Family Constellations – 2025 Dates
August
2 – Leiria
9 and 10 – Warsaw, Poland
30 – Lisbon, Hotel Zenit
September
6 – Leiria
13 and 14 – Wrocław, Poland
27 – Lisbon, Hotel Zenit
October
4 – Leiria
11 and 12 – Warsaw, Poland
November
1 – Leiria
8 and 9 – Warsaw, Poland
29 – Lisbon, Hotel Zenit
December
6 – Leiria
13 and 14 – Warsaw, Poland
27 – Lisbon, Hotel Zenit
For more information:
margarida.manarte@gmail.com
jmarujo@gmail.com
COURSES
Know Thyself
Transpersonal Psychology
For more information: margarida.manarte@gmail.com | jmarujo@gmail.com
Know Thyself Course
Focused on self-knowledge, with an introduction to Family Constellations. The course includes:
12 three-hour online classes, held once a month on the Friday before the Family Constellations workshop in Lisbon;
participation in all Family Constellations workshops, both in Lisbon and Leiria, for a period of 12 months;
6 individual psychotherapy sessions with Joaquim.
As a therapist of the soul since 1971, I consider “Know Thyself” to be one of the fundamental, indeed pivotal, questions within the psychotherapeutic process.
“Know thyself” is a concept traditionally attributed to the philosopher Socrates, in the 5th century BC. The phrase may also have been attributed to Thales of Miletus or to Phemonoe, daughter of the god Apollo. It was engraved in golden letters at the Temple of Apollo, the god of the Sun, Harmony, Tolerance, Poetry, Music, Justice, Order, Healing and Plague, at the Sanctuary of Delphi.
Plato added to this maxim: “Know thyself and you shall know the Gods and the World.” In other words, we are a microcosm reflected in the macrocosm of the universe, across all levels of morphic consciousness and the Akashic records. The human being is therefore “the measure of all things”. Through this idea, the Sophist Protagoras, a precursor of existential relativism, proposed that truth depends on personal experience and individual development.
The complete phrase would be: “Man is the measure of all things: of the things that are, that they are, and of the things that are not, that they are not.” This later allowed Heraclitus to argue that “knowledge may change according to the changing circumstances of human perception.”
As a therapist of the soul, a term I have used since 1975, I know that people often try to imitate or compare themselves with others instead of seeking answers within their own soul.
It is within the soul that we find what we have to offer to life, society, groups, our family and ourselves. We must therefore leave the shadows behind and walk towards the light. This is the path to happiness.
To know oneself is to remove the mask and rebuild the human person in their full humanity. It is the beginning of Inner Freedom.
Hindu and Egyptian philosophers describe this process of personal development as the opening of the soul, enabling us to understand what the soul has already lived, felt, known and experienced.
They compare it to the growth of the lotus and the way in which the flower opens its petals towards a sun of pure authenticity. Although it grows in muddy, murky and oppressive waters, it continues to seek the light, purity and spiritual elevation.
Most clients seek consultation due to existential crises, depression, stress, fears, phobias, unhappiness, psychosomatic illnesses, suicide attempts, complicated grief, obesity, bulimia, anorexia, divorce, or because life and/or work no longer provide them with a sense of meaning or purpose. Others are searching for paths towards spirituality and self-knowledge, among various other concerns.
I propose the following model of Transpersonal Therapy for Personal Development and Transformation, together with the twelve-month “Know Thyself” course.
The participants and clients will become true psychonauts: sailors learning to navigate the Body, Emotions, Cognition, the Mind, the Spirit and the Soul.
The mind is itself fourfold: it is a mind that can deceive us; when it does, it may drive us out of our minds; and, in an attempt to prevent us from losing our minds, it may generate anger, creating yet another form of falsehood.
This journey takes place within a genuine state of con+sciousness, dedicated to personal development and transformation.
The course will probably follow the educational pathway outlined below, although this will depend on the unique characteristics of the psychonauts:
a. Schools of Psychology;
b. Systemic gnoseology: Family and Organisational Constellations;
c. Akashic Records;
d. Family genogram;
e. Meditation;
f. Transpersonal hypnosis;
g. The inner child;
h. Mindfulness;
i. Self-esteem;
j. The shadow;
k. Illness as a pathway of the soul;
l. Sexuality;
m. Loss and grief;
n. The sacred altar;
o. The triune brain model;
p. Emotional and spiritual intelligence;
q. Among other topics.
I would like to make it clear that this Transpersonal Therapy programme and the “Know Thyself” course, besides including a substantial theoretical and practical academic component, are also highly demanding on an emotional, cognitive, psychological and mental level.
The psychonauts will receive a certificate of training and personal development, provided they meet the assessment requirements that will be established during the first session.
Transpersonal Psychology and Family Constellations Course
This programme includes the “Know Thyself” course and focuses on theoretical and practical training in Transpersonal Psychology and Family Constellations. It includes:
12 three-hour online classes, held once a month on the Friday before the Family Constellations workshop in Lisbon;
24 six-hour in-person classes, held once a month on the Sunday following the Family Constellations workshop in Lisbon;
participation in all Family Constellations workshops in both Lisbon and Leiria for a period of 24 months;
10 individual psychotherapy sessions with Joaquim.
The first Transpersonal Psychology Course was launched in Porto in 2008, at Universidade Moderna. It was the first two-year course of its kind to be taught at a Portuguese university, with 45 students.
