When clients come with an issue, they talk about the presenting problem, eg “I don’t get along with my partner” with constellation work we look beyond the presenting problem of the client. What is the client carrying from his family system that could be affecting the couple relationship. Issues in the client system that could point to the root cause – did the client lose a parent or a grandparent early, who in the system has not been honored or given a place, where is an imbalance of giving and receiving in the system, were there significant previous partners who have not been honored?

Constellation therapy takes a wide view of the issue and takes into consideration what is the client carrying from his family system that could be affecting his relationship.