Systemic Constellations is an approach that is used in a wide variety of contexts, not just family issues.

Family Constellations, in turn, represent a specific branch of the approach, often associated with the work of its founder, Bert Hellinger.

Video: What’s “Systemic” in Family Constellations

Both Systemic and Family constellations use bodily sensations and reactions as navigational tools. This serves an educational function: bodily states help us navigate a problematic situation or context.

The goal is for the client to learn a somatic solution to the context that is seen as problematic.

Publication by the order of psychologists of Quebec

In January 2026 the Order of Psychologists of Quebec classified Family Constellations as a kind of psychotherapy. In the same document the organization has named the practice inappropriate for the members of the order (all practicing psychotherapists in Quebec are required to be members of the order by law).

You can read the document here (in French)

The document has raised a lot of questions as it is formulated in a specific way. It may be seen as a restrictive demarche targeting the whole practice and all sorts of Constellations in the province.

An analysis of the above document made by a lawyer, Sylvie Lefebvre (Facebook, in French).

Common observations of the document

The article published by the Order of Psychologists says nothing about Systemic Constellations, as it is focused on Family Constellations.

With regard to the evaluation of Family Constellations done by those who are not members of the order, the article calls for a careful analysis of each case. This implies, obviously, that it is still possible to legally carry out this practice in the province of Quebec.

My practice of Systemic and Family Constellations

I consider it important to outline some of the features of the approach I use:

• Systemic constellations are a supportive practice. It helps to reconsider one’s perspective on a given problem, situation, or life circumstance. Constellations rely on bodily signals and the ability to notice them, drawing on subtle sensations and experiences in a specific moment. These sensations are of a physical, somatic nature.
• The practice of constellations is related to somatic approaches and produces similar results: solutions come not only at the level of consciousness but also through the experience of one’s own body.
• Unlike psychotherapy, constellations are not aimed at correcting mental health conditions and disorders.
• The practice of systemic constellations promotes personal development, the integration of mind and body, and liberation from habitual and stereotypical ways of perceiving situations.
• Constellations help one achieve a state of harmony and better understand oneself.
• Constellations facilitate education about the systemic principles by which we interact with other people and groups, and by which groups and other people interact with each other.
• Unlike psychotherapeutic work of any approach, constellation allows us to explore the relationships between theoretical concepts and the qualities of groups and teams in business (even those we do not belong to), or to help us choose the best decision among several options. All this is achieved through sensations at the level of the body.
• Through constellations, we better understand the patterns and the need for openness, compassion, and acceptance in our interactions with others.
• Family constellations are a subtype of systemic constellations. They are also included in the palette of tools used in individual sessions and groups.

Important

Systemic constellations are not suitable for working with people in states of psychological distress, regardless of their cause.

Despite a number of scientific publications indicating the effectiveness of this approach, some aspects of how constellations work remain unexplained.

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First of all, I wish you be close to your loved ones and have a good support circle of people with whom you feel safe. 

I will still provide services, provincial regulations allow to keep the studio open.

Availability

Sessions of work with Stress and Trauma are available both in-person and online. 

Systemic and Family Constellation work could be received online and in-person, in one-on-one setting.

Craniosacral Therapy and Integrative Bodywork I continue to offer in my studio in Mile End. 

Please don’t hesitate to call 514-239-65-32 and ask about any of the options available. 

Important Note: Curfew

Due to the curfew restriction evening in-person sessions schedule will be limited so that to end any particular session until 7pm. Please organize your time with care – you will need to return home before 8pm.

Janvier: restrictions et horaire

Demain, la province de Québec entrera dans le nouveau cycle des restrictions.

Tout d’abord, je vous souhaite d’être avec vos proches et d’avoir un bon cercle de soutien de personnes avec qui vous vous sentez en sécurité.

Je continuerai de fournir des services. Les règlements provinciaux permettent de garder le studio ouvert.

Disponibilité

Des séances de travail avec Stress and Trauma sont disponibles en personne et en ligne.

Les constellations systémiques et familiales sont également disponibles en ligne et en personne, dans un cadre individuel.

Thérapie corporelle en personne et thérapie cranoïo-sacrée que je continue d’offrir dans mon studio du Mile End.

N’hésitez pas à appeler le 514-239-65-32 et à vous renseigner sur l’une des options disponibles. Veuillez noter que je travaille en anglais

Remarque importante: couvre-feu

En raison de la restriction du couvre-feu, l’horaire des séances en personne du soir sera limité à la fin d’une séance en particulier jusqu’à 19 h. Veuillez organiser votre temps avec soin – vous devrez rentrer chez vous avant 20 heures.

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I attended Denis Petrov’s workshop: Between Therapy and Ritual, Working with Sound and Voice.
It marked my first contact with this therapeutic approach. The work is based on deep contact with self, in silence, silencing the words to give way to the sensations and reflections. Those that sometimes we find hard to let out, express.
Almost music emitted through our voice, throat, chest, abdomen. We get in touch with people, situations or places. We can eliminate doubts or resolve concerns, using the technique. It helps us find a new way through, towards possibilities for solution. Denis Petrov guided us with his charisma and spirituality along this new path path. Thank you.

Dr. Guillermo Rodriguez Vega. Master of clinical and family psychology. Bogota, Colombia.

I had the opportunity and privilege to participate in a workshop guided by Mr. Denis Petrov.
A serious professional, who contributes not only on a personal level, but also provides tools for the professional life of those who are facilitating change in others.

Ricardo Cortés Reyes
Author of “One Couple, Two Visions”, “Give the Place. Systemic Family Pedagogy” and “Everything to See. Systemic Family Pedagogy”.

Original texts, in Spanish:

Asistí al taller de Denis Petrov: Entre la terapia y el ritual, trabajando con sonido y voz. Significó un primer contacto con un enfoque terapéutico basado en un profundo contacto consigo mismo, en Silencio, acallando las palabras para darle paso a las sensaciones y reflexiones que a veces nos cuesta dejar salir, expresar. A través de los sonidos casi musicales emitidos desde nuestra voz , la garganta, el tórax, el abdomen, nos ponemos en contacto con personas, situaciones o lugares y podemos aclarar dudas o formular inquietudes de una nueva forma que nos ayudan a encontrar posibilidades nuevas de solución. Denis Petrov, nos guía con su carisma y espiritualidad por este camino novedoso. Gracias.

Dr. Guillermo Rodriguez Vega. Master psicologia clinica y de familia. Bogotá, Colombia.

Tuve la oportunidad y el privilegio de participar de un taller orientado por el señor Denis Petrov.
Un profesional serio, centrado y quien aporta no sólo a nivel personal, sino que adicionalmente aporta herramientas para la vida profesional de quienes somos ayunadores de otros.

Ricardo Cortés Reyes
Autor de “Una pareja, dos miradas”, “Dar el lugar. Pedagogía Familiar Sistémica” y “Todo que ver. Pedagogía Familiar Sistémica”.

Between Therapy and Ritual, Working With Sound and Voice workshop is scheduled February 1st, 2pm till 6.45pm in Studio D325, district of Mile End, Montreal.

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