Virginia Satir (26 June1916 - 10 September1988) was a noted psychotherapist, known especially for her approach to family therapy. Her most well-known books are Conjoint Family Therapy, 1964, Peoplemaking, 1972, and The New Peoplemaking, 1988. June 26 is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 188 days remaining. ... 1916 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) Events January-February January 1 -The first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ... September 10 is the 253rd day of the year (254th in leap years). ... 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Psychotherapy is a set of techniques intended to cure or improve psychological and behavioral problems in humans. ... Family therapy (or family systems therapy) is a branch of psychotherapy that treats family problems. ...
AVANTA is an international organization that carries on her work and promotes her approach to family therapy.
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Virginia Satir
Brief biography (http://www.avanta.net/writings/biography/biography.html) at Avanta.net
Brief biography (http://www.webster.edu/~woolflm/satir2.html) at Webster University
If Virginia was one of the people you ever envied in your life, or would ever want to emulate, rather than emulating her tonality, style, and jargon, or the kinds of things she said, I think it is time we got serious enough to emulate her skill.
Virginia, for instance, would talk about "gaining trust," "making contact," "building positive self-worth," and the importance of the "human connection" and an "I-thou relationship." Although she demonstrated these skills exquisitely, she was much less able to specify exactly how she accomplished them, either verbally or nonverbally.
Virginia was known primarily as a family therapist, and in family sessions she alternately focused her attention on different family members.
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