So often, people know how to support others, but they don’t know how to open up themselves. So, when life puts us in a difficult position, we often try to resolve things on our own. We find that asking for support is not so easy, even though what we really need is someone empathic on our side. When we have suffered trauma, we can freeze in a fear reflex. Right when we need to feel the presence of others most, we feel cut off from the people who could help us because we don’t know how to connect with them. The trauma has immobilized us.

During the trainings, we look at situations where we want support, even if we don’t really know how. Using different types of Systemic Rituals, we will see different ways to reach out to those who (or what) can support us.
Opening up for support is a delicate process: just as winter ice melts slowly in springtime and a flower bud grows slowly before the flower shows its colors, welcoming and receiving support has its own steps and takes its own time. But when we are welcomed and held by the hands that can hold us, we know we are in the right place, and our strength and confidence will gradually return.

(Participants will be invited to send in their cases a few weeks before the start of the seminar.)