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Virginia Satir
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Virginia Satir
Age: 72 †
Born: 1916
Born: June 26
Died: 1988
Died: September 10
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Virginia M. Satir
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The full life is filled with vulnerability, not defense. You face whatever feeling there is.
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Why Family Therapy...because it deals with family pain.
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A growing body of clinical observation has pointed to the conclusion that the family therapy must be oriented to the family as a whole.
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The greatest gift I can give is to see, hear, understand, and touch another person.
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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 that the event does not determine how to respond to the event. That is a purely personal matter. The way in which we respond will direct and influence the event more than the event itself.
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I want to appreciate you without judging. Join you without invading. Invite you without demanding. Leave you without guilt.
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What lingers from the parent's individual past, unresolved or incomplete, often becomes part of her or his irrational parenting.
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It is O. K. for me to feel angry and to express it in responsible ways.
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The Problem is never the problem! It is only a symptom of something much deeper.
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The symbol in Chinese for crisis is made up of two ideographs: one means danger, the other means opportunity. This symbol is a reminder that we can choose to turn a crisis into an opportunity or into a negative experience.
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