Authors:Darya Haitoglou Pages: 4 - 18 Abstract: The Satir Model is practiced globally in the field of psychotherapy but has not been utilized to its full potential in the coaching and business world. Executive coaching, business coaching, and life coaching are growing professions and are estimated to be worth more than $12 billion combined in the United States alone.Coaching, as a practice, is used to support clients in reaching the desired outcome and has been practiced in conjunction with Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP). Since NLP bases its work on Virginia Satir as one of its primary models, incorporating more of the Satir Model into coaching may enhance the work of executive, corporate, business and life coaches. With the ENRICH model of coaching described in this paper, the author combines cognitive and somatic elements in an innovative approach to coaching.This paper aims to bridge the existing gap and present a Satir Coaching Model as a system of practical tools for coaches and trainers in both business and life-coaching field. PubDate: 2017-11-24 Issue No:Vol. 5, No. 1 (2017)
Authors:Janet Christie-Seely Pages: 19 - 35 Abstract: Impacts of climate change have become as much a psychological problem as an ecological one. When I started the article in 2016, books and articles were commenting on the conspiracy of silence around climate change—apart from the noisy climate-change deniers. The silence was broken in 2017, thanks to the strong denial of climate change by one man. Two years ago, after extensive reading, particularly regarding Joanna Macy’s workshop “How to Face the Mess We’re in Without Going Crazy,” I decided I needed to do something rather than despair or deny (Al Gore’s triad). Of Macy and Johnstone’s three areas of action, raising consciousness was the obvious one for a therapist. After summarizing Satir’s tools and their relevance to both climate change and Macy’s workshop, I describe the workshop on climate change, based on Macy’s work. I first presented it to my local Satir group, then to the annual International Human Learning Resources Network conference in 2015, and finally to the Virginia Satir Global Network Conference for Satir’s 100th Birthday Celebration in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (June 2016). This article is written with therapists in mind, and so I have tried to be true to the experiential nature of both Macy and Satir’s work. Therapists may either want to help clients deal with the prevalent angst or to take a leadership role themselves and give presentations or workshops on this key topic for humanity. PubDate: 2017-11-24 Issue No:Vol. 5, No. 1 (2017)
Authors:Jesse Carlock Pages: 36 - 52 Abstract: Dr. Jesse Carlock interviews Dr. John Banmen, a leading proponent of the Satir Model about the early beginnings of his relationship with Virginia Satir, his on-going intrigue with her approach, and his desire to fully understand what others coined, “her magic” in healing emotional wounds and helping people to thrive. The interview explores the origination of the book, The Satir Model and also clarifies the origin of the central concept used to explain the approach, the “Iceberg.”
Banmen and Carlock go on to examine the growing visibility of the spiritual, energy elements of the Satir Model, which Satir had once obscured as a result of their controversial nature, and the early adverse reactions from some influential professionals. Dr. Banmen takes this central energy element "out of the closet" and proudly speaks about the transformative dimension of the Satir Model that he views as fundamentally spiritual in nature. Finally, Dr. Carlock moves the interview towards a look at what Dr. Banmen might include in a new tome on the model.
Authors:Laura Dodson Pages: 53 - 60 Abstract: This is the second of a series of articles published in the Satir International Journal (SIJ) that focuses on aspects of what is defined in the articles as “energy transformation” (Dodson, 2016) trying to happen in the USA and indeed in the world today. In my first article in the last issue of SIJ (Dodson, 2016) I describe new energy that Virginia Satir and Carl Jung saw as emerging. They, in various places in their talks and writings, labeled this new energy as that of masculine or hero and the feminine united in movement toward the “archetype of wholeness” (Jung, 1964, Vol X, para. 620) I will review highlights of the first article and continue the topic by describing how the energy transformation has been manifest during Donald Trump’s presidency. PubDate: 2017-11-24 Issue No:Vol. 5, No. 1 (2017)
Authors:Liu Chi Pages: 61 - 66 Abstract: The Satir Model is valuable in the education and practice of social work. We can understand more deeply the practice of social work with the Satir Model due to its rich analyses that help practitioners understand human behavior and make sense of their own experience. Experiential learning, particularly sculpting, is suitable for case teaching and the practice of social work. Understanding the essence of human life using the view of the Satir Model is a very helpful lens through which practitioners can view client behavior and symptoms, as well as their own. This paper analyzes the connotation and the teaching process of "helping people to help themselves" in social work using the Satir Model. We trust that the theoretical knowledge of the Satir Model can be used to stimulate more research in many different academic subjects and areas of learning and practice. PubDate: 2017-11-24 Issue No:Vol. 5, No. 1 (2017)
Authors:Ondřej Sekera Pages: 67 - 75 Abstract: The article introduces research results, namely the factors and circumstances that influenced trainees attending psychotherapeutic training MOVISA IV. It monitors, in particular, specific impacts the training had on the trainees. In interviews, the participants identify those areas in which they perceive changes (shifts) on professional as well as personal levels. PubDate: 2017-11-24 Issue No:Vol. 5, No. 1 (2017)
Authors:Jessica Erker Pages: 76 - 81 Abstract: This summary provides a brief overview of the findings from an analysis of the literature dating from 1988-2016 and semi-structured qualitative interviews with ten Satir experts. Results of this study demonstrate that the contemporary practice of the Satir model is diverse in its practice and application. While current Satir approaches retain Satir’s philosophical and theoretical base and include her concepts, vehicles, and goals for change, many Satir practitioners adapt their practice to the specific populations they serve, including clinical and non-clinical populations. The diversity of Satir practice is also seen in the variation of training options available in North America and internationally. This respect for diversity is inherent in the Satir model itself, which promotes organic growth, transformation, and positive change, and values the uniqueness of each person as well as each therapist. PubDate: 2017-11-24 Issue No:Vol. 5, No. 1 (2017)
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