Virginia Satir
Virginia Satir
Virginia Satirwas an American author and social worker, known especially for her approach to family therapy and her work with family reconstruction. She is widely regarded as the "Mother of Family Therapy" Her most well-known books are Conjoint Family Therapy, 1964, Peoplemaking, 1972, and The New Peoplemaking, 1988...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPsychologist
Date of Birth26 June 1916
CountryUnited States of America
Virginia Satir quotes about
children nice parenting
It's sad that children cannot know their parents when they were younger; when they were loving, courting, and being nice to one another. By the time children are old enough to observe, the romance has all too often faded or gone underground.
jobs children two
Rearing a family is probably the most difficult job in the world. It resembles two business firms merging their respective resources to make a single product. All the potential headaches of that operation are present when an adult male and an adult female join to steer a child from infancy to adulthood.
teacher jobs children
Parents teach in the toughest school in the word: The School for Making People. You are the board of education, the principal, theclassroom teacher, and the janitor, all rolled into two. . . . There are few schools to train you for your job, and there is no general agreement on the curriculum. . . . You are on duty, or at least on call, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, for at least 18 years for each child you have. Besides that, you have to contend with an administration that has two leaders or bosses, whichever the case may be.
children self-worth expression
Every word, facial expression, gesture, or action on the part of a parent gives the child some message about self-worth. It is sad that so many parents don't realize what messages they are sending.
cope life supposed
Life is not what it's supposed to be. Its what it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference.
grateful feelings development
You have all played a significant part in my development of loving. As a result, my life has been rich and full, so I leave feeling very grateful.
easy stage adolescence
Negotiating the adolescent stage is neither quick nor easy.
balance taste fit
Taste everything, but swallow only what fits.
destiny goal people
Families and societies are small and large versions of one another. Both are made up of people who have to work together, whose destinies are tied up with one another. Each features the components of a relationship: leaders perform roles relative to the led, the young to the old, and male to female; and each is involved with the process of decision-making, use of authority, and the seeking of common goals.
wells
You have learned what you have learned very well. It has helped you survive.
unique being-unique fingerprints
No one's fingerprints are exactly the same as anyone else's.
dream self-esteem technology
My dream is to make families a place where adults with high self esteem can develop. I think we have reached a point where if we don't get busy on dreams of this sort, our end is in sight. We need a world that is as good for human beings as it is for technology.
change cells people
I know people can change-right down to my bones, through every cell, in every fiber of my body-I now that people can change. It is just a question of when and in what context.
body growing observation
A growing body of clinical observation has pointed to the conclusion that the family therapy must be oriented to the family as a whole.