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
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.
inspire want excited
I want you to get excited about who you are, what you are, what you have, and what can still be for you. I want to inspire you to see that you can go far beyond where you are right now.
differences together bases
We get together on the basis of our similarities; we grow on the basis of our differences.
motivational family appreciation
Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible - the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.
communication breaths
Communication is to relationships what breath is to life.
communication skills issues
It is now clear to me that the family is a microcosm of the world. To understand the world, we can study the family: issues such as power, intimacy, autonomy, trust, and communication skills are vital parts underlying how we live in the world. To change the world is to change the family.
jobs commitment successful
I regard (parenting) as the hardest, most complicated, anxiety-ridden, sweat-and-blood-producing job in the world. Succeeding requires the ultimate in patience, common sense, commitment, humor, tact, love, wisdom, awareness, and knowledge. At the same time, it holds the possibility for the most rewarding, joyous experience of a lifetime, namely, that of being successful guides to a new and unique human being.
parenting past parenthood
What lingers from the parent's individual past, unresolved or incomplete, often becomes part of her or his irrational parenting.
blessing giving support
Negotiating the adolescent stage is neither quick nor easy. . . . I have often said to parents, "If it isn't illegal, immoral, orfattening, give it your blessing." We do much better . . . if we find and support all the places we can appropriately say yes, and say only the no's that really matter.
feelings faces defense
The full life is filled with vulnerability, not defense. You face whatever feeling there is.
essence miracle needs
We need to see ourselves as basic miracles.
communication earth world
Once a human being has arrived on this earth, communication is the largest single factor determining what kinds of relationships he makes with others and what happens to him in the world about him.
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.
parent littles given
So much is asked of parents, and so little is given.