In My Mind's Eye: Family Constellations in Individual Therapy and Counselling.

"In My Mind's Eye" is the first book about family constellations in individual therapy and counselling. The procedures presented rest on a broad range of therapeutic knowledge and experience from various psychological methods and approaches. In the first section, Ursula Franke describes the foundations of her therapeutic work. The second part addresses the inner processes, questions, and decisions leading to interventions, that guide the therapist through the whole process of a constellation. The main focus is on the techniques of constellations in individual therapy, and on constellations in the imagination, which the author has developed over years of experience and observation. In My Mind's Eye Contents Letter from Bert Hellinger Acknowledgements Foreword Introduction I. On Theory The Development of Constellations What Is a Constellation? Constellations in an Individual Setting or in a Group? Advantages of Constellations in Groups and in Individual Sessions Constellations in Individual Therapy Setting Time Frame Space, Furnishings, and Equipment Constellations in On-Going Individual Therapy Frequency of Sessions New Constellations Techniques for Constellations in an Individual Setting Constellations with Floor Markers of Paper, Cardboard, or Felt. Discourse: The Morphic FieldGetting Information about Other People Visualized Constellations Constellations Using Figures Symptoms, Feelings, and Inner Movements Reaching Out, Turning Away -- Primary and Secondary Feelings, Feelings Taken Over from Another, and Meta-Feelings Symptoms Are Right Primary Feelings and Inner Reaching-Out Movements Secondary Feelings, Inner Turning-Away Movements and Interrupted Reaching-Out Movements Recognizing Secondary Feelings in the Therapeutic Process Patterns Taken on from the System: Feelings, Behaviour, Thoughts. Recognizing What Has Been Taken Over from the SystemConflicting Movements Meta-Feelings Body and Breathing Learning What Happens When You Exhale Deeply? Body Tension and Relaxation Exercises Body Awareness and Constellations A Short Exercise for Body Awareness What Helps? Explanations Suggestions Vagueness Questions, Questions, Questions Language The Body Counter-Indications and Disruptions Grounds for Interrupting or Breaking Off a Constellation Testing Accompanying The Therapeutic Process Client-Therapist Relationships Counter-Transference as a Signal. Discourse: Counter-TransferenceStay Concrete Body Reactions Hyperventilation and Panic Breathing Resistance 'Slow' Clients No Reaction from the Client Prevention Carrying Through Break Off or Not? II. On Practice Constellations in an Individual Practice Warming Up Describing the Problem and Clarifying Issues Notes and Drawings The Presenting Issue Outline for a Good Future Symptoms, Problems, Questions Understanding Symptoms Two Levels of Intervention Eliminating Symptoms and Finding Replacements Symptoms As Clues Personal and Family Case History. Discourse: First Impressions and Feeling the AtmosphereCase History and Life Context Family History Who Belongs to the System? Unusual Features in the Personal or Family History Resources of the Client and the System Constellations Constellations with Markers Constellations in the Mind's Eye Disturbances Unknown Family Members Suggestions Bowing and Consenting A short exercise for therapists Sentences Finding the Right Sentences An Image of Resolution Developing Images The Reality of Resolution Images Practice and Homework Exercises and Change Patterns Practice Tasks.