The founder of family constellations, Bert Hellinger, discovered that one can unravel past pain and misunderstood reaction patterns without involving all those concerned.
By selecting random persons as representatives for family members (of different generations),
it becomes apparent how different members relate to and influence each other and the client (the one whose family is being represented).
Furthermore, repositioning the representatives in the constellation and thereby working through unresolved pain, can result in a healing resolution