The Minnesota Center for Systemic Constellations was founded by Michael McElwee, Ph.D., and Katherine Curran, Ph.D., in the spring of 2018 as a public benefit corporation.
Our purpose is to nurture the evolution of human consciousness toward compassion and wholeness.
Katherine Curran, Ph.D.
Co-Founder
Katherine Curran, Ph.D., is a co-founder of the Minnesota Center for Systemic Constellations., a general benefit corporation that provides constellation workshops, consultations, and trainings.. Katherine has been trained in constellation facilitation by Dan Cohen, Ph.D., and Emily Blefeld, LICSW; by Bertold Ulsamer, JD, Ph.D., for Trauma Constellations; and by Jan Jacob Stam and Bibi Schreuder for Organizational Constellations in Groningen, the Netherlands. She was a program committee member for the 2017 and 2021 North American Systemic Constellations Conferences, and has attended Constellation Intensive trainings in Bernried, Germany; Sydney, Australia; the North American Constellation Intensive (3x) in Hartford, CT and an ISCA Conference in Zagreb, Croatia. She is a current member of the North American Systemic Constellations board.
Katherine is a 2021 graduate of the Living School for Action and Contemplation at the Center for Action and Contemplation in Albuquerque, NM, a student of A Course in Miracles, and a former conscious breathing facilitator. She recently completed her third year of shamanic training. Earlier education includes 3.5 years of training in Gestalt group process from the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland, large-scale change methodology from Dannemiller/Tyson Assoc., and a doctorate in Human and Organizational Systems and an evidence-based coaching certificate, both from Fielding Graduate University in Santa Barbara, CA. She graduated with highest honors from St. Mary’s University in Winona, MN with a B.A. in Religious Studies.
In her earlier careers, she spent eight years working with high school students and teaching young adults how to facilitate retreats for them; was a marketeer in the high-tech medical device industry; taught organizational leadership at the graduate level for fifteen years, and consulted in many sectors of the economy, including the private sector, all levels of US government, education, and healthcare. She has worked with everything from small start-ups through the C-suites of Fortune 100 corporations. She has also consulted in Europe for American and European companies.
Mike McElwee, MBA, Ph.D. 1942-2022
Co-Founder
Mike McElwee was our beloved co-founder of the Minnesota Center for Systemic Constellations, who passed away peacefully in 2022. Mike was a Silicon Valley IT consultant before becoming an organization change agent in San Francisco, CA, where he also taught on the college level. He was trained as a constellation facilitator by Francesca Mason Boring, and by Ed Lynch and Bill Mannle. Mike attended Constellation Intensive Trainings in Bernried, Germany, Sydney, Australia, and the North American Constellation Intensive (3x) in Hartford, CT. In addition, he had extensive training in Gestalt methodology and body/mind therapy through the Gestalt International Study Center in Wellfleet, MA, and a doctorate in Human and Organizational Systems from Fielding Graduate University in Santa Barbara, CA.
