Considered one of the most respected psychotherapists in the world today, Bert Hellinger has revolutionized the heart and soul of family systems therapy by illuminating the hidden, and often destructive, loyalties within families. While much of psychotherapy concentrates on exploring the conflicts in one’s childhood, Hellinger’s work examines the tragedies in one’s family. Hellinger has observed that traumatic events, such as the premature death of a parent, sibling or child, an abandonment, crime or suicide, can exert a powerful force affecting later generations. Entangled with unhappiness from the past, we can find ourselves suffering with a former family member's feelings of anger, guilt, fear, anxiety, depression, chronic illnesses or unfulfilled relationships. It’s a common theme: sad mother, sad daughter... alcoholic father, alcoholic son... relationship difficulties of the parents are mirrored by the children.