Satir’s method revolved around two core elements—family life chronology, in which she sought to understand the developmental patterns of relationships in the family as a basis for change; and ...

It’s the family aspect that makes Satir still want to work two or three days a week when others her age have long been fully retired. She said she likes helping out Gus’s two sons, Jimmy, who ...

Virginia Satir, a world-renowned family therapist, is famous for saying "We need 4 hugs a day for survival. We need 18 hugs a day for maintenance. We need 12 hugs a day for growth." How many hugs ...

—Virginia Satir, family therapist. Midas turned straw into gold. He had the magic touch. We might not all realize it, but we all have magic too. It's not as obvious as with Midas, but it's there.

Satir saw each family as a system, so if you change one node, the whole system changes. My mother began to process her own grief and trauma. So did I.

Satir’s method revolved around two core elements—family life chronology, in which she sought to understand the developmental patterns of relationships in the family as a basis for change; and ...