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
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.
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.
inspirational teenage people
Adolescents are not monsters. They are just people trying to learn how to make it among the adults in the world, who are probably not so sure themselves.
emotional jail people
Many people are living in an emotional jail without realizing it.
people trying tunes
As a therapist, I am a companion. I try to help people tune into their own wisdom.
hurt assessment people
I have talked about choosing rather than acting from compulsion. When you feel that you have to live according to someone else's direction or live so that you never disappoint or hurt anybody, then your life is a continual assessment of whether or not you please other people.
teacher school people
Parents teach in the toughest school in the world - The School for Making People. You are the board of education, the principal, the classroom teacher, and the janitor ...
people misery certainty
People prefer the certainty of misery to the misery of uncertainty
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.
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.