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Satir Family Series

The first video in this series serves as an introduction and basic overview of Virginia Satir’s model of family therapy. In this introduction, Satir explains that we must learn how to value ourselves. Her philosophy of therapy is to get access to the information and wisdom which we already have. Satir touches on the history of family therapy and discusses how nonconformists have been dealt with throughout history. When teary became the treatment of choice, there was another progression from treating the individual along, to treating a child and his or her mother, to marital counseling, to treating the child and his or her father, and ultimately to treating the whole family unit.

From this broad overview, Satir outlines the three segments of this series: a) the family interview, b) the family reconstruction, and c) the parts party. The first tape concludes with the observation that human behavior does not always reflect an accurate picture of a person. Satir states that we need to learn how to say, “the world is a better place because I am here”. She emphasizes that family therapy should center around an effort to develop self-worth, rather than an attempt to “fix problems”. Satir views lack of self-worth as a major cause for family dysfunction. In this tape she states that therapists need to encourage their clients to utilize their energy in finding some goodness within, experiment with these qualities, and create new changes in their lives which bring about a sense of completeness.

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In this tape the view is introduced to Jane, Gary and Kent, the family who will work with Satir throughout the series. The viewer sees Satir in action and can clearly observe her style. Satir arranges the physical construction of the family in various ways as she addresses different issues. She often touches the individual with whom she is working and uses movement and closeness as a means to help the client relax and form some sort of trusting relationship. Sati’ s style is directed, intense and aggressive. There is a lot of talking, little silence, and a bit of humor which seems to help everyone in the group, Satir validates each person’s feelings and their right to be heard. She asks them what it is that they want to change, rather than imposing her own ideas onto the family.

Kent, the teenage son, has recently been reluctant to go to school and this has been a cause of concern to his parents. Initial discussion is focused on the existing parent-child conflict. The focus then shifts from the parent-child relationship to the husband-wife relationship. Virginia helps the family talk through their thoughts and feelings toward each other and encourages them to discover the options they have when they find themselves in a family conflict situation.

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In this video we are introduced to the concept of a family reconstruction. This is an exercise in which a person chooses actual people from a group to represent family members and then works through certain issues in an attempt to identify the parts of ourselves that we inheritfrom our families. Biological family members are never used because this is the individual’s perception of his or her family and it must remain as such through the process. Satir talks about our past and our memories as children. Some of the memories may be negative and some may be positive. She encourages her clients to put the past into a realm of understanding, rather than that of blame, and to replace the pain and anger with understanding which can lead to growth and a sense of relief. Satir states that the problems identified in families are often not the problem, as much as the way in which the family chooses to cope with it is. How an individual copes with a problem is often evidence of that person’s feelings of self-worth.

Many of the ideas presented in this video reflect Satir’s approach to working with people. She gives the viewer the sense that she believes in her approach and that it is almost second nature to her. Her sincerity and deep respect for the “personhood” of each individual really shows through. Satir summarizes family reconstruction as learning to view ourselves, learning to view others, and learning how others view us. Another point made in this tape is that our learning doesn’t reflect our worth, but it does reflect where people are around us. It is important to see beyond people’s roles to their “peopleness”. This tape concludes by describing how a reconstruction takes place. Satir demonstrates taking a family history, picking out your “cast of characters”, and emphasizes that a reconstruction can shed new light on experiences.

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This tape shows us how family mapping is done. Satir draws pictures of families to illustrate how families fit together. An important corollary to family mapping is identifying significant historical features surrounding various key dates in a family’s lineage. This allows for a great deal of insight into human behavior at those key times. One phrase that explains the significance of family mapping is that “the familiar is more powerful than the comfortable”. If we want to change, we need to be able to see clearly and understand our past, and we need to realize that WE CAN CHANGE.

