Article: Satir's Therapeutic Beliefs

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0><script type="text/javascript" src="http://hb.lycos.com/hb.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://ratings.lycos.com/ratings/lycosRating.js.php"></script> <script type="text/javascript"><![CDATA[//><!]]></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://scripts.lycos.com/catman/init.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/ad/code-start.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/ad/code-middle.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/ad/code-end.js"></script> <noscript> <img src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/img/common/ot_noscript.gif?rand=568230" alt="" width="1" height="1" />  <iframe frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" width="728" height="90" src="http://ad.yieldmanager.com/st?ad_type=iframe&ad_size=728x90&section=209094"></iframe>  </noscript> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=168 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="002a11c3.gif"> <bR> <div> Adapted from "The Satir Model, Family Therapy and Beyond", Virginia Satir, John Banmen, Jane Gerber & Maria Gomori, Palo Alto, Science and Behavior Books, Inc., 1991</div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <I><B>Article: Satir's Therapeutic Beliefs</b></I></div> <div> <B>Back to: </b><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id7.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Articles"><U><B><U>'Articles' Main Page</U></b></U></A></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#CCCC66" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id7.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Articles"><U> </U></A></FONT></div> <div> <IMG SRC="001f4010.gif" border=0 width="500" height="1" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Satir's Therapeutic Beliefs</b><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>About Human Connectedness:</b><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div>  1. We are all manifestations of the same life-force.</div> <div>  2. Human processes are universal and therefore applicable in different settings,  </div> <div>      cultures and circumstances.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div>  3. People connect on the basis of sameness and grow on the basis of being </div> <div>       different.</div> <div>  4. People are basically good. They need to find their own treasure to connect </div> <div>      and validate their own self-worth.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div>  5. Healthy human relationships are built on equality of value.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>About Our Parents:</b></div> <bR> <div>  6. Parents do the best they can at any given time.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div>  7. Parents often repeat the familiar patterns from their growing up times, even if</div> <div>      the patterns are dysfunctional.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div>  8. One goal in moving towards wholeness is to accept our parental figures as</div> <div>      people and meet them at their level of personhood rather than only in their </div> <div>      roles.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>About Our Coping:</b></div> <bR> <div>   9. The problem is not the problem, coping is the problem.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> 10. Coping is the manifestation of the level of self-worth. The higher one's self-</div> <div>        worth, the more wholesome the coping.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> 11. Most people choose familiarity over comfort, especially during times of </div> <div>        stress.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> 12. Feelings belong to us; we all have them.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> 13. Appreciating and accepting the past increases our ability to manage our </div> <div>        present.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>About Change:</b></div> <bR> <div> 14. We all have internal resources we need in order to cope successfully and to </div> <div>        grow.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> 15. Change is possible. Even if external change is limited, internal change is </div> <div>        possible.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> 16. We have choices, especially in terms of responding to stress instead of </div> <div>        reacting to situations.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> 17. A major goal of therapy is to become one's own choice maker.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> 18. Therapy needs to focus on health and possibilities instead of pathology.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> 19. We cannot change past events, only the impact they have on us.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> 20. Hope is a significant component or ingredient for change.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> 21. Process is the avenue of change. Content forms the context in which change </div> <div>        can take place.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> 22. Congruence and high self-esteem are major goals in the Satir Model.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>