Gaye Donaldson is a constellations practitioner and counsellor, working in both the community and the private sector. She has been engaged with systemic constellations for more than 12 years, both as a student and practitioner. During this time she has worked personally and trained with Bert Hellinger and Hunter Beaumont, amongst other internationally renowned practitioners. She has trained extensively in both family and organisational constellations with The Hellinger Institute of Britain and The Nowhere Foundation and now concentrates most of her systemic practice and a systemic business consultancy service in the South West of England.
Gaye is the Learning Coordinator and Business Manager for The Centre for the Study of Intimate and Social Systems (CSISS) and is one of the teachers on the Foundation and Professional Training courses in Family Constellations.
Gaye is a student of The Diamond Heart Approach with the Ridhwan School. She has also completed an Enneagram training.
Gaye’s early career was spent in the organic food and farming sector. She was Director of Public Affairs for the Soil Association, leaving the organisation in 1993 to set up and run a successful and award-winning organic herb trading business in Somerset. In 2003 Gaye was awarded the prestigious Heart in Business Award in recognition of her long-standing contribution to organic sector development and her personal contribution in establishing the first international standards for organic health and body care products.
Gaye lives on a farm in Somerset with her husband, five children, a herd of Red Devon cows, five horses and a fluctuating number of Indian Runner ducks. Constellation workshops are run on the farm in a beautifully renovated19th Century stone barn.