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In this tape we see Gary actually reconstruct his family by using volunteers from the audience. Parents, grandparents and siblings are chosen and given an attribute by Gary. These attributes represent the gifts our families have given us throughout generations. This exercise proposes to us that we have the choice to accept these attributes or to reject them if they no longer fit into our lives. Gary interacts with each family member and gets the opportunity to express long overdue feelings toward particular members. One can sense Gary letting go of his deep feelings of pain and gathering strength and relief from this exercise. One can even observe Gary’s body language change and relax as he moves from person to person. Gary identifies pain from never keeling love from the men in this past and now takes the opportunity to break that pattern as he verbally and physically expresses his love for his son, Kent.

In this tape, Satir theorized that every family has its “black sheep”. Theses black sheep are usually thought of in negative terms, but she quickly pointed out that black sheep have a purpose. They give families a focus and keep families energized. Black sheep provides a common point of concern from where activity generates.

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This video presents the reconstruction of Jane’s family. Throughout the previous tapes, Jane can be observed as a person who is guarded and self-protecting. One gets the sense that Satir has intentionally let Jane observe her husband’s reconstruction before doing hers in an attempt to soften some of Jane’s defenses. Not only the family members, but historic events of the times are noted by Satir as she goes through the reconstruction. One issue that seems to come up for Jane frequently is her inability or unwillingness to express her feelings in this exercise and one can sense the relief that comes with this. Satir remains very close to Jane during this session and frequently holds her hands or massages them, passing on her own strength to Jane as she struggles with emotions that have been buried for a long time. Jan’s reconstruction is very different from her husband’s in that it is less emotional on the surface. The viewer has not way of knowing how deeply this exercise has affected Jane, yet you can observe a sense of peace from her, as well as some exhaustion.

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This tape begins with Kent being physically restricted from using his senses. This symbolizes how our society often labels people who cause little disruption as being “good”. Satir states that rules are held and imposed by the family and that when a person has support, curiosity and trust, he and she can take risks and breakout of taught restraints. When people become “whole” and in touch with all of their parts, then they can find and honor their own resources. Kent is asked to identify six prominent figures in his life and to give an adjective to each name. These figures represent Kent’s parts and as people act out these figures and their gestures, Kent is able to identify the many different parts of who he is as a whole person. Satir conducts a ritual by which Kent accepts the existence of his different parts. The wholeness he now feels and expresses exudes a sense of harmony and an acknowledgement of the wealth of his inner resources. In this tape, the parts party is presented as a beneficial and constructive way people who are “bound-up” emotionally can liberate, and learn to accept, all the different parts of themselves.

Satir emphasizes that it is the therapist’s job to help people put the wish, the awareness, and the resources together to free themselves. The therapist helps facilitate the process but the person has to loosen the bonds. Satir explains that she helps search for the “w”. Persons who are bound have a hole in their completeness, and her purpose is to restore the whole person represented by the “w”. Many 20th century persons equate “goodness” with cutting off or binding many of their resources. Satir believes resources should never be cut off, but should be redirected and channeled to more useful purposes. Before a person can accomplish these tasks, he or she must be willing to free his or herself. Satir again used Kent to illustrate this point. He freed one limb and used the free limb to go on arid free the others. When one is willing, and can free one inner resource, that resource can be used to help free others.

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In this tape, parts of Gary and of Jane are introduced and interact with one another. The viewer sees what parts compliment each other and what parts obviously contrast. Jane and Gary are able to express their feelings to one another about this. Satir pushes the couple to identify figures which symbolize their sexuality and discusses with them how this part of a relationship needs time to grow and mature. Jane and Gary both gain insight about the different parts which surface when they interact. The couple’s parts party follows the same basic format at Kent’s. Jane and Gary select six individuals who represent their personifications of beauty or goodness, and horribleness or evil. They then ask other participants to portray these characters or “parts”. Jane’s parts include Mme. Curie, God, her grandmother Lucy, Thoreau, Einstein, and Helen Keller. Satir added Jane Fonda. Gary’s parts are Hitler, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Edison, Erich Fromm, and Edward Teller. Satir added Marlon Brando. This tape makes the complexities of relationship real. The depth and emotional connections of these two people are revealed. So much of Satir’ s work is based on common sense and yet it is profound. Professionally and personally, the parts party is a good exercise to remember when working with or considering long term relationships.

