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Love's Hidden Symmetry: What Makes Love Work in Relationships Hardcover – April 30, 1998
Original Language: German
- Print length330 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherZeig Tucker & Theisen Inc
- Publication dateApril 30, 1998
- Dimensions6.25 x 1.5 x 9 inches
- ISBN-101891944002
- ISBN-13978-1891944000
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Product details
- Publisher : Zeig Tucker & Theisen Inc; Reprint edition (April 30, 1998)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 330 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1891944002
- ISBN-13 : 978-1891944000
- Item Weight : 1.5 pounds
- Dimensions : 6.25 x 1.5 x 9 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #135,749 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #295 in Popular Psychology Counseling
- #311 in Popular Psychology Psychotherapy
- #672 in Interpersonal Relations (Books)
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I have consistently seen long term psychological and physical problems which have not responded to other forms of healing be resolved in a single constellation. Everyone in counseling work needs to read this book, and understand this material.
Oddly enough, when you consider how popular psychotherapy is in the United States, we are just about the last country on the planet to recognize and embrace the merit of Bert Hellinger's work.
From my personal work, I have seen how this work is indeed powerfully effective, and because of Hellinger's non-linear, often intangible approach, he is a controversial and immensely popular figure in psychotherapy. This review does not do this book or Hellinger's work justice. In reading Love's Hidden Symmetry, I found myself reading only a small section, then putting down the book to sit with whatever I had just read. Each section is worth more than the space on its page, in other words. It took some time to complete it, and a better understanding of what he says will probably only come in time and in multiple readings. Hellinger's work talks precisely about being humbled by each other and our processes and how things work as they do. Moreoever, through his readings and family constellations I have discovered how powerfully my lineage influences who I am. The brilliance of this work is in its systemic significance: how noted events, such as war or murder, can have lasting effects transgenerationally.
My only criticism his is limited inclusion about environmental factors and the role of civilization in contributing to individual psychological problems; this area is not seeming to be his focus. Instead, Hellinger, a master psychotherapist, appears more interested in redirecting our entangled relationships with each other. I leave my first reading of this book still intent on people finding healthier ways to live, rather than just necessarily focusing on their healing; at the same time, I am blown away by what Hellinger does for the individual and family end of things. It is simply unlike no other I have been exposed to before.
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I have seen some videos of his working. On occasion his bluntness and sharpness with clients is remarkable. He also brings a deep wisdom to the work. The book has the same flavour.... wise and steady, and at times quite intolerant of self-pitying and indulgent behaviour. Necessarily so, as his commitment is to bring resolution.
I really enjoyed the use of story that he employs throughout the book, to come along side the reader.
Definitely worth reading, it would help if you have experienced constellation work in some way before reading it, although not necessary. There is no soft focus here, just a setting out of how he works. Also illuminating are his examples of one of his 4 day groups.... where he leaves participants in uncomfortable places emotionally. He definitely doesn't fix people, that's for sure.





