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Virginia Satir

(1916–1988) Social And Health Care Assistant United States

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Virginia Satir was a social and health care assistant from the United States, best known for Conjoint family therapy: a guide to theory and technique.

Quick Facts About Virginia Satir

Born: June 26, 1916
Died: September 10, 1988
Nationality: United States
Profession: Social And Health Care Assistant
Notable works: Conjoint family therapy: a guide to theory and technique

About Virginia Satir

Virginia Satir was an American author, clinical social worker and psychotherapist, recognized for her approach to family therapy. Her pioneering work in the field of family reconstruction therapy honored her with the title "Mother of Family Therapy". Her best known books are Conjoint Family Therapy, 1964, Peoplemaking, 1972, and The New Peoplemaking, 1988.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Virginia Satir

You have all played a significant part in my development of loving. As a result, my life has been rich and full,…

Development

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Taste everything, but swallow only what fits.

Balance

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Once a human being has arrived on this earth, communication is the largest single factor determining what kinds of relationships he makes…

Communication

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Over the years I have developed a picture of what a human being living humanely is like. She is a person who…

Be creative

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We need to see ourselves as basic miracles.

Essence

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The greatest gift I can give is to see, hear, understand, and touch another person.

Giving

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Communication is to relationships what breath is to life.

Breaths

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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,…

Anxiety

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No one's fingerprints are exactly the same as anyone else's.

Being unique

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Put together all the existing families and you have society. It is as simple as that. Whatever kind of training took place…

Family

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It's sad that children cannot know their parents when they were younger; when they were loving, courting, and being nice to one…

Being nice

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I want to appreciate you without judging. Join you without invading. Invite you without demanding. Leave you without guilt.

Appreciate

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I have talked about choosing rather than acting from compulsion. When you feel that you have to live according to someone else's…

Acting

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I believe the greatest gift I can conceive of having from anyone is to be seen by them, heard by them, to…

Believe

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So much is asked of parents, and so little is given.

Given

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I feel that adolescence has served its purpose when a person arrives at adulthood with a strong sense of self-esteem, the ability…

Ability

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I am me and I am okay.

Inspirational

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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…

Appreciate

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We need 4 hugs a day for survival. We need 8 hugs a day for maintenance. We need 12 hugs a day for growth.

Growth

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Every word, facial expression, gesture, or action on the part of a parent gives the child some message about self-worth. It is…

Action

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We get together on the basis of our similarities; we grow on the basis of our differences.

Bases

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I think if I have one message, one thing before I die that most of the world would know, it would be…

Before i die

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We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.

People

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I want you to get excited about who you are, what you are, what you have, and what can still be for…

Excited

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Parents teach in the toughest school in the word: The School for Making People. You are the board of education, the principal,…

Administration

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Virginia Satir by topic

Inspirational (12) People (10) Parenting (9) Love (9) Family (9) World (8)