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In this tape we see Jane identify and accept the different parts of herself. Satir states that we are the owners of our parts and can manager how they operate. Harmony can occur when parts of ourselves compromise and link with other parts. When different parts initiate a need, all the parts can the move together. Jane accepts her parts in the ritual previously mentioned and allows her “nervy” character to be accepted as her feminine and sexual part. One can observe satisfaction from Jane as she does this ritual. She is obviously letting go of fears that she has held on to for a long time.

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Gary goes through the ritual of accepting all of his parts into his being. Gary turns and looks at each part of himself face to face and incorporates the reality into his self-perception. The laying on of hands symbolizes the energy of each part going into Gary’s body and existing there in wholeness. One senses from Gary’s joy and relief and that he feels complete. Satir ends this session with a meditation exercise in which she has the family and the audience participate.

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The Montebello Series

The next series was recorded in 1986 in Montebello Canada. It was a gift from Dr. Janet Christie-Seely who was a student of Satir and later worked with Virginia, she founded the Satir Institute of Ottawa. The series in front of a live audience of physicians and their families.

The first series tapes, only the audio has been edited there are nine tapes in the series but we only have seven two are currently missing.

The Virginia Satir Global Network 2023 Conference Videos

Zoom Presentations for Virginia Satir Global Network

  1. Virginia Satir: The Seed Model
  2. Virginia Satir: The Process of change
  3. Virginia Satir: The Communication Stances
  4. Eileen Strider: The “Process of Change” PowerPoint from Media File PDF of Presentation 
  5. Jean McLendon: Practicing Peace Within, Between and Among:   File PDF of Presentation 
  6. Howard Kahn: His history and interest in Satir
  7. Sandy Novak: From Coping to Congruence in the Age of Corona Virus
  8. Maria Gomori: The most profound teachings Maria received from Virginia about living and leaving
  9. Brian Colbert: Developing Resilient States of Consciousness in times of challenge and uncertainty
  10. Michele Baldwin and Bud (Dewitt) Baldwin: One couple’s long standing relationship with Virginia and what they learned about her and themselves
  11. Géric Lebedoff: The principle of uncertainty – looking into the next status quo
  12. Tim Sitt: Interviews Sharon Loeschen
  13. Sandra Finkelman: With whom am I having the pleasure?
  14. Tim Sitt: Towards congruence: integrating the hierarchical model and seed model
  15. Grace Yung Interviewed Barbara Jo Brothers About Her book, Well-Being Writ Large: The Essential Work of Virginia Satir”.
  16. Regina Ragan Taggart: The Wisdom Box, A tool for Self Esteem
  17. Lutricia (“Pat”) Callair and  Jean McLendon: A Conversation about Racism
  18. Lutricia (“Pat”) Callair, Myriam Loeschen and Maggie Gitu-Nair: Conversation about Racism
