Bert Hellinger Instituut Nederland

What Bert Hellinger Instituut Nederland does

Bert Hellinger Instituut Nederland (BHI), founded in 2000 by Jan Jacob Stam and Bibi Schreuder with the direct support of Bert Hellinger, is a Dutch training, knowledge, and research centre for systemic phenomenological work. The institute operates from its primary location in Rolde (Drenthe) and a secondary site in Amsterdam ('De Paddestoel'), with partner venues across the Netherlands and international course delivery in countries including Germany, Austria, Belgium, the UK, Kuwait, South Africa, Portugal, and the USA.

BHI's core products are workshops, multi-day training programs, masterclasses, personal coaching, and customized in-company sessions built around Bert Hellinger's constellation methodology and its derivatives — including family constellations, organizational constellations, systemic coaching, systemic pedagogy, and systemic counselling. Proprietary methodologies developed in-house include Systemic Coaching without Constellations (Schreuder & Stam) and Systemic Pedagogy (Schreuder). The portfolio is delivered in Dutch and English, with structured programs priced between €325 (2-day workshop) and €5,195 (19-day training). The institute is registered in the CRKBO (Central Register for Short Professional Education) and operates exempt from VAT on its training fees.

The institute is a private partnership of seven owners/trainers following a 2022 succession that expanded ownership and transitioned founder Bibi Schreuder into a 'tribal elder' role. Revenue is generated through open-enrollment programs (paid in advance via the Mijn BHI portal), bespoke in-company training quoted on a project/day-part basis, and one-on-one personal coaching. A dedicated leadership sub-brand, the Systemic Business School, extends reach into executive and management audiences.

Name

Bert Hellinger Instituut Nederland

Legal name

Bert Hellinger Instituut Nederland

Website

https://www.hellingerinstituut.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Bert Hellinger Instituut Nederland is a Dutch training and research centre, founded in 2000, that delivers workshops, multi-day training programs, and in-company sessions in systemic phenomenological work, family and organizational constellations, systemic coaching, and systemic pedagogy to individuals and organizations.

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B2B and B2C

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Services

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Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Open Enrollment Training Programs and Workshops: Revenue from structured training programs, workshops, masterclasses, and courses open for public enrollment. Programs include multi-day courses (e.g., 9-day, 19-day programs), workshops, and masterclasses. Participants register and pay in advance. Pricing varies by program length and content.
2. In-Company Training and Consultancy: Customized training sessions and trajectories delivered within client organizations. BHI provides organizational constellations, team sessions, introductory workshops, lectures, and individual management coaching tailored to specific organizational needs. Billed based on half-day/diem rates or project fees.
3. Personal Coaching and Family Constellations: One-on-one coaching sessions and private family constellation sessions. These are booked with experienced BHI coaches, offered at BHI locations or the coach's own practice, and can also be conducted online or by phone.

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Core offering

Bert Hellinger Instituut Nederland is a training, knowledge, and research center that delivers open-enrollment workshops, multi-day training programs, and personal coaching in systemic and phenomenological work. It also provides customized in-company training and team constellations for organizations. Core methodologies include family constellations, organizational constellations, systemic coaching, and systemic pedagogy, taught by a roster of partner-trainers and guest trainers at multiple venues in the Netherlands and internationally.

Product overview

Bert Hellinger Instituut Nederland is a training, knowledge, and research center for systemic phenomenological work, offering a comprehensive portfolio of educational services. The core offering consists of workshops and training programs covering family constellations, organizational constellations, systemic coaching, and systemic pedagogy. Additional services include in-company customized training sessions for organizations and personal coaching for individuals. The institute also runs specialized training programs such as 'The Healing Art of Touch,' 'Systeemdynamieken in Families,' and masterclasses like 'Presence in Stillness with Companionship and Reflection of Horses.' An affiliated initiative, Systemic Business School, focuses specifically on leadership development.

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Brands

• Systemic Business School: An initiative of the Bert Hellinger Institute focused on leaders, offering training programs for up-and-coming and established leaders.

