Virginia Satir

Virginia Satir
Born(1916-06-26)June 26, 1916
Neillsville, Wisconsin, US
DiedSeptember 10, 1988(1988-09-10) (aged 72)
Menlo Park, California, U.S.
Alma materMilwaukee State Teachers College (now University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee), (BA, 1936), University of Chicago (MSSA, 1948)
Occupation(s)Social worker, therapist, author
Known forFamily systems therapy
Spouse(s)Gordon Rodgers (divorced 1949), Norman Satir (divorced 1957)
Children2

Virginia Satir (June 26, 1916 – September 10, 1988) was an American author, clinical social worker and psychotherapist,[1] recognized for her approach to family therapy. Her pioneering work in the field of family reconstruction therapy[2] honored her with the title "Mother of Family Therapy".[3][4] Her best known books are Conjoint Family Therapy, 1964, Peoplemaking, 1972, and The New Peoplemaking, 1988.

She is also known for creating the Virginia Satir Change Process Model, a psychological model developed through clinical studies. Change management and organizational "gurus" of the 1990s and 2000s embrace this model to define how change impacts organizations.[5][6][7] She died in 1988 in Menlo Park, California, of pancreatic cancer, aged 72.[8][1]

  1. ^ a b "Virginia (Mildred) Satir". Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors. Gale In Context: Biography. Gale. 1998. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
  2. ^ Beaudry, Gilles (March 2002). "The Family Reconstruction Process and Its Evolution to Date: Virginia Satir's Transformational Process". Contemporary Family Therapy. 24 (1): 79–91. doi:10.1023/A:1014373605900. S2CID 142012403.
  3. ^ "California Social Work Hall of Distinction". University of Southern California School of Social Work. Archived from the original on October 10, 2007. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
  4. ^ "About Virginia Satir". UNC Satir. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
  5. ^ Cameron, Esther; Green, Mike (2009). Making sense of change management: a complete guide to the models, tools & techniques of organizational change (2nd ed.). London: Kogan Page. pp. 36–39. ISBN 9780749453107.
  6. ^ "About Virginia Satir". International Human Learning Resources Network. Archived from the original on August 29, 2012.
  7. ^ Banmen, John (2002). "The Satir Model: Yesterday and Today". Contemporary Family Therapy. 24: 7–22. doi:10.1023/A:1014365304082. S2CID 140282825.
  8. ^ "Virginia M. Satir, 72, Therapist for Families". The New York Times. September 12, 1988. Retrieved November 1, 2020.