  19. Sophia Diaz, Maria Traver, Ginny Wong, Miriam Freeman, Gabriel Galassi and Hugh Gratz: A Conversation about Racism
  20. Stephen Buckbee: A presentation about the “Mandala”,  Process of Change and current events  PDF for presentation  Mandala Chaos
  21. Laura Dodson: Transformational Change In Human System. PDF for Transformational Change In Human Systems 
  22. Alina and Andreea Serban: Unique and Different 
  23. Bonnie Lee: Using the Congruence Couple Therapy Frame for Exploring the Spiritual Dimension
  24. Pat Bragg: Humanizing Divorce Mediation  Using Virginia Satir’s Beliefs and Processes When Couples Separate
  25. John Banmen:The Satir Inheritance 
  26. Natalie Chantagul:  Satir Stances
  27. Robert Williams: Understanding Context,Congruence and Coping Stances:  A Digital Analysis of Mental States
  28. Gabrielle Galassi: The Satir Coaching and Mentoring Program for a Homeless Shelter Charity
  29. Jacobie Robinson: Using the Satir Model to Help Heterosexual African American Men Who are Addicted to Online Pornography Reclaim Their Identity and Sexual Satisfaction in Marriage
  30. Jean Mclendon and Lutricia Callair: Virginia’s Ways of Perceiving the World 
  31. Jean McLendon,  and Lutricia Callair,: Virginia Satir’s Seed Model to look at it as a way to understand what we need to do to create an anti-racist and non-white supremacy culture
  32. Melanie DeMore: Song writer and singer Sings a song called “I know there is A Sun”
  33. Suzanne Brown: Satir and Substance Abuse
  34. Madeleine De Little: Satir in the Sand TrayPDF of Presentation  Satir in the Sand Tray
  35. Darya Haitoglou: Change-Intelligence. How to master a habit change    Change Intelligence Brochure
  36. Stephen Buckbee: Stephen Buckbee  Interviewed  by Hana Scibranyova.   PDF of Presentation
  37. Dani Weinberg: Satir has Gone to the Dogs (Training dogs using Satir concepts)
  38. Brenda Wade: The Universal Power of the Satir Model: Applying Virginia Satir’s work in Books, TV, Film and in Unlearning Racism
  39. Martha Morgan: Using Satir in Therapy,Education and Life.   Using Satir In Therapy PDF
  40. Janine Tougas and Valerie Monk: Virginia Satir and Mother Goose
  41. Linda Lucas: Virginia Satir and The Fourth Birth of being human
  42. Sibel Erenel: Working with Couples in the Satir Model in Building Intimacy and Helping Resolving Differences.   File PDF of Presentation.
  43. Sandy Novak: The Iceberg—The Essential Tool of Transformation
  44. Michelle, Ryan:Helping Children Grieve Using the Satir Model 
  45. Seth Eisenberg: Realizing Virginia’s Vision of Sacred Trust for America’s Most Vulnerable
  46. Miriam Freeman: Laughter Yoga Listen to the link below to hear the mediation.Audio Player 00:00 00:00 Use Up/Down Arrow keys to increase or decrease volume. 
  47. Tali Aharony:How to build a safe connected community? What is the secret of Satir that facilitates such a community?
  48. Nestern Gazioglu: Applying the Satir Model to Positive Psychology File PDF of presentation
  49. Robin Beardsley: Know Thy Self 
  50. Ann Steiner Ann Steiner:  The Healing Power of Groups  Recommended Reading 4 Satir Global Steiner
  51. Jennifer Nagel: Beyond Survival: From Coping to Congruence
  52. Jamie and Ross Ungerleider Discovering Your Mindful Heart: An Explorer’s Guide.  Developing your internal resources to manage life’s demands.
