Dan Booth Cohen uses
a creative European approach for fostering peace and reconciliation in difficult relationships. Best known as a
Systemic Family Constellation,
this nearly-silent process transforms emotional, physical or relationship problems.
A Constellation circle is neither psychotherapy nor a spiritual practice. It is the missing tool in the peacemaker's toolkit.
We consider ourselves individuals, but we are also part of multiple groups and systems. These systems - especially our biological family of origin - exert a powerful, automatic influence on our thoughts, feelings and actions. With little conscious awareness, we take suffering upon ourselves and inflict it upon others.
A Constellation circle frees participants from mindlessly repeating the grief, guilt and aggression
that runs in our families. Unresolved trauma can be passed along for generations. Resolution of a particular issue can take months
to unfold. But the release itself occurs in a
profound moment of insight. Despite years of sorrow and pain, a broken heart can heal in one beat.
Even the Most Serious Problems Contains a Hidden Solution
For the past 4 years, Dan has been facilitating Constellations with members of the Growing Together III group at Bay State Correctional Center in Norfolk, MA. These men are serving long-term sentences for violent crimes. We have successfully used Constellations to finding healing solutions to problems that seemed insoluble. For example:
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"My only brother and I have not spoken in 10 years. Can you heal our relationship?"
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"My grandchildren are coming to meet me for the first time. I'm afraid how they'll react."
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"How can I ask for parole when I cannot forgive myself for what I did?"
You do not have to be incarcerated to be burdened with a serious problem that resists your best efforts for resolution. Dan uses his specialized training, skill, and intuition to reach the Love that is at the core of every tragedy. Once you make contact with this love, it is yours to keep. It will slowly ease your burden and guide your life to where you can grow and bloom.
About Dan and Constellations
Dan was a founding member of the City of Cambridge Peace Commission in 1982. He helped construct the New England Peace Pagoda in Leverett, MA, was the co-Director of Boston Area Children of War, and led international teenage peace exchanges in the United States and abroad. A descendent of Jewish Holocaust victims, he lived in Germany and Palestine to learn about tribal hatred and the movements toward peace.
Dan brings more than 30 years of experience in the art of peacemaking to each Constellation circle. Married over 20 years and the father of two wonderful daughters, Dan keeps a clear intention and an open heart in the face of the most difficult and painful situations. You will be safe by his side as he guides you through to a better place.
The Constellation process was refined by the German-born Bert Hellinger (b. 1925), who lived for 16 years with the Zulus of South Africa. Dan Booth Cohen trained directly with Bert Hellinger and many of the world’s foremost practitioners of Systemic Constellations including Gunthard Weber, Hunter Beaumont, Albrecht Mahr, Eva Madelung, Jacob Schneider, Francesca Mason Boring, Harald Hohnen and Stephan Hausner.
Today,
thousands of practitioners worldwide
are adapting and expanding the Constellation experience.
