Satir International Journal, Vol. 1 (2013)
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Item A “Wheel of Resources” for emergency first responders(Satir International Journal, 2013) Carlock, C. JesseThe Wheel of Resources and other tools developed by Virginia Satir are useful in a wide variety of crisis-related contexts, including the attack on the United States on 9/11, the more recent Hurricane Sandy or the tragedies of recent school shootings. Here the author describes applications of Satir’s tool, The “Wheel of Resources” or “Mandala of Resources” (Satir, 1982) as the centerpiece for a brief psycho-educational intervention. It was aimed at preparing technical workers assigned to help with reconstruction efforts in New Orleans following the devastating effects of Hurricane Katrina. Current thinking in the area of crisis debriefings emphasizes accessing client resiliency and teaching coping skills. The Satir Model is especially useful since it is a healthoriented approach, focusing on accessing resources rather than focusing on symptoms. Also, the actual methods used to teach the theory involve participants at multiple levels (sensory, affective, behavioral, cognitive) so that they fully engage participants and create dynamic learning experiences. Finally, since the various tools are free of professional jargon, they are easily accessible to individuals at all educational levels. (Revised from "Wheel of Resources: Assistance for Hurricane Katrina Workers" in Satir Journal: Transformational Systemic Therapy, Vol. I, 2006, pp. 81-94, by permission of author)Item “Good” verses “right:” Awareness of self in counsellor training(Satir International Journal, 2013) France, Honoré; Rodriguez, CarmenTraining in the field of counselling is meant for sharpening the personal skills of therapists, but it is also there for the trainees’ own self-empowerment. Counsellors are continuously exposed to other people’s issues and problems, and these intense encounters often have an effect on the helper’s own internal health. Therapeutic practitioners need to be aware of how the very issues their clients are struggling with can have an impact on themselves as caregivers. The article offers the example of the “Wounded Healer” to illustrate this dilemma. The case illustration is of a counselling student who has already experienced that her clients have had a romantic attraction to her.Item Applying the Satir Model of counseling in Mainland China: Illustrated with 20 case sessions(Satir International Journal, 2013) Li, Yang; Lou, W. Q. VivianCounselling services in Mainland China are now beginning to be provided as part of their health care system due to the growing awareness of needs associated with mental health. Furthermore, the need for a higher quality of counseling services has been steadily increasing. The Satir Model has shown tremendous vitality in its acceptance as a treatment modality ever since it was introduced to China in 2003, and given its compatibility with Chinese culture and tradition. Along with this compatibility, it provides therapeutic solutions to mental health problems that are particularly associated with the negative influences of Chinese culture and tradition. Here, the authors analyze several possible negative influences in the culture; such as invalidation of self, high expectation towards self and incongruence when expressing feelings. The authors then illustrate how the Satir Model helps people to recover their wounded selves through this transformational counseling process. This study is illustrated by an of 20 sessions of counselling experiences in Beijing, China. With its strength-orientation and change-directed therapeutic approach, the Satir Model has shown its effectiveness in helping Chinese people experience higher self-esteem, take more personal responsibility, increase their ability for choice making and for personal congruence. (First printed in Satir Journal: Transformational Systemic Therapy, Vol. 4, no. 1, 2010, pp. 24-52, by permission of author)Item Evolving to become more fully human-Early contributors of the Satir Model(Satir International Journal, 2013) Bentheim, Steven SimonVirginia Satir benefitted from many predecessors, such as Emerson, Mary Baker Eddy, Martin Buber and Gregory Bateson, who advanced experiential spirituality with healthy human relating and communicating. Her concern was similar to the American philosopher Emerson that one’s self-worth is not guaranteed from one’s family, church or workplace and thus advocated taking the inner journey to “trust thyself.” From her mother’s faith in Christian Science, Satir aligns with Mary Baker Eddy’s assertion that genders are of equal value, along with the importance of human affection in the home. From the philosopher Martin Buber, Satir focused on connecting with the divine in one another. Gregory Bateson, one of Virginia’s closest contemporaries, offered a technical understanding of communication processes from exploring South Pacific Islanders and cybernetic research that are just beginning to be understood. These approaches continue to find ways to heal the individual and the family.Item From the Satir Model to the I Tao; Reconstructing family rules in a Hong Kong cultural context(Satir International Journal, 2013) Cheung, Grace Y. K.Being a therapist trained in the Satir Model and a Chinese born and educated in Hong Kong, the researcher tried to execute this study drawing on both conceptual resources of the Satir Model and Chinese cultural traditions that go back in recorded history to more than two thousand years. Data for the study was specifically drawn from two four-day Personal Growth Workshops in Hong Kong attended by a total of 53 (42 female and 11 male) ethnic Chinese secondary school teachers. Participants were found to employ strategies to assert their individual needs without leaving the collectivist framework. Elements of a new framework based on the I Tao (as found in the classical Chinese I Ching) were identified and found to be useful to explain personal growth and reconstruction of family rules within the Chinese hierarchical collectivist culture. Use was made of the “guas” of the I Ching to describe change as experienced by the participants. Finally, suggestions are proposed for an effective use of the Satir Model within the Hong Kong cultural context and within an I Tao framework in four major counseling situations. This article first appeared in Satir Journal, Vol. I, no.1, 2006, and is with permission of the author.Item Re-sculpting an organization: A different kind of family(Satir International Journal, 2013) Strider, EileenThe author is not a therapist, but discovered that her work in computer science offered parallel insights into differing styles of business management. She and her husband Wayne Strider connected their understandings from both computer science and from Virginia Satir’s Family Reconstruction process and applied it for the relating needs of corporate management directors. As with family therapy, the author mapped the company’s business history and the impact on the directors of the loss of the company’s founders. This had caused the corporation an interim of financial and personnel chaos at the top management level. The acceptance of the new “leadership” was not unlike that of accepting a new family member. However, the business world rarely opens itself up to this type of internal discussion and thus this was a new beginning, an initial facilitation towards resolution of differences among the corporate leaders. The article is offered as a first-person narrative. It concludes with the positive experience of the “Guide” to appreciate the actual work done by the “Stars” – the clients of the author’s coaching work. (This article has been modified from its first printing titled "Reconstructing a Company" in the Satir Journal: Transformational Systemic Therapy, Vol. 1, no. 3, 2007, pp. 100-110, by permission of author)Item An Aboriginal experience of transformation(Satir International Journal, 2013) McDonald, JackThe author presents a personal narrative of a boyhood disconnected from others, and feeling depressed in mood. Rather than a psychiatric intervention, his great aunt convinced his mother to have him follow his undiscovered aboriginal path, which confronted his feelings of low self-worth and low self-esteem. His uncle was a guide of the sweat ceremonies in rural Alberta, and the author participated in these, which included the teachings of his people and regard for the earth and all its creatures. The experience was transformational, and he never again was troubled by feelings of low self-worth. Jack McDonald is an advocate for urban aboriginal people of Canada. He walked barefoot for forty miles along the Trans-Canada Highway during the 1995 Walk Against Poverty. (This article first appeared in Satir Journal: Transformational Systemic Therapy, Vol. 2, no. 1, 2008, pp. 109-115, by permission of author)