Looking Into the Souls of Children: The Hellinger Pedagogy in Action
Bert Hellinger is among Europe's most innovative and provocative healers and psychotherapists and is also a best-selling author. A former priest and a missionary to the Zulu in South Africa for 16 years, as well as an educator, psychoanalyst, body therapist, group dynamic therapist, and family therapist, he brings a lifetime of experience and wisdom to his work. Family Constellations, which have become the hallmark of Hellinger’s approach, along with his observations about systemic entanglement and resolution, have touched the lives of thousands of people and have changed how many helping professionals carry out their own work.  In the gathering of powerful approaches from psychotherapy as well as other paradigms, he has created a uniquely compelling healing approach. He has learned specific tools from a variety of sources, but the overarching strength of his work comes from his refined skill of listening to the authority of one's own soul. This is not a guaranteed 'technique'; it is rather, according to Hellinger, the only real protection we have against the seduction of false authority. Seeing 'what is' as opposed to blindly accepting what is being said - no matter by whom - is the linchpin of this often difficult healing work for individuals, groups, communities and cultures. Before taking to psychotherapy, Hellinger studied philosophy and theology in Germany. Subsequently, he obtained the University Education Diploma in South Africa where, for several years, he worked as a teacher and principal of a teachers' training college. Bert Hellinger has written 83 books, translations of which are available in 30 languages. His work is documented in CDs, DVDs, Audiobooks and eBooks.