Mindful Representations were developed by Dr Christopher Walsh
This website supports the development of Mindful Representations, a mindfulness-informed and grounded approach to constellation work.
It provides information about workshops, practitioner training, and the ongoing evolution of this approach.
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Dr Christopher Walsh
Dr. Chris Walsh is a psychiatrist working in private practice in Melbourne. His psychotherapy integrates diverse theoretical frameworks, including Mindfulness, CBT, Gestalt and Self-Psychology.
He has worked in jails, in community settings, in drug and alcohol treatment centres, with the military and with urban and Aboriginal communities in both urban and remote settings. He has extensive experience with treating trauma. He has recently been involved as a clinician in research into the therapeutic use of psilocybin at Monash University
Chris was among the earlier clinicians introducing mindfulness meditation into clinical settings in Australia. He has practiced this form of meditation for over 35 years, beginning in 1983 while assisting at the Tibetan refugee hospital in Dharamsala in Northern India.
He has run mindfulness classes at The Melbourne Clinic and at The Epworth Hospital and has taught Melbourne and Monash University Medical Students as well as presenting at professional conferences and developing and facilitating his own training programs.
Chris also developed a strong interest in interconnectedness, relational awareness, and what might loosely be called the “social mind” — the subtle ways emotional states, relational patterns, and unspoken forms of communication can move between individuals and groups.
As a result, he played a significant role in the early development of Constellation Work in Australia, including bringing international trainers to Australia, helping establish early training programs, and supporting peer supervision and practitioner learning communities over many years.
Over time, this work gradually evolved into Mindful Representations, an approach integrating mindfulness, systemic awareness, reflective observation, and constellation work within a more grounded and contemplative framework.
Mindful Representations draws upon mindfulness-based approaches, systems thinking, trauma-informed practice, reflective observation, experiential learning, and relevant psychological and social science literature. The approach continues to evolve through ongoing reflection, participant feedback, professional supervision, and engagement with emerging research. While Mindful Representations incorporates insights from a range of disciplines, it remains a developing framework rather than a fixed body of knowledge.
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