The purpose of this study is to understand individual counselor’s learning experiences of being supervised with the family system constellations founded by Bert Hellinger. Three intern counselors were supervised with the group family system framework for 18 times in six weeks. Using a qualitative research method, data of the 18 in-depth interviews with the supervisees were collected for content analysis.
Results showed that the counseling interns learned the following contents from the family system framework: 1. applying the family system framework in case conceptualization; 2. experiencing the scenes and functions of the family constellations; 3. awareness of the counseling interactions and family dynamics; and 4. transforming actions into practices. Moreover, the learning process of family systems approach started with focusing on the client at the beginning, then the counselor, and then the counseling relationship at the end. Finally, we provided suggestions for future research around systematic learning of meta-cognition, supervisees’ awareness of family of origin experiences, and supervision models of actions and practices.
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