  53. Kirsten Murray: Strong Couples: Basic Skills the Elicit Connection and Transform Relationships.
  54. James Robert Bitter: Similarities and Difference Between Adler and Satir. (Video Pending)
  55. Maggie Gitu: Sex Therapy and Satir: Exploring through the Lens of Choice
  56. Darya Haitoglou and Pat Bragg. Virtual Sculpting. Technology meets Satir
  57. Agnes Windram: Connecting to and Taking Care of Each Other
  58. Hugh Gratz: A Trauma response Worker, Lessons learned
  59. David Golden and Paula Englander Golden, Virginia Satir and Say it Straight The following is the Transcript:  My wife
  60. Maryl Weatherburn and Sharon Loeschen Stories for Growth and Transformation 
  61. Cecilia Costa: The Transformation Game Integrated into the Sacred Work of Virginia Satir
  62. Paula and David Golden: A Sample Workshop from the Say It Straight Training
  63. Mel McNeil: Reflections on the Marriage of Meaning and Purpose
  64. Diana Newton:Yoga and Self-Esteem.  PDF Yoga & self-esteem
  65. Jamie Ungerleider and Ross Ungerielder: Applying Satir’s Model to Dissonant and Resonant Leadership Styles
  66. Carol E. Provo:Cluster B Personality Disorders, Narcissism and the Satir Model
  67. Miriam Freeman, Valerie McGaha, Louis Vetri and Cynthia Spray: The Satir Coaching and Mentoring Specialist Program
  68. Patricia Jameson: Relationships:A Call to Disruptive Empathy
  69. Darya Haitoglou: Virginia Satir Communication Tool for Conflict Resolution and Presentation online
  70. Duane Osterlind and Gundolf Strehl: Including Satir in working with Individuals struggling with compulsive sexual behavior and serial infidelity
  71. Sr. Maria LirioL. Guillermo:Triads and Family Process An application of the teachings of Virginia Satir in the School Setting
  72. Jeanne Villa:Transformational NLP
  73. Gundolf Strehl: Finding and dealing with Trauma In Therapy
  74. Carole E. Provo: Games, Tricks and Weapons:Exploring the Narcissistic Playbook
  75. Agnes Windram:A Trainees’ Journey Through the Enriching Program:Discovering, Experiencing & Growing Together
  76. Nitza Broide-Miller, Beth Nemesh and Ofra River: Integrating Expressive Arts with the Satir Model. 
  77. Pat Bragg: Making Spiritual Connections 
  78. Lyla Harman: Satir and and Indigenous Approach to Healing and Resource information  Indigenous Resources pdf
  79. Anti-Racism Funding Series: Donald L. Williams and Erris Dolberry: Cease For Pace  Here is the Cease For Peace PDF
  80. Anti-Racism Funding Series: Jerome Carter: Inspiration 52, Here is the  the PDF Inspiration 52
  81. Anti-Racism Funding Series:Ms. Katie Mclendon: Families Achieve Success,  Here is the PDF of the Presentation 
  82. Anti-Racism Funding Series:Myriam Loeschen: Joy Facilitation 
  83. Dalia Sheiha: The Adaptability of the Satir Model in the Middle East
  84. Al-Fadhul: The Key to Happiness
  85. Maria Gomori Memorial 
  86. Virginia Satir:” Teaching Family Therapy”  The Virginia Satir Family Series Transcript For teaching Family Therapy
  87. Virginia Satir: “The Family Interview“. TranscriptFAMILY DYNAMICS
  88. In Memory of DeWitt C. “Bud” Baldwin Jr. M.D. 
  89. Linda Lucas and Tricia Antoniuk: About the work of the Satir Institute of the Pacific
