Virginia Satir's Evolving Legacy: Transformative Therapy with a Body/Mind Connection

The Virginia Satir Global Network is excited to share the work of Dr. Nitza Broide-Miller, Leona Flammand Gallant, Julie Gerhardt, Mary Leslie, Anastacia Lundholm, Jennifer Nagel and Dr. Carolyn Nesbitt. To purchase, we recommend those in Canada use this link: amazon.ca or independent bookstores (listed on www.maryleslie.ca). All others may use purchase here: amazon.com

World-renowned family therapist Virginia Satir (1916-1988) creatively integrated the body, mind and spirit in her therapy and teaching, moving beyond the prevailing theories of her time. The body is central to this collaborative text by seven contemporary practitioners and trainers who integrate Satir's life-affirming teachings in diverse ways.

Through personal stories and case studies, the authors share how the body is included in family therapy, trauma therapy, perinatal and infant therapy, dance and movement therapy, therapeutic applications of meditation, interactive sculpting and bodymind approaches to personal growth.

This whole person approach integrates the importance of the therapists' attention to the self of the client and therapist, congruence of actions and words, elements of pacing and observation of nonverbal cues in therapy, while engaging clients as full participants in the highly interactive therapeutic process.

Satir anticipated current energy and body-focused therapies. The evolution of her work is integrative and ongoing, as her teachings are being taught globally today.

Co-author Leona Flamand Gallant reminds us: "[Satir's] messages are like a living cell in each of us who connected with her. Her message keeps expanding and renewing itself. It doesn't stand still."

Download this PDF sampler of Virginia Satir's Evolving Legacy.