Virginia Satir
Born
in Neillsville, Wisconsin, The United States
June 26, 1916
Died
September 10, 1988
Genre
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The New Peoplemaking
12 editions
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published
1988
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Your Many Faces: The First Step to Being Loved
13 editions
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published
1978
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Peoplemaking
14 editions
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published
1972
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Conjoint Family Therapy
7 editions
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published
1967
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Making Contact
11 editions
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published
1976
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The Satir Model: Family Therapy and Beyond
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4 editions
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published
1991
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Satir Step by Step: A Guide to Creating Change in Families
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4 editions
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published
1984
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Self-Esteem
6 editions
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published
1975
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Meditations and Inspirations
3 editions
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published
1986
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Vivir para crecer: Un viaje maravilloso al mundo de tus posibilidades
3 editions
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published
1996
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“I am Me. In all the world, there is no one else exactly like me. Everything that comes out of me is authentically mine, because I alone chose it -- I own everything about me: my body, my feelings, my mouth, my voice, all my actions, whether they be to others or myself. I own my fantasies, my dreams, my hopes, my fears. I own my triumphs and successes, all my failures and mistakes. Because I own all of me, I can become intimately acquainted with me. By so doing, I can love me and be friendly with all my parts. I know there are aspects about myself that puzzle me, and other aspects that I do not know -- but as long as I am friendly and loving to myself, I can courageously and hopefully look for solutions to the puzzles and ways to find out more about me. However I look and sound, whatever I say and do, and whatever I think and feel at a given moment in time is authentically me. If later some parts of how I looked, sounded, thought, and felt turn out to be unfitting, I can discard that which is unfitting, keep the rest, and invent something new for that which I discarded. I can see, hear, feel, think, say, and do. I have the tools to survive, to be close to others, to be productive, and to make sense and order out of the world of people and things outside of me. I own me, and therefore, I can engineer me. I am me, and I am Okay.”
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“I want to love you without clutching, appreciate you without judging, join you without invading, invite you without demanding, leave you without guilt, criticize you without blaming, and help you without insulting. If I can have the same from you, then we can truly meet and enrich each other.”
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