What is Family Constellations?

“I feel very strongly that I am under the influence of things or questions which were left incomplete and unanswered by my parents and grandparents and more distant ancestors.” Carl Jung (Memories, Dreams, Reflections)

Founded by German psychotherapist and philosopher Bert Hellinger, using the knowledge and experience he learnt from his time with the Zulu people and his studies of many different modalities, Family Constellations is a methodology used to identify and resolve difficult life issues in our family, work, business, health or creativity. 

 

“In doing this kind of work you tread a certain path – you could call it a spiritual path if that word weren’t so inflated.   The more of this work you do the more it forces you into a way of behaving, into understanding, into humility, into a calm composure, and gentleness. In doing the work, your own maturity grows, and the more mature you become the more beautiful the work is” Bert Hellinger

The method is a unique and deep process of therapeutic exploration of the forces that move us in life. Such forces often appear as difficulties or a sense of not being able to move forward in life, affecting our behaviour, relationships, career, health / wellbeing or even financial circumstances. Constellations provides a three-dimensional ‘map’ of one’s life as it is at present.
It is a simple yet powerful way to explore entanglements and blockages in our personal life and in our family history. The method brings awareness and clarity into personal challenges by focusing the client on the root cause of such difficulties. Constellations provide an opening for a positive life shift and presents ways for deep healing processes to occur.

The constellation approach is about opening up a wide lens to view our lives through, helping us to include past generations, trans-generational traumas, and epigenetic inheritance – as often it is here that the root of the problem belongs.

“Family constellations can be described in so many ways, but to me its just pure magic of who we all are as humans, all parts of us. Of our connection to each other and memories we hold and love we feel and loyalty to the clan.
Remembering and honouring our roots and ancestors. Acknowledging their struggles. Its beautiful and powerful work and I will be forever grateful having found it.” (Participant in 2021/2022 training)

Individual Sessions – one to one

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Individual sessions

If you would like to work with family constellations but workshops don’t appeal to you, or working in groups seems a bit daunting, maybe an individual session is for you.

I offer one to one sessions which last from one hour to an hour and a half.  Using constellation figures, (or sometimes whatever is on the desk) exercises, visualisations and small rituals,  together we create a space where family dynamics can be explored at the pace that suits you.

If online suits you better, the platform of Zoom has been invaluable during the lockdown. One to One or with a team of experienced representatives.

Please call me on 085 1531106 for a non obligatory chat if this sounds like something that might interest you.

Cost for one to one session is €100

About Roisin

“All bodies know how to heal themselves, given enough time. All demons carry a map of heaven in their scars. Beneath the skin of every history of trauma there is a love poem, waiting, deep below” Kai Cheng Thom – Trauma is not sacred

Welcome to my website. I facilitate Family Constellations in Dublin, across Ireland (North and South), and wherever I’m invited. I work with groups and individuals, both in-person and online, drawing inspiration from Bert Hellinger’s teachings and integrating a variety of other approaches.

Having first encountered constellations in a yurt at Earthsong camps, I embarked on my training journey to become a facilitator in the UK under the guidance of Barbara Morgan in 2013/2014. This marked the beginning of a transformative and magical path, leading me to further my training as Barbara’s apprentice in 2015/2016, and subsequently as her Assistant Trainer from 2017 to 2021. Since 2021, I have been dedicated to training facilitators across both Northern and Southern Ireland while continuing to lead workshops whenever possible.  Bringing this healing work home to Ireland and working across the border has fulfilled a long-held dream of mine. Training others to carry this work into their own communities is a true blessing.  

Continuing my personal journey is crucial to me, and engaging in various trainings with facilitators worldwide helps me stay balanced. I have had the privilege of learning from esteemed teachers such as Dan Cohen & Emily Blefeld, Stephan Hausner, Anngwyn St. Just, Albrecht Mahr, and Jan Jacob Stam. Additionally, I am part of an ongoing online Graduates class with Dan  Cohen and a remarkable team of facilitators from around the globe.

Facilitating alongside many inspiring colleagues within the international  community and attending international intensives in Germany, South Africa, and more recently online at the CI international training, has kept me well-informed about the continually evolving field of systemic constellations.  I am a founding member of Constellations Camp Ireland, an inspiring 5-day retreat held each June, featuring constellations and a range of supportive events. Additionally, I am the Family Constellations facilitator  at the wonderful Earthsong Camps in Tipperary which runs yearly in July.

In my own life, I’ve experienced profound changes in my relationships with my family—particularly with my children and their father—as a direct result of engaging in constellations. Observing my own patterns reflected in my four incredible children, now into young adulthood, motivated me to seek out this training. As I immersed myself further in constellations, I noticed a significant shift and relaxation within my family system. This transformation ignited my passion to share and offer this powerful work with others.
 

Homecoming – By Ollie Cully ( Written on the last module of our Galway training)

Existing on the edge of life alone and in the dark, though with a space in which to stay homeless in my heart,

But now I am accompanied and awareness shifts, and through challenge and support the fog begins to lift.

As I let myself be known, much to my surprise, acceptance and compassion reflected in your eyes

I grow close and bonded feel a full part of, even feel a oneness – another word for love

I’m on an inner journey and I do not walk alone, I realise my spirit knows its own way home

Since this is where the heart is and where I want to be, I no longer leave myself, for home resides in me

So, from you my fellow traveller I am not apart, I sense you right here with me, I am carrying you in my heart

How can attending a workshop help me?

