About Us

The Virginia Satir Global Network mission centers around furthering the creation of healthy and just relationships with self and others based on the teachings of Virginia Satir.

This network started with therapists, who trained with Virginia Satir and then spread to a much broader community. Today there are individuals, business and community organizations, secular and religious leaders, social workers, family and individual therapists and creative people who have embraced and integrated Satir’s Process into their own way of being and working with others.

The Virginia Satir Global Network works to facilitate and model processes of communication, healing, growth and change among people, organizations, and the communities they serve through workshops, conference sessions, information and educational resources.

Built upon the foundation of Virginia Satir^® theory and practice, Virginia Satir Global Network’s work begins from the following assumptions:

• Each of us can live in congruence with our unique selves and in harmony with others.
• The potential for growth and change is inherent.
• Positive evolution personally and globally is not only possible but also essential.

Our organization was born as Avanta^®. Internationally-known family therapist, Virginia Satir, founded Avanta in 1977 as a forum for the continual evolution of Satir theory and practice, its practitioners, and the world community. In 2007, we changed our name to The Virginia Satir Global Network to reflect our global community. We have members in over 20 countries, with 21 Institutes on five continents and many groups in our extended Satir-related community. Governed by an 8-member volunteer board, The Virginia Satir Global Network is designated a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

Our vision: We see it happening. A universal shift in thought, feeling, and action that opens up new possibilities for being together in a world that works for everyone. We see people treating themselves and one another increasingly as the miracles of light and life they are. The Virginia Satir international community is making unprecedented contributions to this shift.

Satir's vision for Peace