Satir Step by Step: A Guide to Creating Change in Families

by Virginia Satir, Michelle Baldwin (Photographer)

Annotated transcript of Satir conducting family therapy -- showing what she's thinking and how she selects a particular phrase or intervention -- and then an account of her theoretical foundations and methods.

Genres: Psychology, Counselling, Grad School

282 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1984

About the author

Virginia Satir (1916 – 1988) was an American author and psychotherapist, known especially for her approach to family therapy and her work with Systemic Constellations. 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.

She is also known for creating the Virginia Satir Change Process Model, a psychological model developed through clinical studies. Change management and organizational gurus of the 1990s and 2000s embrace this model to define how change impacts organizations.

Reviews

[Isai · Rating 5 out of 5]

Está dividido en dos partes: la transcripción de la sesión y la explicación teórica y metodológica. Algunos querrán leer primero la segunda parte, y luego la primera. Otros quizá quieran leerlo en orden. Y tal vez algunos quieran leerlo todo más de una vez.
Una grandiosa transcripción de una sesión real con comentarios sobre todo lo que va sucediendo. Además, no utilizan un lenguaje pomposo o pretensioso como suele aparecer en libros técnicos o científicos. Utilizan una manera de expresarse más natural y entendible. Aunque eso no quiere decir que cualquiera puede leer este libro y convertirse en terapeuta. Solo es una genial guía para los interesados en este enfoque de terapia.

[Jeannette · Rating 5 out of 5]

Un acercamiento claro y conciso al enfoque de Virginia.

[Drew · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cemented ideas from people making and the live example made it really useful. Really impressed with her artistry and insight in helping people see past specific problems to larger communication/​self worth problems and learning new ways for coping.

[Jerry · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wonderful, conversational way to understand how Virginia Satir interacted with families, detected what was going on and intervened. I've just started it, but the atmosphere is great.

[Paulina]

excelente tomo para el entendimiento de la terapia dentro del contexto familiar, abordaje, prevencion y tratamiento.