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Virginia Satir
Age: 72 †
Born: 1916
Born: June 26
Died: 1988
Died: September 10
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Many people are living in an emotional jail without realizing it.
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Parents teach in the toughest school in the world - The School for Making People. You are the board of education, the principal, the classroom teacher, and the janitor.
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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.
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I am me and I am okay.
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The Problem is never the problem! It is only a symptom of something much deeper.
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We get together on the basis of our similarities we grow on the basis of our differences.
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As a therapist, I am a companion. I try to help people tune into their own wisdom.
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Why Family Therapy...because it deals with family pain.
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So much is asked of parents, and so little is given.
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The recommended daily requirement for hugs is: four per day for survival, eight per day for maintenance, and twelve per day for growth.
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Negotiating the adolescent stage is neither quick nor easy.
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My dream is to make families a place where adults with high self esteem can develop. I think we have reached a point where if we don't get busy on dreams of this sort, our end is in sight. We need a world that is as good for human beings as it is for technology.
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We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.
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No one's fingerprints are exactly the same as anyone else's.
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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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I give life to that which I notice. What I don't notice dies.
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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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I believe the greatest gift I can conceive of having from anyone is to be seen by them, heard by them, to be understood and touched by them.
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Our biggest problem as human beings is not knowing that we don't know.
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There are five freedoms: The freedom to see and hear what is The freedom to say what you feel and think The freedom to feel what you actually feel The freedom to ask for what you want The freedom to take risks on your own behalf.
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