The Endarkenment: why we shouldn't impose New Age beliefs or practices on others

Family Constellations Therapy is framed as a New Age alternative modality that should not be imposed on people in public institutions, including Brazil's legal system. The piece explains how Family Constellations uses psychodrama with volunteers to represent family members or abstract themes, guided by a facilitator, claiming insights or “magic” connections via ideas like quantum energy, the collective unconscious, and ancestral trauma. It criticizes this as non-evidence-based and overly shaped by facilitator authority and bias. The post raises ethical and safety concerns around power dynamics, lack of therapeutic training, minimal or nonexistent aftercare, and the risk of harm to vulnerable people. It also highlights founder Bert Hellinger’s controversial background and doctrines, arguing that bringing New Age woo from private settings into state decision-making threatens rights and informed consent.