Products and services

• Incompany Sessies & Training Customized on-site training and consulting for organizations that introduces systemic-work approaches (organizational constellations, coaching, workshops, lectures, team sessions) alongside existing management models and structures; delivered at client sites across the Netherlands and abroad.
• Persoonlijke Coaching (Personal Coaching) One-on-one systemic coaching sessions and private family constellation sessions delivered by experienced BHI coaches; helps individuals discover and shift unseen patterns in themselves, their families, relationships, and work.
• Workshop Familieopstellingen Introductory 2-day workshop on family constellations in which participants experience systemic work as questioner, representative, or observer in Amsterdam.
• Opleiding Systemische Pedagogiek Proprietary training program that helps professionals working with children create more relaxation, cooperation, and ease in professional settings including classrooms, families, or teams, using systemic insights without constellations.
• Master Systemisch Begeleider- en Interventieschap Master-level professional development program that helps participants safely further develop and grow to the next professional level of systemic guidance and intervention.
• Opleiding Systemisch Coachen Training program teaching participants how to guide clients systemically by focusing on the system as a whole before focusing on the individual client.
• The Healing Art of Touch 9-day training program (€2,995 per participant, taught in English) exploring the role of the body in systemic work, drawing inspiration from osteopathy and craniosacral therapy.
• Opleiding Systeemdynamieken in Families 19-day deep-immersion training program (€5,195 per participant) that immerses participants in systemic phenomenological work, providing knowledge, experience and insight into the fundamental principles and dynamics in families and systems.
• Masterclass Presence in Stillness with Companionship and Reflection of Horses 3-day residential masterclass (€895 per participant) at UNESCO Global GEOpark De Hondsrug in Gieten that expands awareness and deepens presence through contact with horses and nature, combining bodywork with systemic sessions.
• Systemic Business School An initiative of the Bert Hellinger Institute focused on up-and-coming and established leaders, offering programs that add new tools to leadership styles and teach how to move in coherence with teams and organizations.

Quantifiable outcome

• Participants report significant personal transformation and professional impact: 'Life will never be the same again', 'I am no longer exhausted after work', 'The training gave me tremendous insight, perspective and the ability to discover patterns'.
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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Het Noorderlicht Publishing HousecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2002Publishing house founded by Jan Jacob Stam in early 2002, inspired and supported by Gunthard Weber. Het Noorderlicht publishes relevant books and conducts workshops on systemic work, often in collaboration with BHI trainers. Now run by Michiel van der Ham. Represents a deep co-publishing and co-development relationship for BHI's knowledge ecosystem.
• Systemic Business SchoolminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAn initiative of the Bert Hellinger Institute, fully focused on leaders. Provides leadership development programs with experienced trainers. Serves as an additional channel for BHI to reach senior leaders and executives seeking systemic leadership tools. Marketed as 'For up-and-coming and established leaders. An initiative of the Bert Hellinger Institute.'
• Hellinger Schule (Germany)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe school founded by Bert Hellinger and his second wife Sophie in Germany and internationally. Bert Hellinger continued developing his work there from 2003 onward. While not a formal commercial partnership, it represents a close professional relationship in the systemic constellation field, with knowledge exchange and collaboration historically between BHI and Hellinger Schule.

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Recent moves12 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• Het Noorderlicht Publishing: Het Noorderlicht is the publishing house founded by BHI co-founder Jan Jacob Stam in 2002, publishing books and conducting workshops on systemic work, often in collaboration with BHI trainers. It is an ecosystem partner rather than direct competitor, distributing knowledge content that supports and overlaps with BHI's training curriculum.

Regional players

• Centre for Systemic Constellations (UK): UK-based training organization offering systemic constellations workshops, facilitator training programs, and organizational constellation services. Comparable to BHI in methodology and program structure but primarily serves the British market rather than the Netherlands, positioning it as a regional peer with overlapping offerings.
• Kiran Foundation: Kiran Foundation offers family constellation training programs and systemic work workshops with international delivery. Comparable to BHI through its constellation-based training methodology, though primarily positioned internationally rather than in the Netherlands. Functions as a regional/international peer with similar methodology but different geographic focus.

Direct peers

• Pegasus Centrum voor Systemisch Werk: Pegasus Centrum is a Dutch training center for systemic work and family constellations, operating in the same niche and same geography as BHI. They offer comparable training programs, workshops, and professional certifications in family and organizational constellations, directly competing for the same Dutch-speaking practitioner audience.
• Hellinger Schule: Hellinger Schule is the German sister school co-founded by Bert Hellinger and his second wife Sophie Hellinger, offering systemic constellation training directly comparable to BHI. BHI explicitly maintains a "close professional relationship" with Hellinger Schule for knowledge exchange, making them the closest direct peer in the systemic work training category.
• ZIST: ZIST is a well-established German education center for personal development in Penzberg, offering multi-day seminars across systemic work, constellation methodologies, body-oriented therapies, and personal growth. They share BHI's model of residential multi-day workshops with similar pricing tiers and audience profiles, making them a strong direct peer in personal development education.

Emerging players

• Real Academy: Real Academy is co-founded by Tanja Meyburgh (a BHI guest trainer), offering family and systems constellations training and facilitator certification. It is comparable to BHI through its focus on systemic work training and the explicit connection via shared trainers, but operates in South Africa rather than the Netherlands/Europe.
• De Drie Essen: De Drie Essen is the independent training business founded by Jan Jacob Stam in 2020 immediately after his departure from BHI. Located next door to BHI's former 'De Zeven Linden' venue in Middelbert, it offers overlapping systemic work training programs and competes directly for the same Dutch practitioner market, making it an emerging direct competitor with strong methodological overlap.

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