  90. Michael Argumaniz Hardin: Becoming Mexican
  91. Megan Doyle:Come Home Finding Comfort in who you are, How A book evolved when I broke the Rules. 
  92. Bud (Dewitt) Baldwin and Michele Baldwin: Use of Self in Therapy
  93. Diana Hall: A visit with Diana About her years with Virginia Satir
  94. Evelyne Laronze Thomas:Conveying and Transforming Hope into Possibilities
  95. Virginia Satir:Working with a family in Moscow
  96. Katrina Smith: Moving on without you:How to keep it Moving When He’s Already moved On
  97. Richard Kennedy: The Continuum of Trauma  EMDR presentation notes
  98. Stephen Buckbee: Self Care the Process of Change and the Mandala    The process of change and self care [Autosaved] PowerPoint
  99. Maria Rosa Reifler: The Power of Self Management  and  Handouts
  100. Mary Jo Bulbrook:Restoring Hope and Promoting Healing.
  101. Beth Nemesh:Musical Interventions in War-Related Trauma: Using BASIC-Ph Model for Coping and Resilience
  102. Hugh Gratz:The Confluence of the Satir Model with Trauma Work
  103. Stephen Buckbee, Richard Kennedy, & Gundolf Strehl: A Conversation about trauma and Self-CareRichard Kennedy Trauma Handout  S Buckbee Handout Process of Change
  104. Virginia Satir: The Temperature Reading
  105. Spencer Wade:Exploration into Satir’s Forth Birth
  106. Anti-Racism Recognition Month: Cease For Peace
  107. Anti-Racism Recognition Month: Inspiration 52
  108. Anti-Racism Recognition Month: Joy Facilitation
  109. Anti-RacismRecognition Month:Families Achieving Success
  110. Gwendalle Cooper:We are all Connected
  111. Mary Jo Bulbrook: Conversations with Virginia Satir 
  112. Pat Bragg: About The Second Opinion Society a Link to the site.   Darya Haitoglou:How to Deal with Anxiety
  113. Sherry Heinze: Satir tools use beyond Therapy
  114. Janine Tougas: Yes Santa Claus, there is a Virginia 
  115. Mary Jo Bulbrook: “Building your Conversations with Virginia” including Appreciations to Janet Christie Seely
  116. Eileen Strider:A look at the Summer Intensive Program 
  117. Virginia Satir: Circle of Life, this video is the beginning of a workshop in Winnipeg Canada in 1984. She had a day long program with Elisabeth Kübler-Ross.
  118. Richard Kennedy:The us of Virginia Satir’s Parts Model in Private Practice, and Notes for Parts talk
  119. Virginia Satir: “Circle of Life” Part two of opening morning session.
  120. Eileen Strider and Carol Provo: Presentation of the Anti-Racism Survey
  121. Patricia Jameson:Relational Systems :Power Over:Foundation of Oppression
  122. VSGN 2022 Annual Meeting and Annual Meeting 2022 Presentation
  123. Heidi Waters: The “Stuff” of Dreams and a resource page.Heidi Waters
  124. Laura Dodson Memorial Zoom
  125. Michael Argumaniz Hardin: Ethical Use of Touch in Therapy
  126. Reem Mohamed Ahmed: Reclaim Your Free Spirit & Choose Love
  127. Agnes Windram: Virginia Satir Approach &Playback Theatre: The Freedom to Feels 
  128. Sandy Novak and John Banman: Satir and China 
  129. Linda Lucas: Experiences of grief associated with loss
  130. Michael A. Hardin Loss, Chaos, and Self-Care: Finding a New Status Quo 
  131. Svetlana Poláková: Applying the Satir Model to working with the Roma Community in Bratislava

