Widening our lens, deepening our practice: An exploration of energy within the teachings of Virginia Satir

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dc.contributor.authorLeslie, Mary
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-03T19:14:02Z
dc.date.available2024-07-03T19:14:02Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractThis article seeks, through a deeper examination of Virginia Satir’s meditations, tapes, and writing, to bring greater attention to her concept of energy and how she applied this to her own practice. Satir frequently talked about centering and energy and acknowledged her unique way of seeing and being to a few close colleagues. Her meditations and comments about how she uses meditations provide a clearer picture of her way of centering, and con-necting with the universal life energy, which was foundational to her way of being and engaging with clients and students. The article also draws from the teachings of Carl Rogers, Eugene Gendlin and colleagues, and Dora Kunz and Dolores Krieger (founders of Therapeutic Touch) to explore the under-lying assumptions of an energetic framework and more fully illuminate this aspect of Satir's work. Through this review of her ideas and meditations, and excerpts from the author’s own experience with an energetic perspective, the goal will be to deepen awareness of therapists and their comfort with engaging clients through a more energetically focused lens.
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dc.identifier.citationLeslie, M. E. (2016). Widening our lens, deepening our practice: An exploration of energy within the teachings of Virginia Satir. Satir International Journal, 4(1), 5–20. https://journals.uvic.ca/index.php/satir/article/view/15109
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1828/16687
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSatir International Journal
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.subjectenergy
dc.subjectlife energy
dc.subjectuniversal life energy
dc.subjectsprituality
dc.subjectcongruence
dc.subjectVirginia Satir
dc.subjecticeberg methaphor
dc.subjectpresence
dc.titleWidening our lens, deepening our practice: An exploration of energy within the teachings of Virginia Satir
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