Ep 28 Family Constellations Healing with Amelia Trotter

Content warning: Please note in this episode we discuss themes such as sexual violence and abuse that may be distressing or disturbing for some listeners. Today we are joined by Amelia Trotter, an incredible Family Constellations therapist. Amelia weaves the soulful practice of Family Constellations together with Peter Levine’s Somatic Experiencing. Amelia’s embodied approach to Family Constellations is an experiential process that aims to release and resolve profound tensions within and between people. Amelia believes there are many elements to wellbeing, which include mental, emotional, spiritual as well as physical aspects. Family Constellations Therapy encompasses all of these in a beautifully simple process, one which allows people to heal not only their own trauma, but inherited ancestral and family trauma as well.Based in New Zealand, Amelia also works with clients from all over the world thanks to the magic of Zoom. With a background in criminology, criminal justice and youth work, Amelia completed two years of training in FCT under Psychiatrist Dr Chris Walsh and Therapist Catherine Ingram in Australia as well as undertaking numerous other international training in Family Constellations and Somatic ExperiencingWe chat about:How Amelia’s own healing journey led her to Family Constellations therapy (1:30)What Family Constellations Therapy is (4:36)How and why Amelia weaves Family Constellations therapy with Peter Levine’s Somatic Experiencing therapy (5:30)How everyone belongs to and has a place in at least one family system (10:00)The role of the empathetic witness in healing work (15:20)How Family Constellations and Somatic Experiencing can play a profound role in healing trauma ( 20:30)How Family Constellation work can help us to learn to carry our own fate (23:00)Epigenetics, inherited trauma and and how we can break free of ancestral patterns and heal inherited trauma (30:00)What trauma is, why it occurs and why somatic work is important for healing trauma (34:30) Why taking our parents exactly as they are allow us to fully step into our life in an empowered and autonomous way (43:10)Factors that may make us more vulnerable to trauma (49:00)Amelia’s personal experience of Family Constellations work (52:00)And so much more!Episode ResourcesIt Didn’t Start With You by Mark WolynnContact AmeliaTHANK YOU FOR LISTENING!If you enjoyed this episode of  THERAPEÍA we would be so grateful if you could take the time to share this episode or leave us a 5-star review.Questions? Comments? We’d love to connect with you! Follow us on Instagram @therapeia_podcast or send us an email  [email protected]