Family Constellations Ireland

31/12/2025

What happened and what is happening is just wrong!

08/12/2025

28/11/2025

It's just wrong!

26/11/2025

What's happened and is happening is just wrong!

20/11/2025

It's just wrong!

04/11/2025

Thank you Mairead.

Check out therosehealingcentre.com’s video.

23/10/2025

Join us this evening Thursday 23rd October in Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Hall at 6.30pm, as eight people bereaved by su***de share their family story, their experience of Constellation Work, and the way it supported them to heal and move on with their lives.

They will speak as part of the Dublin launch of my book, “Understanding Su***de A New Lens”.

Following an incredibly moving event in UCC in May, where eight other people spoke of their work around the death of a loved one, we invite all those of you who work in the area of su***de and family trauma to hear the real experts on su***de. Please share. Thank you.

15/10/2025

Learn about su***de from the real experts!
Join us in Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Hall at 6.30pm on Thursday 23rd October, as eight people bereaved by su***de share their family story, their experience of Constellation Work, and the way it supported them to heal and move on with their lives.

They will speak as part of the Dublin launch of Brendan O’Brien’s book, “Understanding Su***de A New Lens”.

Following an incredibly moving event in UCC in May, where eight other people spoke of their work around the death of a loved one, we invite all those interested to hear from the real experts on su***de - those who have lived through it.

07/10/2025

Understanding Su***de - I know nothing! - I need to listen! - I have a lot to learn! - I need to be respectful! The families are the one who know. They have lived through it!

30/09/2025

Understanding Su***de - Pedro's Story from The Netherlands

28/09/2025

It's just wrong!

23/09/2025

Understanding Su***de - A New Lens!

We walked most of The Way of St. Francis - from Florence to Assisi - over the last two weeks. Sometimes I walk and think - and sometimes I just walk!

In ancient Greece all of the mathematicians were philosophers - and all of the philosophers were mathematicians. They were lovers of wisdom. They had a spirit of enquiry. They were trying to understand human experience. All aspects of our humanity were included.

In the last few centuries the more “human” side of this open enquiry was pushed to the side as we moved very solidly into the Scientific World. In this New World everything needed to be “scientifically” proven. There were huge benefits from this movement. Scientific research became more and more precise. Everything was “reasoned” and “reasonable”.

Yet, there is nothing “reasonable” about death by su***de. When a family is touched by su***de a different part of our humanity is laid bare. It is beyond words. It is beyond reason. There are no easy answers. There is no map. There are lots of questions. There is shame. There is a lot of silence.

In working with families touched by su***de we explore the family story. We enquire into what happened that was very difficult. We look for the root of the pain and the trauma that is often carried from one generation to the next. Families touch into their own deep strength. They find answers that make sense and that are deeply healing.

Families upport one another as they free themselves and the next generations.

All of the Academic Research suggests that we need to “understand” su***de. We need to explore new ways of working with su***de and suicidal ideation. Much of our work is very “ordinary”. It is about families and their lived human struggle, It is far from “scientific”. It is deeply human. It touches the heart and the soul.

Understanding su***de may mean returning to the more human side of lived experience.