Virginia Satir
Virginia Satir | |
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| Born | June 26, 1916 |
| Died | September 10, 1988 (aged 72) Menlo Park, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Milwaukee State Teachers College (now University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee), (BA, 1936), University of Chicago (MSSA, 1948) |
| Occupation(s) | Social worker, therapist, author |
| Known for | Family systems therapy |
| Spouse(s) | Gordon Rodgers (divorced 1949), Norman Satir (divorced 1957) |
| Children | 2 |
Virginia Satir (June 26, 1916 – September 10, 1988) was an American author, clinical social worker and psychotherapist, recognized for her approach to family therapy. Her pioneering work in the field of family reconstruction therapy honored her with the title "Mother of Family Therapy". 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. She died in 1988 in Menlo Park, California, of pancreatic cancer, aged 72.