Everybody brings ‘hidden baggage’ into adult relationships from their Family of Origin – the environment in which they were raised. For most people, this is the biological family, for others, another family system. Some of these influences are conscious, many unconscious. Some of the attitudes and behaviour patterns included in this baggage need to be challenged and possibly replaced.

This seminar covers

• use of the Genogram, which maps core family relationships and thus provides a ‘big picture’ of the environment in which we spent our formative years
• attitudes and value systems handed down which to a large extent determine who we are
• family rules, customs and taboos
• how we learned to communicate, express anger, show affection and manage conflict
• positives received from family
• understanding what we bring into adult relationships, our expectations and desires.

This one-night seminar is a good introduction to the six-week course Family Patterns.