Conjoint Family Therapy

by Virginia Satir

Third edition of this classic on family therapy. The introduction calls it a conceptual frame around which to organize your data and your impressions . . . a suggested path.

Genres: Psychology, Counselling, Nonfiction, Mental Health, Family, School, Reference

289 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1967

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

[James Zeller · Rating 4 out of 5]

Found this book at a thrift store and it seemed interesting. After reading it I'd recommend this book to anyone. I found it very helpful on making sense of my own family dynamics and pain that I have never reflected on or been able to comprehend historically. The most striking aspect to me is the way in which self-esteem is critical to functional communication dynamics in a marital relationship and how the emotional proximity between parents is actually more important to functional child development than the parents emotional proximity to the child individually.

[Sarah Barrett · Rating 4 out of 5]

A master at work.

[Kobi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sometimes we play games

[Mckenzie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful book that encompasses an entire theory!!!