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Virginia Satir Quotes

1916–1988 United States

Virginia Satir (26 June 1916 – 10 September 1988) Psychotherapist, family therapist, co-founder of the Mental Health Research Institute (MHRI) in Menlo Park, founder of the International Human Learning Resources Network (IHLRN; originallythe "Beautiful People") in 1970, and The Advanta Network in 1977; born Virginia Pagenkopf.

United States
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Psychologists

Random Virginia Satir quote

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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.

Conjoint Family Therapy: A Guide to theory and technique (1967)

Life is not the way it’s supposed to be. It’s the way it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference.

Why Family Therapy?...because it deals with family pain.

Conjoint Family Therapy: A Guide to theory and technique (1967)

We need 4 hugs a day for survival. We need 8 hugs a day for maintenance. We need 12 hugs a day for growth.

I believe the greatest gift I can conceive of having from anyone is to be seen, heard, understood and touched by them. The greatest gift I can give is to see, hear, understand and touch another person. When this is done, I feel contact has been made.

I think if I have one message, one thing before I die that most of the world would know, it would be that the event does not determine how to respond to the event. That is a purely personal matter. The way in which we respond will direct and influence the event more than the event itself.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Virginia Satir (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.