White Paper:
Beyond the Mask: ‘I Take You As You Are’ in Family Constellations
April 12. 2025.
Sasha Riess
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In the practice of Family Constellations, certain sentences carry a presence far greater than their form. “I take you as you are” is one of those phrases — spoken quietly, often at the heart of a constellation, and capable of touching something essential in the soul.
Rather than offering a fixed definition, this is an invitation to pause and look more deeply at the movement behind the words. The sentence may arise at different moments — sometimes as a healing gesture, sometimes as a tension within the field. Its power lies not in the phrase itself, but in the truth from which it is spoken, and the readiness with which it is received.
When spoken prematurely or from the facilitator’s own unconscious need, it can carry weight that does not belong to the client. When it arises from the soul, it has the capacity to restore order, reconnect dignity, and reveal the hidden threads of love that run beneath pain.
To encounter this sentence fully is to stand in humility — and to listen with reverence to what moves behind it.
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