EXPANSION, APPLICABILITY, AND EFFECTS OF SYSTEMIC AND FAMILY CONSTELLATION IN BRAZIL

Abstract

Systemic and Family Constellation, developed by the German therapist Bert Hellinger in the late 1970s, is a brief and innovative therapeutic approach. It recreates scenes through representation, bringing to consciousness emotions and feelings that cause relationship conflicts. This process reveals hidden dynamics, invisible loyalties, and repetitive patterns within systems, enabling their organization and resignation. The approach, which encompasses the foundations of many therapeutic techniques, responds quickly and efficiently. Despite little scientific evidence, it has gained many followers and expanded globally due to its adaptability and effectiveness. Over the years, its foundations have evolved and been applied beyond family relationships, reaching other legal, business, educational, and health relationships. This global expansion of the method is a testimony to its reliability. This article addresses Systemic and Family Constellations, their worldwide expansion, and their applicability and effects in various areas. The methodology applied was a bibliographic review combined with the application of a questionnaire on their applicability and effects in multiple conflicts and empirical research on their effectiveness, risks, and benefits for resolving disputes and challenges. In conclusion, the method has broad applicability and achieves rapid effects compared to other techniques or strategies, notably in the family context where it is most used. The method faces opposition because it is considered by many to be a pseudoscience with no proven scientific efficacy yet. Even so, it is widely disseminated and used by therapists, consultants, and coaches in various areas. Like any therapeutic approach, achieving results requires adequate preparation and training of facilitators, ethics, responsibility, and commitment.