World-renowned family therapist Virginia Satir (1916-1988) creatively integrated the body, mind and spirit in her Therapy and teaching, moving beyond the prevailing theories of her time. - Sharon Loeschen, LCSW Author of four books on the work of Satir and the Satir Coaching & Mentoring Program Past President of the Virginia Satir Global Network Each chapter is an outstanding presentation of how a therapist or practitioner can achieve an integrative approach applying Bodymind interventions. ----- An amazing achievement and a great addition to the literature related to the work of Virginia Satir.
Together the co-authors have over 200 years as students, trainers and practitioners of Satir\'s Model.
The three elders had close contact and training for many years with Virginia Satir before her death in 1988.
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Nitza Broide-Miller, Leona Flammand Gallant, Julie Gerhardt, Mary Leslie, Anastacia Lundholm, Jennifer Nagel and Dr.
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Their decision to write collaboratively came from a desire to highlight both Satir\'s attention to the body, energy and spirit and the relevance of her teaching for these modern times.
About the authors The co-authors of Virginia Satir\'s Evolving Legacy are experienced practitioners, trainers, and/or personal growth coaches of Satir\'s Model, covering diverse areas of practice.
It doesn\'t stand still.
Her message keeps expanding and renewing itself.
Co-author Leona Flamand Gallant reminds us: [Satir\'s] messages are like a living cell in each of us who connected with her.
The evolution of her work is integrative and ongoing, as her teachings are being taught globally today.
Satir anticipated current energy and body-focused therapies.
This whole person approach integrates the importance of the therapists\' attention to the self of the client and therapist, congruence of actions and words, elements of pacing and observation of nonverbal cues in therapy, while engaging clients as full participants in the highly interactive therapeutic process.
Through personal stories and case studies, the authors share how the body is included in family therapy, trauma therapy, perinatal and infant therapy, dance and movement therapy, therapeutic applications of meditation, interactive sculpting and Bodymind approaches to personal growth.
The body is central to this collaborative text by contemporary practitioners and trainers who integrate Satir\'s life-affirming teachings in diverse ways.
World-renowned family therapist Virginia Satir (1916-1988) creatively integrated the body, mind and spirit in her Therapy and teaching, moving beyond the prevailing theories of her time
