Systemic Work is an approach, a method that helps to reveal how things were and are within our family system of origin, and how this has shaped us into the person we are today. It reaches beyond the levels of skills and behaviour to the deepest layers of our awareness: where our earliest memories lie, where our identity was formed, and which are built upon what already existed before we were born.

During various systemic training programmes, I learned to view coaching questions from a systemic perspective. This lens helps me to see the dynamics within your family of origin (the family system) and how you unconsciously carry these dynamics into your work (the task system). Well-functioning systems are characterised by a number of universal laws or organising principles. When these principles are disrupted, this affects the individual members of a system, often extending into subsequent generations. Through the use of constellations and other systemic interventions, I have learned to make disturbed loyalties and dynamics visible, as well as the movements towards restoration.

Since completing these training programmes, I have looked at myself and those around me with a broader, systemic perspective and am able to work with growth and development around deeply rooted patterns at the level of identity.