More information about family dynamics and patternsThis information is only a summary of hidden family dynamics and patterns. It gives you an idea how family dynamics can affect your daily life.
A few basic systemic (family) principlesCarrying somebody else's burdenThe order of the family systemRoles within the familyAbortions, miscarriage,stillbornCauses of death within the familyDiseasses and illnessesImmigrationForbidden loveDivorcesReligionSexual abuse |
ReligionOne of my former teachers once said ‘I am glad there is such a thing called religion, it keeps us counsellors busy’. Religion has a bigger influence on people than people realize Religious people being part of that community all their life don’t know differently and cannot differentiate between a life with or without religion, yet alone realize its influence on their lives. To get more insight into how people are generally influenced by religion it is helpful to get more background information on the various major religions.
For example, it makes a big difference if a person is from a strict religious family or from a family that doesn’t practice any religion at all, from a catholic background or a Muslim background. Not that one religion is better than the other; it is just that being part of a particular religious group has a certain effect on a person. It is important to find out if anyone within your family history married someone from another religion and maybe even got excluded because of it, maybe even got ostracized and/or had a forbidden love from another religion. Religion can divide whole families and make them fall apart. This is likely to have had its affect on your family system for generations. |