Articles and publications related to Virginia Satir

The Quest For Survival-A Training Program for Family Diagnosis And Treatment

Author: Virginia Satir
Publish Date: 1963

Science catching up- Experiential family therapy and neuroscience

Molly Bailey, PhD, Department of Family Social Science, University of Minnesota, 1985 Buford Ave, St Paul, MN 55108, USA.

From the Abstract

Experiential family therapy, pioneered by Virginia Satir and Carl Whitaker, centered the experience of the “here and now,” human authenticity and congruent commu- nication in the work of psychotherapy. Their approach— often considered atypical and atheoretical—was popular for a while, then relegated as behavioral and cognitive theories developed. However, with the proliferation of modern neuroscience, particularly the field of Inter- personal Neurobiology, therapists can see neuroscience research providing hard data and respective frameworks delineating the underlying architecture for under- standing the connections between the mind, emotions, behavior, and relationships. This article highlights the neurobiological mechanisms that explain why classic experiential family therapy was so powerful. The main tenets of both Carl Whitaker’s symbolic experiential fa- mily therapy as well as Virginia Satir’s model for peo- plemaking are illuminated through the postulates and scientific findings of interpersonal neurobiology.

Research By Bonnie Lee Ph.D. About Dr. Bonnie Lee

Bonnie Lee Publishing https://opus.uleth.ca/

The Religious Significance of the Satir Model: Philosophical, Ritual and Empirical Perspectives [Abstract]

Abstract The contribution of Virginia Satir (1916-1988) as a pioneer in the field of family therapy has been undervalued due to the lack of systematic writing about her theory and method. Over three decades, she relied predominantly on conducting workshops to transmit her ideas and to effect healing. Using a multi-methods research approach, this thesis exposes the religious root of the Satir Model from three perspectives: philosophical, ritual and empirical. The coherent ontology implicit in the Satir Model, and the similarity of Satir’s concept of congruence to an understanding of salvation as integration with oneself, others and the “ground of being” are explicated, using Tillich’s philosophical-theological categories as a framework. Victor Turner’s anthropological mode1 of ritual process is used to bring out the liminality, symbolic enactment, oral discourse, deconstruction and reconstruction in Satir’s workshops which functioned as vehicles of personal and social transformation. Finally, the theoretical perspectives are tested against quantitative empirical data collected on two scales developed for this purpose, the Congruence Scalee and the Satir Experience Scale. Intrapsychic-Interpersonal, Spiritual, Creative and Communal factors emerge as four dimensions in the Congruence Scale. Participants’ subscores on these factors indicate systemic interrelationships of the four dimensions. Two factors, the experience of Spiritual Significance and Human Significance, emerge from the Satir Experience Scale as dimensions experienced by participants in Satir workshops. Exposure to the Satir Model is found to be related to an increase in congruence and increase in the experience of spiritual and human significance, providing initial indication of the eficacy of the Satir Model. Synthesis of the theoretical and empirical findings demonstrates that Satir’s vision articulates a holistic ontological framework with an aim towards congruence that is facilitated through workshops functioning like rites-of-passage. A case is made for typing Satir as a “prophet” figure according to Max Weber’s sociological definition of a leader who, working outside of mainstream institutions, introduces a new centre of revitalizing, rehumanizing values and practices to a society in distress. In its coherent worldview, ritual practice, and effectiveness in mobilizing a population toward congruence leading to personal, social, communal and spiritual reconnectedness, the Satir Model finds continuity with the transfomative impulse of the prophetic strain of religion, and yet is innovative in its contemporary cultural expression.

Development of a congruence scale based on the Satir model

Abstract The Congruence Scale derives from the construct of congruence, the goal of therapeutic change in the Satir model. Congruence is conceptualized as a state of awareness, openness, and connection in three human dimensions: the Intrapsychic, Interpersonal, and Universal-Spiritual. Procedures in developing the Congruence Scale are described. Results provide evidence of concurrent validity with the Satisfaction With Life Scale and the Outcome Questionnaire. Four factors of the Congruence Scale are extracted from factor analysis: Intrapsychic- Interpersonal, Spiritual, Creative, and Communal. Further research to confirm the reliability and validity of the congruent construct is recommended. KEY WORDS: Satir; congruence; scale development; intrapsychic; interpersonal; spiritual; creative; communal.

Evoking the Universal Human Family in Public Acts of Healing: Jesus of Nazareth and Virginia Satir

Abstract This article explores the significance of healing staged as public performances by Jesus of Nazareth and Virginia Satir. Two social science models, social construction of reality and anthropology of ritual, highlight the contribution of collectivities in the deconstruction and construction of worldviews and the legitimization of a change in social status and identity. The author argues that through publicly witnessed and experientially enacted healing acts, Jesus and Satir proclaimed and performed a universal human family that transcends the power of institutional definitions of persons. Within an expanded frame of cosmic and spiritual reference, Jesus’ and Satir’s public healing acts liberated individuals defined by their societies as displaced and deviant to a new identity of worth and belonging as reclaimed and esteemed members of a universal family of humankind sharing a spiritual heritage. In reconnecting persons to their personal, spiritual, and social resources, Jesus and Satir functioned not only as charismatic healers of their time, but also as spiritual leaders and agents of social change.

Satir Institute of the Pacific Bibliography

The Satir Institute of the Pacific is pleased to present an Annotated Bibliography of published writings by Virginia Satir and other authors related to the Satir Model in English since 1960 until March 2019.

Say it Stright https://sayitstraight.org/research/