group workshops and constellation circles provide a supportive environment to:

Explore personal challenges
Reveal hidden patterns
Develop awareness and acceptance
Discover new ways forward

What to Anticipate

You do not need prior experience. You are welcome exactly as you are. You may anticipate:

A warm, respectful group environment
Guided embodied practices to settle and arrive
One or more full constellations, depending on the group
Opportunities to participate as a representative or witness
Gentle integration and reflection
A sense of spaciousness, clarity, and inner grounding
Selah sound meditation with singing bowls

Group Dynamics

Working in a group enhances the process through shared experience, allowing participants to:

Gain clarity and hope
Witness real-time shifts
Experience a sense of belonging

These workshops nurture our sense of common experience, of humanity and of our interconnectedness.

Individual and couple Sessions

Constellation work is also available in:

One-on-one sessions
In-person or online formats

These sessions remain equally effective and provide a more personalised experience.

Small Group Circles

Coaching in a small group of 1-3 is an ideal space for:

therapists, health & allied health, support workers
parents, kin, carers
teachers, leaders & learning support

These cafe` style circles provide a supportive environment for mentoring of our own inquiries. Ideal for parents, kin, teachers, therapists - those who love, care for, guide and teach our children.

Facilitator

Karena brings a compassionate, gently grounded, sensitive and experienced approach, informed by:

family life and motherhood
immigration experiences
occupational therapy
family systems knowledge
faith

Her work supports individuals and families in navigating challenges with care and sensitivity.

A Guiding Reflection

“Moments of heartfelt awareness help us transform our life’s challenges into our life’s gems.”

- Karena J Coller

"Heal the past, live the present, dream the future."

- Mary Engelbreit

Just as gems form under pressure, life’s challenges can shape resilience, depth, and strength. Each experience—whether difficult or transformative - refines who we become and reveals new possibilities.

Cost

Individual/couple session: $195.00 per hour
Day/Half-day workshops: Full fee $190.00; Concession fee: $160.00; Two people coming together: $320.00
Constellations Café: a small group of up to 3 people: Full fee: $100