Talk:Family Constellations
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I removed references to two articles: * Article on Bert Hellinger and his method and Article on the workings of the method. The article about Hellinger should be on the Bert Hellinger page. Hellinger has withdrawn from involvement with the associations of Family Constellations practitioners. Personal criticisms against him are not applicable to this approach. The second article contains false and unsubstantiated inuendo, e.g. "semi-cult." It is not a credible piece of journalism. Dan booth Cohen, April 14, 2007 —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Dan Booth Cohen (talk • contribs) April 14, 2007.
- The first link is not only about Bert Hellinger but about Family Constellations. You think the second link is false and not credible but it is only your opinion, the link represent some people view. In your revert [1] you also remove critics and add another external link. Akkeron 10:15, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
You write, "the first link is not only about Bert Hellinger." Perhaps, but the criticisms are almost exclusively devoted to Hellinger himself, not the method. At the bottom of the article is a statement signed by 150 practitioners of the Systemic Constellation method where they state: "Hellinger has increasingly distanced himself from his original systemic work....Many of his statements and procedures are to be regarded explicitly as incompatible with the fundamental premises of systemic therapy....Constellation work "beyond Hellinger" should be developed further as a therapeutic instrument, but the close connection with his name is not to be maintained any longer today."
The leading professionals in the field of Systemic and Family Constellations have explicitly disavowed their association with Bert Hellinger. He no longer attends professional conferences or training programs devoted to the Family Constellation method.
Therefore, I assert that the criticisms contained in the first linked article are not properly included on this page.
Regarding the second article, the author makes statements such as "a new form of potentially dangerous type of psychotherapy," "semi-cult," and "the method is clandestinely spreading all around the country," However, if you read the body of the article none of these statements are explained or supported. Can you point to anything in the text that substantiates "semi-cult" or "clandestinely?"
DanBoothCohen 21:40, 8 June 2007 (UTC)DanBoothCohen