I subsequently organised the second, third and fourth editions of the course in Lisbon. In Poland, I organised the fifth and sixth Transpersonal Psychology Courses, focusing on systemic constellations and hypnosis.
I have no doubt that this is one of the finest courses of its kind offered in Portugal and abroad.
The seventh Transpersonal Psychology Course will combine theory and practice over approximately 400 hours. It will be an innovative programme of excellence, bringing together a group of highly respected lecturers, including PhD holders and master’s graduates, with recognised national and international expertise and extensive psychoeducational experience.
This course enables participants to move beyond transference and develop a new relationship with themselves and with others, in a status nascendi of love, because a relationship without affection has no true meaning.
A therapist or Family Constellations facilitator who has not journeyed within and discovered love, compassion, peace and kindness cannot truly become a therapist, because whatever lies within them will also be encountered outside themselves, in the other person.
This is an ego-constructive and ego-syntonic process, rooted in one’s humanity and in the development of an excellent relationship with clients.
This training is open to both practising therapists and future therapists. It is also suitable for participants who wish to experience a unique process of personal growth, development and transformation.
Over the course of 24 months, participants will journey within themselves, opening the way to new and previously unexplored psychoeducational, cognitive and spiritual paths.
During the first 12 months, participants will become true Psychonauts, and during the final 12 months, Noonauts: sailors learning to navigate the Body, Emotions, Cognition, Mind, Spirit, Soul and Spirituality.
The mind is itself fourfold: it is a mind that can deceive us; when it does, it may drive us out of our minds; and, in an attempt to prevent us from losing our minds, it may generate anger, creating yet another form of falsehood.
This journey unfolds within a genuine state of con+sciousness, dedicated to individual and group growth, development and transformation.
The course will probably follow the educational pathway outlined below, although this will depend on the unique characteristics of the Psychonauts/Noonauts:
a. Family, organisational and educational constellations;
b. Constellations using figures;
c. Systemic consciousness;
d. History of Transpersonal Psychology;
e. Psychopathology and psychogenealogy;
f. Attachment and bonding;
g. Specific aspects of the psychotherapeutic process: the therapeutic relationship, defence mechanisms, transference and countertransference;
h. Biodanza;
i. Group dynamics;
j. Carl Gustav Jung’s Analytical Psychology: the structure of the psyche, archetypes and the collective unconscious;
k. Neuropsychology and the neuropsychophysiology of emotional dynamics;
l. Existential psychotherapy and coaching;
m. The experience of the mystical self, or the self as a centre of consciousness and will;
n. Holotropic breathwork;
o. Among other topics.
BOOK
Systemic Consciousness
2nd International Congress
Online and In Person – 2, 3 and 4 July 2021
The Effects of the Pandemic
I Am “a Complete Fool”: Rita+Lina
The Journey of a Therapist of the Soul
We Are a Holistic Whole of Body, Spirit and Soul
I began my life as a therapist in 1971. My father believed that this profession would not bring significant financial rewards and asked me, “Tell me, what is your mission?”
I replied, “To be a therapist of the soul.”
He smiled and answered, “You fool.” Nevertheless, he always stood by me throughout this difficult journey, which has now become fashionable: Transpersonal Psychology, hypnosis and systemic constellations.
We are a holistic whole of body, spirit and soul.
Since 1971, I have asked myself:
Is it natural to become ill?
What purpose do symptoms serve?
From both therapeutic and personal experience, I believe that illness lives in the soul, while the symptom manifests in the body. In other words, the soul imprints the symptom, or negative energy, upon the body, and the symptom reflects the problem within the soul.
When I look around me, I observe that almost everyone becomes ill and that many people live with chronic illnesses.
For me, as a therapist of the soul, illness is not something natural.
Illnesses are not part of our vital journey.
Illness is merely a divine indication for those who have not learned through love. Because they do not know how to love themselves, pain and suffering give rise to symptoms. If they are unable to interpret these signs, illness becomes the path through which they must learn.
It is essential to understand how energy flows through the body’s seven energy centres and how it is processed by the organs.
We are born to be happy, to experience love and to live with pleasure in the here and now.
We must allow ourselves to feel the vibration of harmonious, joyful, creative and compassionate thoughts and emotions.
Our soul knows that it is essential to align ourselves energetically with the Divine, with spirituality, with nature, with ourselves and with other people. If we block this energy, we move rapidly towards stress, anger, sadness, worry, victimhood and feelings of inferiority.
Fear, pain, sadness, anger, resentment, rage and disgust are negative energies that produce neurotransmitters, or neuropeptides, which may harm the organs of the body and contribute to illness.
I leave you with a question for reflection: What can we do to enjoy better health?
I will conclude by saying that no one is born to experience negative feelings of anger, sadness, hatred or fear. All these feelings are merely mental constructions, just as an espresso machine cannot run on petrol, nor can a car run on coffee beans.
We are created in the image and likeness of the Divine, the Supreme Architect of this Universe, God, to receive energies of love, affection, tenderness, harmony and happiness.
If we spend our lives transforming positive energies into the negative energies of worry, stress, pessimism, resentment, fear, anger, sadness and hatred, we are following the path towards illness. Illness is often the only path towards healing, or towards the madness that heals.
If you have read this reflection, you must watch the following film: Inside Out.
Take advantage of the opportunity to watch it with your children and recommend it to your friends.
While you’re at it, take your children to see it and recommend the film to your friends.