Too long a sacrifice
Can make a stone of the heart.
O when may it suffice?
Easter 1016 – W.B.Yeats

Family Constellations is deeply transformative work that touches the soul. In a group setting, we create a confidential space that becomes a healing field. This environment allows us to examine and address the harmful beliefs and patterns we carry with us and, at times, pass on to our children. By working together and using group members as representatives, we create a “living map” of the issue, dynamic, or situation at hand. Through this process, hidden yet significant truths can be revealed and understood, offering new insights and opportunities for change and growth.

While each of us carries our own personal history, we are also deeply interconnected with our broader familial, social, and cultural backgrounds, which exert a powerful, often unacknowledged, influence over us.

In Ireland, where secrets, betrayals, war, and other traumas have shaped our collective experience, Family Constellations offers a chance to re-examine and challenge our fixed ideas and judgments. This process allows us to uncover and address the underlying dynamics that impact our lives and relationships.

Upcoming Workshops

  • Systemic constellation workshops provide a respectful and confidential space in which to look at a wide range of personal issues. The process is supportive, and often highly illuminating and moving. At a workshop we are able to take rare and precious time to drop down into a different connection with ourselves, with others, and with the wider spheres of our relational life. Both bringing an issue and participating as a representative in other constellations offers insight and healing for all in the group.

“Ancestral patterns are embedded in our DNA, and they’re unconscious” Suzi Tucker

“Life can only be understood backward, but it must be lived forward” Kierkegaard

Two day Family constellations workshop in Wicklow

What’s Love got to do with it?

February 14th & 15th 2026

Cost; €275

Saturday: 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM, Sunday: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Weekend workshop in the lovely seaside town of Wicklow, using group exercises and personal constellations we will explore the family dynamics and patterns that hold us back from living our lives fully.

This experience is about uncovering truths that live beneath the surface of your family story, offering you new perspectives that can lead to freedom from fear and deeper connection with those around you. Whether you’re navigating challenges in relationships, seeking clarity on life patterns, or simply curious about how family constellations can bring insight, this workshop invites you to explore in a supportive and nurturing environment.

Accommodation is available at the venue, please contact Melanie 040461833

Contact Róisín for full details and booking

Waterways: A Constellation Circle ​Supporting the Irish Diaspora

  • Sat, Mar 14, 202610:00 AM  Sun, Mar 15, 20266:00 PM
  • Heartwaves at The Journey Space – 6110 OberlinGlen Echo, MD, USA

Inspired by an invitation from the waterways, Anjuli hosts Róisín Fallon and Sarah Rehfuss Bastian for this special gathering nestled by the Potomac River.
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​This two-day constellation workshop will explore the many currents of the Irish diaspora—the leaving and the staying, what was lost and what survived, the resilience that carried families through famine, exile, and renewal. Guided by visiting Irish facilitator Roisin Fallon, with ceremonial and supportive elements led by Sarah Rehfuss Bastian, we will enter the field of the ancestors to listen to what still longs to be seen and remembered.

Contact Anjuli George to book – anjuligeorge@gmail.com

www.circlefolksacupuncture.com

Homeoconstellations with Poppy Altmann

July 3rd,4th & 5th, Wicklow Mountains, 2026

Homeopathy and Family Constellations are a harmonic healing duo. Central to both energy healing modalities are systems, fields and attachment styles.

The purpose of the workshop is to better understand how homeopathy can deepen the healing aspect of constellations work. Using exercises and personal constellations, over the course of two and a half days.

As a Homeopath and a Family Constellations facilitator and teacher, Poppy combines these powerful healing tools to create a transformational workshop where we can look at the interruptions in our family systems and bring them to a place of healing and flow.

Come and observe the relationship between homeopathic remedies, attachment styles, trauma and Constellations, and gain an understanding of the potential for healing movements guided by the emotional healing power of homeopathy and Family Constellations.

Friday July 3rd 7pm – 9.30pm

Saturday July 4th 9.30am – 5pm

Sunday July 5th 9.30am – 4pm

Cost; €550 includes

Full weekend workshop,

Shared Accommodation,

Dinner for two nights,

Lunch for two days,

light breakfast,

teas coffees and snacks.

Contact Róisín for full details and booking roisin@constellations.ie

Opening the systemic lens with Family Constellations

“The parents have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.” 

  • Bring awareness to family dynamics that may be influencing your relationships, career, health, or emotional well-being.
  • Release inherited burdens and unresolved emotions that no longer serve you.
  • Create space for healing, understanding, and compassion for yourself and others in your family.

This experience is about uncovering truths that live beneath the surface of your family story, offering you new perspectives that can lead to freedom from fear and deeper connection with those around you. Whether you’re navigating challenges in relationships, seeking clarity on life patterns, or simply curious about how family constellations can bring insight, this workshop invites you to explore in a supportive and nurturing environment.

The price for the weekend is €550, this includes

  • Twin accommodation 2 nights Friday & Saturday
  • Vegetarian, homecooked Dinner , Friday and Saturday & breakfast & lunch Saturday and Sunday
  • Tea/coffee & snacks throughout the days
  • There are limited places available for the workshop without accommodation and including lunch both days, €350

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