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S/PS/232. Virginia Satir: pioneering family psychotherapist

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2011
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The paper examines the work and ideas of Virginia Satir, a US psychotherapist of the 20th century, discussing the influence of existentialism and Freudism on her views, and highlighting the importance of family therapy introduced by Satir into psychoanalysis. The elements of the ‘Satir System’ are outlined, her model of incongruent communication is analyzed, Satir’s family and self therapy methods are discussed.

 

KEYWORDS: Virginia Satir, family psychotherapist, psychoanalysis, incongruent communication,

 
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